Material Flow Management - Systems, Technology and Finance for a Sustainable Future

This guidebook gives a comprehensive introduction into the optimization of energy and material systems, i.e., companies, cities, and counties. It combines the fields of ecology, management, technology and microeconomics. So the book offers the theoretical background of material flow, it explains how to apply material flow management and encourages the reader to develop new material flow management projects.An interactive web-based e-Learning tool will complete the book.

List of contents

Theoretical Background: Systems, Material and Energy.- Clean Technology and Technology Change Management.- Environmental Politics.- CO2 Trading.- MFM and Economics.- Communication and Networking.- Applied Material Flow Management: Global Show-Cases and Best Practice.

Summary

This guidebook gives a comprehensive introduction into the optimization of energy and material systems, i.e., companies, cities, and counties. It combines the fields of ecology, management, technology and microeconomics. So the book offers the theoretical background of material flow, it explains how to apply material flow management and encourages the reader to develop new material flow management projects.
An interactive web-based e-Learning tool will complete the book.

Product details

• Assisted by: Pete Heck (Editor), Peter Heck (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 11.10.2025
• EAN: 9783540360155
• ISBN: 978-3-540-36015-5
• No. of pages: 500
• Illustrations: Approx. 500 p. 30 illus. in color. With e-learning tool via internet.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Management, B, Business and Management, Environmental Economics, Innovation/Technology Management, Earth and Environmental Science, Pollution, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Environmental Management, Research & development management, Waste Management, Renewable and Green Energy, Waste Management/Waste Technology, Waste treatment & disposal, Energy industries & utilities, Water pollution, Industrial Management, Renewable energy resources, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Water supply & treatment