Industry Genius : Inventions and People Protecting the Climate and Fragile Ozone Layer / editors, Zaelke, Durwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andersen, Stephen, author.

Zaelke, Durwood, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations.

Environmental engineering.

Ozone layer depletion--Prevention.

Ozone layer depletion.

Climatic changes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.

Language Note:

English

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."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

About the authors; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface: The genius for the next generation; Foreword: Just when Earth needed genius; Introduction; 1. Alcoa Aluminum: Putting energy in the bank*; 2. Aviation Partners: The future is on the wing*; 3. DaimlerChrysler: The champagne of natural refrigerants*; 4. Energy Star: Money isn't all you're saving*; 5. Japan's F-Center for developing greenhouse gas alternatives: Sustainable living through better chemistry*; 6. Honda: Dream and it will happen*; 7. Seiko Epson: Some day all products will bemade the Epson way*

8. ST Microelectronics: Turn on, plug off*9. Trane: It's about making green*; 10. Visteon: SuperintegrationTM proves "simple is better"*; Abbreviations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-351-28134-8

1-351-28135-6

1-351-28136-4

1-909493-34-1

9781351281362

OCLC:

828743133