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Owens Corning: A Passion for Environmental
Excellence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Organizing for Sustainability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
A Sustainable Factory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
18 Energy Production Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
DFE in Energy Innovation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
American Electric Power: Keeping the Lights On . . . . 329
The Challenges of Sustainability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
High-Voltage Transmission Line Design . . . . . . . . . 330
Industrial Ecology in Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Chevron: The Power of Human Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Filling the Pipeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Developing the Next Generation of Biofuels . . . . . . 334
19 Service Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Environmental Footprint of Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
DFE in Service Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Examples of Industry Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Retailing Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Food and Beverage Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Package Delivery Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Financial Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Tourism and Recreational Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350

Part 4 Conclusion: The Road Ahead
20 Sustainability and Resilience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
The Outlook for Sustainable Growth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
The Need for Systems Thinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Toward Resilient Enterprise Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

21 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Part 1. Answering the Call: The Green
Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Part 2. Charting the Course: The Art and
Science of Design for Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Part 3. Walking the Talk: The Real-World
Practice of Design for Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Part 4. Conclusion: The Road Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385