Technology as manifest in everyday products will continue to play a critical role
in providing for human satisfaction even as societies become more and more
aware of deleterious impacts on supporting ecosystems. Achieving a sustainable
way of living requires those who design everyday artefacts to build-in features
that protect the global life support system. For many today this need is clear,
but the realization of sustainable products is just now emerging. The authors of
this text offer a clear and comprehensive vision of life cycle engineering which
provides a framework for design that accounts for impacts over the entire
product life cycle.