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How Manufacturing Affects Product Use Performance

November 29, 2010 by David Dornfeld

Remember our discussion a while back about “buy-to-fly” ratio? This was referring to the amount of the materials that actually end up in the product as one metric of material utilization efficiency (July 2, 2010 posting). The variation in that ratio was impressive with some of our more sophisticated products ... Read more »

Greenwashing in Reverse: Lady Gaga’s Meat Dress

November 1, 2010 by David Dornfeld

Whenever I am thinking of what would be a good topic around which to build the next posting, I never have to wait long till something pops up. This time…the peculiar intersection of celebrity and the environment. Maybe you did not see this (it was hard to miss if you ... Read more »

Standards for Environmental Performance in Manufacturing

September 27, 2010September 29, 2010 by David Dornfeld

I attended a manufacturing conference in Italy recently and one of the major topics of discussion was green and sustainable manufacturing. There are a lot of other topics to be sure – but this one is building steam. The discussions range from process level issues to systems approaches, to design ... Read more »

PG&E to Measure, Reduce Supply Chain Emissions

July 1, 2010July 1, 2010 by Paul Nastu

California’s largest utility, PG&E, will start auditing its supply chain emissions in an effort to identify opportunities to reduce emissions, according to a report on Next 100. The project will survey 50 of PG&E’s suppliers, with three to five eventually being selected for case study profiles to look at ways ... Read more »

As Colleges Add Green Majors and Minors, Classes Fill Up

December 30, 2009 by Gina Roos

Classes are filling up as fast as colleges can add new major and minors in green programs, as students demand the courses and employers wanted trained students, reports USA Today. More than 100 majors, minors or certificates were added this year in energy and sustainability-focused programs at colleges nationwide, according ... Read more »

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