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US Fluid Milk beyond Carbon LCA Study
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As part of its commitment to sustainability and environmental leadership, Dairy Management Inc. has decided to commission and conduct a life cycle assessment (LCA) of the dairy fluid milk...
Full Life Cycle Costs of Organic versus Conventional Food
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A 2004 study by the Hartman Group found that around two-thirds of Americans at least occasionally consume organic products. In many cases, consumers have been willing to pay significant price premiums...
Life Cycle Optimization for Residential Air Conditioning Replacement
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The electricity consumed by central air conditioners (CACs) currently accounts for 14% of residential electrical use in the United States (DOE, 2001). Population growth in the south (Census Bure...
Charting the Course for Sustainability at Aurora Organic Dairy Phase 1 Energy and Carbon Footprint Analysis and Phase 2 Life Cycle Based sustainability Indicators and Assessment
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The overall goal of this research is to provide the Aurora leadership team a framework and tools to measure and improve its sustainability performance. To provide the leadership team with a road...
Development of Steelcase Wood Products Manufacturing Division Environmental Performance
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The Steelcase Wood Products Division is now looking to establish a consistent methodology and set of metrics for quantification of division environmental performance. The measurement and char...
Development of Sustainable Shrimp Aquaculture
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The purpose of this study is to compare the sustainability and environmental impact of two aquaculture systems suitable for adoption in the U.S.: 1) a zero-exchange, recirculating indoor system, and 2...
Product Environmental Profiles at Steelcase
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Steelcase recognizes the value of enhancing sustainability in design, manufacturing, marketing and product management. In response, Steelcase has developed a database to track both the recycled ...
Life Cycle Assessment for Enhancing Product Environmental Performance
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Improvement in the environmental performance of office furniture products is a challenging undertaking, due to the diversity of product lines, demanding aesthetic and durability standards, and a custo...
Protocol and Preliminary Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory of Steelcase, Inc.
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Steelcase has recently joined the Climate Leaders (CL), an industry-government partnership, created by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This initiative commits the company to develop a corpo...
Life Cycle Optimization of Household Clothes Washer Replacement
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The energy efficiency of the average clothes washer in the United States improved by 88.4% from 1981 to 2003 (AHAM 2005). Replacement of old vertical-axis washers with new horizontal-axis washers r...
Aveda's Product Distribution System: A Strategic Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Energy Consumption
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Aveda Corporation (Aveda), a division of Estée Lauder, is widely considered to be on the forefront of environmental and social issues. The company is a manufacturer, wholesaler and retailer o...
Life Cycle Analysis of Three Steelcase Furniture Models
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This project evaluates current activities in regard to implementing sustainable design strategies into the product development process at Steelcase Inc. A life cycle inventory of three Steelcase produ...
Life Cycle Optimization of Household Refrigerator-Freezer Replacement
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Average energy consumption of new refrigerators sold in the U.S. decreased by approximately 60 percent between 1980 and 2002. Despite the dramatic energy efficiency improvements driven by energy st...
A Practical Application for Measuring the Sustainability of Ben & Jerry's Dairy Suppliers
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Currently, Ben & Jerry’s lacks a comprehensive set of indicators by which to evaluate the environmental, social, and economic impacts of each of its ingredients. The intersection of these th...
Life Cycle Assessment of E-Publishing and Digital Libraries: Scholarly Books and E-Book Reading Devices
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The University of Michigan (UM) Digital Library Initiative has been at the forefront of promoting the use of electronically published books and journals. Our 2000/2001 AT&T fellowship foc...
CSS Factsheets
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Development and maintenance of factsheets that illustrate current unsustainable patterns of providing various services to society in the United States (e.g., food, personal transportation, housing)...
Life Cycle Assessment of E-Publishing and Digital Libraries: Linking Industrial Ecology, Research and Education
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At 7.1 million volumes, the University of Michigan (UM) Library is one of the country's largest. Its Digital Library Initiative has been at the forefront of promoting the use of electronically p...
Life Cycle Assessment of the Stonyfield Farm Product Delivery System
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Stonyfield Farm's (www.stonyfield.com) concern for the environment prompted it to consider the impacts of its refrigerated yogurt product delivery beyond the traditional focus on container disposal...
Life Cycle Based Indicators for Sustainable Agriculture
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The United States food system, from field to table, is at a crossroads for change. Improving the sustainability of this complex system requires a thorough understanding of the relationships between fo...
Cleaner Products through Life Cycle Design (Milk and Juice Packaging)
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Life cycle inventory and cost analysis tools applied to milk packaging offer important guidelines for achieving better environmental design and management of these systems. Life cycle solid w...
Flat Panel Displays' Environmental Assessment and Improvement
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Evaluating Environmental Performance: A Case Study in the Flat Panel Display Industry develops a four step framework for evaluating environmental performance and explores how a manufacturer of flat pa...