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Free Download Human-Centred Technology Management for a Sustainable Future: Volume 1: Human-Centred Technology Approaches, Proceedings of the 33rd IAMOT Conference, Porto, Portugal, 2024 by Ricardo Zimmermann, José Coelho Rodrigues, Ana Simoes, Gustavo Dalmarco
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 306 Pages | ISBN : 3031724852 | 27.2 MB
This proceedings volume contains selected papers from the 33rd International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT) Conference, held from July 8-11, 2024, in Porto, Portugal. It is the second volume of a three-volume set of conference proceedings focused on technologies for a sustainable future. The book explores the challenges and opportunities in today’s social and business landscapes, delving into innovative and disruptive concepts. With a special emphasis on the role of technologies, it sheds light on how they enable novel approaches to address current issues. The volume demonstrates that, following the principles of Industry 5.0, technologies can go far beyond productivity and economic gains, contributing to the benefit and comfort of human workers. It also elucidates the necessity of adopting a human-centered approach in utilizing technology to adapt production processes to workers’ needs, while ensuring that the implementation of new technologies does not infringe upon the fundamental rights of workers.

Free Download Financial Freedom Roadmap: Achieving Sustainable Wealth and Prosperity by LEONARD NTEONWE
English | July 20, 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0CCK1H6KK | 236 pages | EPUB | 1.34 Mb
Embark on a Transformative Journey to Financial Freedom and Prosperity!

Free Download Core Values and Decision-Making for Sustainable Business: An International Perspective by Arie Hans Verkuil, Uta Milow, Andreas Hinz, Mahmoud Al-Kilani
English | PDF EPUB (True) | 2024 | 251 Pages | ISBN : 3031783603 | 19.1 MB
This volume discusses the core values and decision-making for sustainable business in general, and includes research findings and country cases on addressing challenges. It emphasizes the importance of adapting products or services to local needs, considering cultural differences and sustainability. Some of the chapters address questions related to improving sustainability in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), and cover circular economy and responsible consumption. Others look at the normative framework conditions for business development; sustainability in supply chains; the involvement of stakeholders and their influence on market presence; entrepreneurial decision-making for sustainability; and approaches to teaching international and sustainability-oriented entrepreneurship. The volume sheds light on the pivotal role MSMEs play in shaping a sustainable future and is written for researchers, practitioners, and students working on related topics.

Free Download The Food-Energy-Water Triangle for Sustainable Development: Integrative and Synergic Solutions
English | 2024 | ISBN: 1774917858 | 314 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 38 MB
Solutions to the food shortage, demand for clean water, and need for energy for a current world population of 7 billion are the greatest challenges today, which require technological innovation and changes in public policy. This new book provides a broad overview of the nexus of water-food-energy and its relationship with climate and sustainable development, which have huge impact on water and food availability. The volume presents case studies for the management of water, energy, agricultural growth, and food security using empirical analyses and technological interventions. It explores innovations in sustainable food production; energy solutions using biofuels, solar energy, and magnetic energy; and water conservation management.

Free Download CIRP Design 2012: Sustainable Product Development By Amaresh Chakrabarti (auth.), Amaresh Chakrabarti (eds.)
2013 | 442 Pages | ISBN: 1447145062 | PDF | 10 MB
During its life cycle, a product produces waste that is over 20 times its weight. As such it is critical to develop products that are sustainable. Currently product development processes lack high quality methods and tools that are empirically validated to support development of sustainable products. This book is a compilation of over forty cutting edge international research papers from the 22nd CIRP International Design Conference, written by eminent researchers from 15 countries, on engineering design process, methods and tools, broadly for supporting sustainable product development.A variety of new insights into the product development process, as well as a host of methods and tools that are at the cutting edge of design research are discussed and explained covering a range of diverse topics. The areas covered include:Sustainable design and manufacturing,Design synthesis and creativity,Global product development and product life cycle management,Design for X (safety, reliability, manufacturability, etc.), andDesign taxonomy, ontology and standards.CIRP Design 2012: Sustainable Product Development provides researchers in design, engineering and sustainability access to some of the latest, quality research in this area. Practitioners and educators of engineering design and sustainability will find an empirically validated suite of methods and tools that can be applied and taught to develop their practices.

Free Download Leading the Sustainable Business Transformation: A Playbook from IMD by Julia Binder, Knut Haanaes
English | December 16th, 2024 | ISBN: 1394314078 | 400 pages | True EPUB | 3.52 MB
Complete playbook to plan, execute, and showcase corporate sustainability initiatives

Free Download Intelligent and Sustainable Engineering Systems for Industry 4.0 and Beyond
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1032840692 | 326 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 19 MB
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Industry 4.0, aims to significantly improve the flexibility, versatility, usability and efficiency of future smart factories. However, the concept of Industry 4.0 is not only limited to the factory but also encompasses the entire life cycle of the product, that is, from production and suppliers, to end users. Industry 4.0 delivers seamless vertical and horizontal integration down the entire value chain and across all layers of the automation pyramid.

Free Download For Nature/With Nature: New Sustainable Design Scenarios (Springer Series in Design and Innovation) by Claudio Gambardella
English | May 4, 2024 | ISBN: 3031531213 | 1110 pages | EPUB | 330 Mb
This volume contributes to the construction of a multi-voice mosaic on the theme of Nature and the relationship between Man (understood as designer) and Nature by emphasizing the innovative and sustainable proposals coming from the discipline of design, in its many facets and interdisciplinary contributions. Since it isn’t discussed the creative and economic effort that designers, institutions and companies have been leading for years to improve human living conditions, preference will be given to scientific contributions (unpublished or not yet fully known case studies, projects of strategies, products, systems and services, theoretical contributions, communication) that are an expression of a new approach to Nature, seen as our ally and object of an ethics of care. The focus is the design both in its role as innovation driver and interpreter of social evolution, that must be considered within the human-nature relationship. The topics identify some of the most relevant fields of development in which "Design Driven Innovation" can be developed in the respect of perspective of a new relationship with nature.

Free Download Circular Bioeconomy: Towards a Sustainable Future
English | 2024 | ISBN: 9819770092 | 221 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 21 MB
This book highlights the efforts made to realize the concept of ‘Circular Bioeconomy’. It has twelve (12) chapters, focussed on five (5) sections, namely Biomaterials, Environment, Energy, Pharmaceutical and Enzyme Technology. It portrays research, linking ‘Circular Bioeconomy’ to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Free Download Challenges and Sustainable Solutions in Bioremediation
English | 2025 | ISBN: 1032525819 | 204 Pages | PDF EPUB (True) | 14 MB
This book highlights the characteristics, aims, and applications of microorganisms as a crucial solution for sustainable management of the toxic pollutants in aquatic ecosystems, soil, and air. It facilitates biotechnology towards the development of more sustainable biological systems by minimizing the level of harmful toxic substances and reducing the toxic effects in current chemical processes. It serves as a useful guide for a diverse community of practicing professionals, researchers, students (undergraduate and postgraduate), innovators involved in biotechnology research, and policymakers engaged in the development of strategies to deal with challenges of current environmental issues and working in the bioremediation field.