This book contains an edited version of the lectures and selected
contributions presented during the Advanced Summer Institute on “Product
Engineering: Eco-Design, Technologies and Green Energy” organized at the
Transilvania University of Brasov (Romania) in the period 14-21st of July
2004. The Advanced Summer Institute (ASI) was organized in the
framework of the European FP5 funded project “ADEPT – Advanced
computer aided Design of Ecological Products and Technologies integrating
green energy sources” and was devoted to the Product Engineering field, with
particular attention to the aspects related to the environmentally conscious
design and green energy sources