Chem321:Unit 4

THE SUSTAINABLE WORLD (Chemistry 321)
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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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• Unit 4 (PDF, 8.2 MB)] (for browsing) (download)
• Unit 4 (PDF, 1.6 MB) (for printing) (printable.pdf|download)
• Unit 4 (Powerpoint 2003, 5.8 MB), must be downloaded. On the file page, click on the filename link near the top to download.

Related readings

• 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.