Strategic Environmental Management for Engineers: Ed.: O'Brien & Gere Engineerings Inc. - Hardcover

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Founded in 1945, O'BRIEN & GERE developed itsreputation designing water and wastewater systems for upstate NewYork communities and industries. Today, the O'Brien &Gere companies service a long list of local, national, andinternational clients, providing start-to-finish engineering,construction, analytical, specialty manufacturing, operations, andproperty development services to industry, municipalities, andfederal agencies. O'Brien & Gere has offices throughoutthe U.S. and in Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada, and the UnitedKingdom.
O'Brien & Gere's profits from this book are used tofund scholarships for engineering students.
 
Robert Bellandi, ELS, has edited two earlier books withO'Brien & Gere Engineers on the subject of hazardouswaste remediation and has recently contributed to a review of waterresource and water quality management in New York State from 1789to 1970.

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Practical advice on sustainable (green) engineering from a world-renowned environmental engineering and remediation firm

Bringing together the real-world insights of engineers from the engineering and construction firm O?Brien & Gere and the teaching experiences of respected engineering educators, Strategic Environmental Management for Engineers offers both practitioners and students the principles, tools, and motivation to design and implement engineering projects in harmony with sustainable development.

Strategic Environmental Management for Engineers builds on the evolution of environmental practice?from hazardous waste cleanup and effluent control to preemptive prevention of pollution to proactive green engineering. Real-world insights come from the authors? experience working with such high-profile clients as DaimlerChrysler, Bristol-Myers Squibb, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Department of Energy.

Helpful coverage in Strategic Environmental Management for Engineers includes:

• All key environmental management tools, including life-cycle assessment, environmental metrics, extended producer responsibility, ISO 14000 environmental management systems, and "zero waste" options
• Valuable support for implementing SEM into an organization by function (e.g., R&D, engineering design, production, etc.) and by typical industry processes (e.g., papermaking, ethanol production, aluminum production, automobile manufacturing, etc.)

Strategic Environmental Management for Engineers is a valuable resource for all engineers, project managers in industry, environmental attorneys, and environmental administrators and regulators, as well as students.