Technical Assistance Resources for Pollution
Prevention (TARP2)
Pollution Prevention Research & Information
Design for the Environment (DfE) Sites
- U.S. EPA DfE site
U.S. EPA DfE information divided by industry sector.
- Battelle's Life-cycle Assessments and Environmental Profiles
Research, information and analytical software for life cycle analysis.
- Consortium on Green Design and Manufacturing (CGDM)
A consortium that serves to collect and disssemintate information on green design and manufacture, including DfE. They have a number of green design software tools.
- Ecological Design Institute
Research and information on progressive ecological design concepts.
- Design-for-Environment (DFE) at Stanford
The Stanford University Manufacturing Modelling Laboratory currently has several research DFE projects underway with U.S. and international industrial partners, including the following: Product Retirement Planning; DisAssembly Analysis Methods and Metrics; Materials Compatibility and Recyclability.
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Green Engineering WWW Servers (Environmentally Conscious Design & Manufacturing Lab)
A listing of academic sites and research centers related to environmentally conscious design and manufacturing.
The Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits (IPC)-DfE projectsInformation on IPC's participation in the DfE Printed Wiring Board Project. Including technical reports and fact sheets.
- Life Cycle Assessment Links
This large list of links is maintained by the Tufts University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Life Cycle Assessment is an objective process to evaluate the environmental burdens associated with a product, process, or activity by identifying energy and materials used and wastes released to the environment, and to evaluate and implement opportunities to affect environmental improvements (DfE). This list includes links to research organizations software, ISO14000, and more.
- Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) DfE Projects
Information and case studies on MCCs efforts in the DfE's Printed wiring board project. MCC is an industrial research and development consortium for the electronics industry.
- The National Center for Remanufacturing and Resource Recovery
The National Center for Remanufacturing and Resource Recovery provides technical assistance and applied research and development to the remanufacturing industry and manufacturers interested in remanufacturing and resource recovery techniques.
- The Technology, Business and
Environment Program at MIT
The Technology, Business and Environment Program centers on business practices and linking technological change with sound environmental management. Information avaliable on industrial ecology and design for environment (DfE).
- UC Berkeley's Center for Green Design and Manufacturing
Provides up-to-date information on UCB's Green Design program, which focuses on software and other design tools for the manufacturing industry. Summaries of past publications, current work and upcoming papers are provided.