Description |
1 online resource (192 pages) : color illustrations, color maps, portraits |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary |
This book presents the inventive genius behind technological breakthroughs by ten global companies including Alcoa, DaimlerChrysler, Honda, ST Micro and Visteon. Readers will gain understanding and insight into how cutting-edge technology is helping protect the climate and/or the ozone layer, while contributing to the company's bottom line. Each chapter chronicles the challenge and triumph of invention, introduces the engineers and executives who overcome conventional wisdom, and demonstrates the contribution these companies are making to environmental protection. In full colour and crammed with graphics to illustrate the creative process of technological breakthroughs, the book is accessible and informative. The genius of these ten companies will inspire the engineer, the policy-maker, the student, the environmentalist, the CEO and the investor alike. |
Contents |
Preface. The genius for the next generation / Richard H. Truly -- Foreword. Just when the earth needed genius / Jacqueline Aloisi de Larderel -- Introduction / Stephen O. Andersen and Durwood Zaelke -- Alcoa Aluminum : putting energy in the bank -- Aviation Partners : the future is on the wing -- DaimlerChrysler : the champagne of natural refrigerants -- Energy Star : money isn't all you're saving -- Japan's F-Center for developing greenhouse gas alternatives : sustainable living through better chemistry -- Honda : dream and it will happen -- Seiko Epson : some day all products will be made the Epson way -- ST Microelectronics : turn on, plug off -- Trane : it's about making green -- Visteon : superintegration proves "simple is better." |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Technological innovations.
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Technological innovations. |
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Environmental engineering.
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Environmental engineering. |
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Ozone layer depletion -- Prevention.
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Ozone layer depletion -- Prevention. |
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Ozone layer depletion. |
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Climatic changes.
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Climatic changes. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Zaelke, Durwood.
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Other Form: |
Print version: 1874719683 |
ISBN |
9781909493346 (electronic book) |
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1909493341 (electronic book) |
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1874719683 |
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9781874719687 |
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