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Lean and Cleaner Production Applications in Prefabrication to Reduce Carbon Emissions /

This book explains how in moving towards Cleaner Production, the Lean Production Philosophy can be applied to reduce carbon emissions in prefabrication - one major source of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions which contribute to global climate change. This book examines theories and principles in th...

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Main Authors: Wu, Peng. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Low, Sui Pheng. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edition:1st ed. 2013.
Subjects:
Production management.
Environmental economics.
Production.
Environmental Economics.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-42062-7
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Sustainable Development and Global Climate Change
  • Lean Production Philosophy
  • The Precast Concrete Industry
  • Modelling the Lean Production Philosophy
  • Research Design and Methodology
  • Applications in Precast Concrete Factories
  • Case study of a Precast Concrete Factory
  • Precast Concrete Products in Construction Sites
  • Case study of a Construction Site
  • Carbon Labelling and Reflections
  • Conclusions and Recommendations
  • References.

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