Applied Circular Economy Engineering
Technologies and Business Solutions to Implement Circularity
The book is offering current research on and insights into the implementation of circular economy in industrial practice. It comprises a whole range of solutions and concepts from engineering and business research. The scope of the book will use the European Circular Economy Package conceptual structure to cover the most relevant material and product flows such as metals, polymers, and food, as well as relevant product life cycle steps such as product design, material extraction, and recycling.
Part I: Introduction
Part I: Introduction
1. Challenges and Perspectives of Applying Circular Economy in Business and Engineering
Part II: Materials (Selection, Properties)
2. Aluminum Alloys, Recycling, and the Circular Economy
3. Circular Economy of Polymers - Its Current State in Germany and Beyond
4. Implementing Circular Value Creation in the Construction Sector
Part III: Products (Design, Servitization)
5. Circular Process Implementation for Electric Drives - Experiences and Examples
6. Circularity in the Healthcare Industry
7. Circular Economy Indicators for Product Design - Calculation and Applicability
8. Makigami of an Industrial Product Development Process: Use of a Lean Methodology to Integrate Sustainable and Circular Product Design
Part IV: Technology (Production and Business Processes)
9. Single-stage Sorting and Marker Technology for a Circular Economy of Polymers
10. Embracing Entomophagy: Insects as Catalysts for Sustainable Circular Economies
11. Digital Technologies for Enabling and Engineering the Circular Economy
Part V: Organization (Management, Business Models)
12. Finding Ideas for Sustainability-oriented Innovations: Using Circular Business Models for Innovation
13. Circular Economy Business Models and Ecodesign Approaches in Practice - A Case Study Literature Review
14. The IRMa Approach - Integrative Resource Efficiency Management in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
Part VI: Contextualization of Circular Economy Engineering
15. Cultural and Cross-cultural Requirements of Circular Economy Engineering: Addressing Issues of Global Responsibility, Social Sustainability, and Ethics
16. The Actual Goals and Limits of Circular Economy - A Critical Perspective
Araujo, Juliano B.
Hinderer, Henning
Viere, Tobias
Woidasky, Jörg
| ISBN | 9783527353958 |
|---|---|
| Artikelnummer | 9783527353958 |
| Medientyp | Buch |
| Auflage | 1. Auflage |
| Copyrightjahr | 2025 |
| Verlag | Wiley-VCH |
| Umfang | 320 Seiten |
| Sprache | Englisch |
