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* '''[http://pluto.potsdam.edu/wikichem/images/f/f1/321ls04_2013.pdf Unit 4]''' (PDF, 8.2 MB)] (for browsing) <small>([[:File:321ls04 2013.pdf|download]])</small>
 
* '''[http://pluto.potsdam.edu/wikichem/images/f/f1/321ls04_2013.pdf Unit 4]''' (PDF, 8.2 MB)] (for browsing) <small>([[:File:321ls04 2013.pdf|download]])</small>
 
* '''[http://pluto.potsdam.edu/wikichem/images/2/2b/321ls04_2013_printable.pdf Unit 4]''' (PDF, 1.6 MB) (for printing) <small>([[:File:321ls04_2013_printable.pdf|printable.pdf|download]])</small>
 
* '''[http://pluto.potsdam.edu/wikichem/images/2/2b/321ls04_2013_printable.pdf Unit 4]''' (PDF, 1.6 MB) (for printing) <small>([[:File:321ls04_2013_printable.pdf|printable.pdf|download]])</small>
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*Assigned readings from "'''Technology, Humans and Society: Towards a Sustainable World'''" by '''Richard C. Dorf''', Academic Press, 2001.  
 
*Assigned readings from "'''Technology, Humans and Society: Towards a Sustainable World'''" by '''Richard C. Dorf''', Academic Press, 2001.  
 
**'''[http://pluto.potsdam.edu/wikichem/images/f/f9/DorfP101_107.pdf Pages 101-107]''': An essay by Barrett Hazelyine on Appropriate Technology.  
 
**'''[http://pluto.potsdam.edu/wikichem/images/f/f9/DorfP101_107.pdf Pages 101-107]''': An essay by Barrett Hazelyine on Appropriate Technology.  
**'''[http://pluto.potsdam.edu/wikichem/images/e/e5/DorfP206_210.pdf Pages 106-210]''': An essay by Ronald Mascitelli on Innovation and Environmental Sustainability.
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**'''[http://pluto.potsdam.edu/wikichem/images/5/5e/DorfChap19.pdf Chapter 19]''': A short chapter covering "Materials and Manufacturing".
**'''[http://pluto.potsdam.edu/wikichem/images/5/5e/DorfChap19.pdf Chapter 19]''': A short chapter covering "Materials and Manufacturing".  
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*Reading from "Responsible Innovation" by Richard Owen, John Bessant, and Maggy Heintz: [http://site.ebrary.com.webproxy.potsdam.edu:2048/lib/potsdam/reader.action?docID=10684921 Just read p17-21, the section on Innovation for Sustainable Development].
 
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*[http://www.sciencedirect.com.webproxy.potsdam.edu:2048/science/article/pii/S0959652614000419 Article by Bakker ''et al.''] on "Products that go round: exploring product life extension through design," from the Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 69, 15 April 2014, Pages 10–16.  
*[http://webproxy.potsdam.edu:2048/login?url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VFX-4GDSDV6-1&_user=10&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2006&_rdoc=4&_fmt=summary&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236022%232006%23999859984%23627189%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=6022&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=18&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=ef468e4ccb78fea8448527b1b9d69918  Nicole van Nes, Jacqueline Cramer, "Product lifetime optimization", ''Journal of Cleaner Production'', '''14''' 1307-1318 (2006).]  Just read up to the end of p1309, then read pp1314-17.  For pp1310-1313, try to understand the graphs for a product with or without environmental impact during usage, but you don't need to understand the more detailed aspects of the mathematics.  
 
  
 
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This is the page for Unit 4 "Business and technology." Please read through the Powerpoint presentation carefully, and answer any questions included (these are not graded, they are just to help you learn the material).

Business, technology and manufacturing

How can businesses use technology to make their manufacturing more sustainable? How are goods manufactured? How are goods checked for quality?

Includes: Improving efficiency — Recycle or re-use — Improve quality and extend life — Reinvest in natural capital — History of manufacturing — Manufacturing and the environment — The manufacturing enterprise — Quality.

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  • Assigned readings from "Technology, Humans and Society: Towards a Sustainable World" by Richard C. Dorf, Academic Press, 2001.
    • Pages 101-107: An essay by Barrett Hazelyine on Appropriate Technology.
    • Chapter 19: A short chapter covering "Materials and Manufacturing".
  • Reading from "Responsible Innovation" by Richard Owen, John Bessant, and Maggy Heintz: Just read p17-21, the section on Innovation for Sustainable Development.
  • Article by Bakker et al. on "Products that go round: exploring product life extension through design," from the Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 69, 15 April 2014, Pages 10–16.


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