Additional Reading
and Data Sources


Case Studies

Additional Reading at UT Library - Electronic Reserves  
^(All papers below are at this link in the "Green Material" directory)^

Lectures 1 & 2
a. Society‘s Metabolism Social science perspectives on what this concept  guides us to see - Marina Fischer-Kowalski, IFF-Vienna
b. The relation between bulk - MFA and SFA - René Kleijn & Ester van der Voet
Lecture 3
a. A Framework for Sustainability Science: A Renovated IPAT Identity
b. Dematerialization
c. Indicators of Dematerialization and the Materials Intensity of Use
d. Materialization and Dematerialization: Measures and Trends
e. The IPAT Equation and Its Variants
Lecture 4
     Material Flow Analysis from USGS
a. Materials in the Economy Material Flows, Scarcity, and the Environment
b. An Estimation Methodology and Example Using Lead—A Materials Flow Analysis
c. Material Flows (Cadmium)
     Physical Input / Output from the U.S. Census Bureau
a. 1997 Economic Census - Transportation
b. 1997 Economic Census - Mining
Lecture 5
     Mercury Flows
a.

NYAS - Pollution Prevention And Management Strategies for Mercury in the New York / New Jersey Harbor

b. Mercury Update: Impact on Fish Advisories
c. National Fish and Wildlife Contamination ProgramSource: 2002 National Listing of Fish and Wildlife Advisories - Mercury Maps
     Silver Flows

a.

P2 Problem Solving - Policy Options for Encouraging Silver Recovery
Lecture 6
      Life Cycle Inventory of Semiconductor Manufacturing
a.

Development of Parametric Material, Energy, and Emission Inventories for Wafer Fabrication in the Semiconductor Industry

b. The 1.7 Kilogram Microchip: Energy and Material Use in the Production of Semiconductor Devices
      Industry Sectors

a.

WTEC/NSF Report on Environmentally Benign Manufacturing - Chapter 5
Lecture 7
      Nanotechnology and the Environment
a.

Nanoscience and nanotechnologies: opportunities and uncertainties 2004

b. NSF - Responsible Research and Development of Nanotechnology 2004
c. Greenpeace Report - Future Technologies, Today’s Choices 2003
d. EPA Nanotechnology and the Environment, STAR Proceedings 2002
 e. DOE - Roadmap for Nanomaterials
f. Nanotechnology Grand Challenge in the Environment 2004
      Life Cycle Analysis of Nanotechnology Applications

a.

Life Cycle Economic and Environmental Implications of Using Nanocomposites in Automobiles 2003
b. The ripple effects of nanotechnology: Improving automobile catalysts 2004