Environmental issues are a growing concern for our society, and should deserve increased attention, given the extremely negative climate changes which have been taking place. Emissions of greenhouse gases, excessive dependence on fossil fuels, growing consumption of power energy, and exacerbated consumption of materials are some of the problems that need to be addressed urgently. Some of these problems can be overcome through ingenious solutions based on automation. This book aims to make a contribution precisely in this sense, criticizing the current state of society in general and providing some solutions that can be used as a basis for the development of more environmentally friendly systems.
Preface
Chapter 1 : Green Principles
Chapter 2 : Sustainable Development Goals and Correspondent Policies : A Brief Discussion
Chapter 3 : How Can Automation make the World Greener
Chapter 4 : Automation Applied to Manufacturing Systems
Chapter 5 : Smart Manufacturing as a Way for Greener Processes
Chapter 6 : Additive Manufacturing as a Greener way to Production Systems
Chapter 7 : Advanced Coatings as a Greener Production Process
Chapter 8 : Greener Technologies in Other Manufacturing Processes
Chapter 9 : Green Automation in our Family Life
Chapter 10 : Case Studies
Index
