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1 online resource |
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Previously issued in print: Boca Raton: CRC, 2009. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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<P>Section I Going Green<BR>From Lean to Green: Green Value Stream Thinking<BR>The First Green Waste: Energy<BR>The Second Green Waste: Water<BR>The Third Green Waste: Materials<BR>The Fourth Green Waste: Garbage<BR>The Fifth Green Waste: Transportation<BR>The Sixth Green Waste: Emissions<BR>The Seventh Green Waste: Biodiversity</P><P>Understanding Your Green Value Streams<BR>Starting with an Example: Value Streams versus Green Value Streams<BR>The Green Value Stream (GVS) Approach<BR>Green Stream Mapping<BR>Creating Your Current-State Green Stream Map<BR>Map What You Do<BR>Identify Each Step or Process<BR>Map How You Receive and Send Materials and Information<BR>Draw in Data Boxes<BR>Identify the Green Wastes<BR>Measure the Green Wastes<BR>Creating a Future-State Green Stream Map<BR>Achieving a Green State: The Pursuit of Perfection<BR>Gaining Corporate Support for the GVS Process<BR>Gaining a Commitment from Top Management<BR>Setting Your Green Vision<BR>Establishing Your Green Champion<BR>Establishing a Green Team<BR>The Bottom-Up Approach<BR>Life Cycle Analysis</P><P>Section II T he Seven Green Wastes</P><P>The First Green Waste: Energy<BR>Step 1: Identify the Use and Source of Energy in Each Activity<BR>Step 2: Measure the Quantity of Energy Used<BR>Step 3: Minimize the Use of Energy<BR>Step 4: Offset Remaining Energy Use<BR>Step 5: Transition to Self-Harvested Renewable Energy</P><P>The Second Green Waste: Water<BR>Step 1: Identify the Use of Water in the Value Stream and Overall Building<BR>Step 2: Measure Water Consumption and Discharge in the Overall Building and Value Stream Activities<BR>Step 3: Measure Toxicity of Water Discharged in Value Stream Activities<BR>Step 4: Minimize the Consumption of Water<BR>Step 5: Minimize the Toxicity of Water Discharge<BR>Step 6: Self-Harvest Rainwater<BR>Step 7: Transition toward the Continual Reuse of Water</P><P>The Third Green Waste: Materials<BR>Step 1: Identify the Input and Output of Materials in Your Value Stream<BR>Step 2: Measure the Recycled/Recyclable and Compostable Content of Each Material Input and Output<BR>Step 3: Classify Materials as Technical Nutrient, Biological Nutrient, or Neither<BR>Step 4: Assess the Impact on the Environment<BR>Step 5: Phase out Negative-Impact Materials<BR>Step 6: Minimize Materials Usage<BR>Step 7: Move toward 100 Percent Recycled/Recyclable or<BR>Step 8: Transition to 100 Percent Reuse</P><P>The Fourth Green Waste: Garbage<BR>Step 1: Identify the Creation of Garbage in Your Value Stream<BR>Step 2: Measure the Makeup of Garbage in Your Value Stream<BR>Step 3: Measure the Hazardous Substances in Your Garbage<BR>Step 4: Minimize the Creation of Garbage<BR>Step 5: Move toward 100 Percent Reusable or Biodegradable Garbage<BR>Step 6: Move toward the Total Elimination of Garbage</P><P>The Fifth Green Waste: Transportation<BR>Step 1: Identify Transportation within Your Value Stream and Overall Building<BR>Step 2: Measure the Mode and Distance of Transportation<BR>Step 3: Minimize Transportation<BR>Step 4: Offset Remaining Transportation<BR>Step 5: Move toward the Use of 100 Percent Environmentally</P><P>The Sixth Green Waste: Emissions<BR>Step 1: Identify the Sources of Emissions to Produce Your Product or Service<BR>Step 2: Measure the Type and Amount of Emissions Used to Produce Your Product or Service<BR>Step 3: Identify the Presence of Emissions from the Use of Your Product or Service<BR>Step 4: Measure the Type and Amount of Emissions from the Use of Your Product or Service<BR>Step 5: Minimize Emissions<BR>Step 6: Offset Remaining Emissions<BR>Step 7: Move toward the Total Elimination of Emissions</P><P>The Seventh Green Waste: Biodiversity<BR>Step 1: Identify Biodiversity Waste<BR>Step 2: Measure Biodiversity Destruction<BR>Step 3: Minimize and Eliminate Biodiversity Destruction</P><P>Section III Conclusion and Appendices<BR>Conclusion</P> |
| Summary |
Developed by a plant manager who experienced first-hand the challenges to going green in a business environment, Green Intentions provides organizations with a simple, straightforward, and practical approach to green the Green Value Stream (GVS) process that is as mindful as it is profitable. Based on the highly successful, Lean philosophy, the GVS process shows you how to quickly identify, measure, and minimize the seven green wastes to realize immediate cost savings. With the initial savings from harvesting the low-hanging fruit, organizations will have the support and momentum needed to eliminate each of the green wastes, leading to environmental sustainability and the substantial business benefits that follow, including increased revenues, new customers, employee retention, innovation, and increased shareholder value.Part I, Going Green shows how the green value stream provides a dynamic, proven, and successful approach to going green. It also defines each of the seven green wastes, explains the overall green value stream process, provides guidance on implementing it in your organization, and shows how to map your green value stream.Part II, The Seven Green Wastes provides a step-by-step process for minimizing and eliminating each of the seven wastes. It includes real-life examples illustrating the environmental and economic benefits associated with moving toward the elimination of each.The book also includes: A Green Dictionary that defines current terms associated with the green movement Web links and other resources to help you in your journey toward environmental sustainability An environmental primer that clears through the rhetoric to give you a clear picture of what is going on with the environment and what the end goal of environmental and overall sustainability needs to look like |
| Biography |
Brett Wills has more than ten years of experience in the environmental arena. Brett also has firsthand experience leading teams in the implementation of lean initiatives such as Kanban systems, finished goods supermarkets, and 5S, and has extensive experience in the development and management of ISO 9001 and 14001 systems. He has also been instrumental in facilitating the development and implementation of many health, safety, and environmental initiatives within a manufacturing environment. |
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Green marketing.
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Environmental economics.
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Industrial management -- Environmental aspects.
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Marketing vert. |
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Économie de l'environnement. |
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Gestion d'entreprise -- Aspect de l'environnement. |
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Environmental economics |
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Green marketing |
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Industrial management -- Environmental aspects |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781420089615 |
| ISBN |
9781000285598 (ePub ebook) |
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1000285596 |
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9780367806682 (electronic bk.) |
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0367806681 (electronic bk.) |
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9781420089639 (electronic bk. : PDF) |
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1420089633 (electronic bk. : PDF) |
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9781000285666 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket) |
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1000285669 (electronic bk. : Mobipocket) |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9780367806682 doi |
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