New legislation, rising energy costs and increasing demand for green credentials have moved sustainable IT up the business agenda. This ebook looks at different aspects of green IT - from sustainably managing IT assets, ethically recycling hardware or using IT to reduce carbon footprint - and...

Manufacturers can be green and highly profitable at the same time Profits do not have to be sacrificed to environmental responsibility, or vice versa. Following this book's tested and proven approach, readers discover how to create and operate manufacturing facilities that are highly profitable...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword, by K. Sivaramakrishnan -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Environmental Crisis and the Crisis of Knowledge -- 2. Mountains, Rivers, and Regulated Forests -- 3. Upland People -- 4. Forests and Water -- 5 Water Demand -- 6. Erosion -- 7. Agrochemicals -- 8. Biodiversi -- 9....

Intro -- CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS -- CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 THE ROLE OF OFFSETS IN A GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM: POTENTIAL BENEFITS AND CONCERNS -- Summary -- Introduction -- Offsets: An Overview -- Voluntary Offsets -- Offset Types and...

How much is a cleaner environment worth? For policy makers, that question goes largely unanswered. It's not that the environment is seen as unimportant. It's simply much easier to compare the costs and benefits of tangible projects such as airports and electrical grids, than it is to weigh the...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Alchemy of a Material World -- PART I: THE PLEASURE OF TREASURE -- 1. What Lies Beneath: The Material and Mystical Origins of Mineral Wealth -- 2. Creating Value: The Endurance of Precious Jewels -- 3. The Rush Factor: Tracing the Mineral Roots of...

Intro -- ENVIRONMENTAL COST MANAGEMENT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTING PRACTICES INEUROPE: A HARBINGER OFFUTURE U.S. BEST PRACTICES? -- ABSTRACT -- ACRONYMS -- INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE -- Context -- Research Objectives and Goals -- APPROACH -- Principles and General Methods --...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Editors' Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- I Introduction, Review, and Summary -- 1 Air Pollution and Health Damages in China: An Introduction and Review -- 2 Summary for Policy -- II Studies of the Assessment -- 3 Summary for Research -- 4...