Editors:
- Presents a broad overview about the assessment methods in all dimensions of sustainability tailored to industrial biotechnology
- Outlines the status quo and future directions of sustainability assessment in industrial biotechnology from a scientific point of view
- Examines selected applications by a set of well renowned international authors from industry and science
Part of the book series: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology (ABE, volume 173)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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Industrial Biotechnology from an Assessment Perspective
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Front Matter
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Specific Methods and Applications
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book reviews the assessment of industrial biotechnology products and processes from a sustainable perspective. Industrial Biotechnology is a comparably young field which comes along with high expectations with regard to sustainability issues. These stem from the promise of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and replacing fossil resources in the near or later future and using green technology, i.e. more environmentally friendly technologies. The intended economic, ecological and social benefits, however, need to be proven, resulting in a variety of challenges, both from a methodological and application point of view.
In this book, specific assessment and application topics of industrial biotechnology are addressed, highlighting challenges and solutions for both developers and users of assessment methods. In twelve chapters, experts in their particular fields define the scope, characterize industrial biotechnology and show in their contributions the state of the art, challenges and prospects of assessing industrial biotechnology products and processes.
The chapter 'Societal and Ethical Aspects of Industrial Biotechnology' of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com
Editors and Affiliations
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TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Straubing, Germany
Magnus Fröhling
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Department of Business Chemistry, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
Michael Hiete
About the editors
Michael Hiete is professor for chemistry and management (business chemistry) at Ulm University, Germany since 2016. His interdisciplinary research interests include techno-economic and life cycle assessment, sustainable industrial value chains as well as sustainability issues of raw materials and resources. Further interests are the sustainable built environment and risk management. In his work he uses a wide range of mostly quantitative methods.
From 2012 to 2015 Michael Hiete was professor for industrial ecology and technological change at the Center for Environmental Systems Research (CESR), Universität Kassel. He received a habilitation degree and teaching licence for business management and environmental systems analysis from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and holds a diploma degree in environmental and doctorate in geosciences, both from Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina Braunschweig.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment in Industrial Biotechnology
Editors: Magnus Fröhling, Michael Hiete
Series Title: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47066-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47065-4Published: 17 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-47068-5Published: 17 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-47066-1Published: 16 June 2020
Series ISSN: 0724-6145
Series E-ISSN: 1616-8542
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 367
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Environmental Policy, Sociology, general, Green Chemistry