Difference between revisions of "Talk:Chem395:February 29 discussion"
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* This includes sector initiatives: DFE, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry and Sustainable energy systems. Implementation Initiatives: industrial ecology and R&D agendas, materials / models/databases and comprehensive risk assesments and risk priorititzation. These initiatives form and ecological infrastructure which form an industry based on ecology and therefore become sustainbale. [[User:J-Fed|J-Fed]] 16:21, 29 February 2008 (EST) | * This includes sector initiatives: DFE, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry and Sustainable energy systems. Implementation Initiatives: industrial ecology and R&D agendas, materials / models/databases and comprehensive risk assesments and risk priorititzation. These initiatives form and ecological infrastructure which form an industry based on ecology and therefore become sustainbale. [[User:J-Fed|J-Fed]] 16:21, 29 February 2008 (EST) | ||
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| + | ::The electrical, electronics and telecommunications sectors are enablers of sustainability because they allow the provision of increasing quality-of-life using less material and energy, respectively, dematerialization and decarbonization (Dorff 135). [[User:J-Fed|J-Fed]] 16:23, 29 February 2008 (EST) | ||
Revision as of 16:23, 29 February 2008
Sorry I was in another meeting and lost all track of time!
The agenda item is: What approach to manufacturing is most appropriate for a sustainable society?
- Discussion
There are several approaches to manufacturing - sequential, concurrent - lean manufacturing, craft manufacturing. What are the pros and cons of each? We want something to be efficient (= less waste), but we also don't want something that is "efficient" with disregard for the environment. What approach should be used. Walkerma 16:18, 29 February 2008 (EST)
- An approach to manufacturing that focuses on an industrial ecology. J-Fed 16:17, 29 February 2008 (EST)
Can you elaborate, Jesse? Walkerma 16:18, 29 February 2008 (EST)
- This includes sector initiatives: DFE, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry and Sustainable energy systems. Implementation Initiatives: industrial ecology and R&D agendas, materials / models/databases and comprehensive risk assesments and risk priorititzation. These initiatives form and ecological infrastructure which form an industry based on ecology and therefore become sustainbale. J-Fed 16:21, 29 February 2008 (EST)
- The electrical, electronics and telecommunications sectors are enablers of sustainability because they allow the provision of increasing quality-of-life using less material and energy, respectively, dematerialization and decarbonization (Dorff 135). J-Fed 16:23, 29 February 2008 (EST)
