Links to Cleaner Production Tools:  Design for Environment

• Design for Environment Guide -- http://www.nrc.ca/dfe/ -- comprehensive overview, strategies, steps, resources from the National Research Council of Canada
• Centre for Design at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology --  http://www.cfd.rmit.edu.au/ -- courses, software, newsletter, case studies
• Green Design Initiative -- http://www.ce.cmu.edu/GreenDesign/ -- from Carnegie Mellon University
• Sustainable Design --  http://www.pnl.gov/doesustainabledesign/ -- U.S. Dept of Energy resources: guidelines, software, training, case studies, cost estimating guides
• Design for Environment Guide -- http://www.moea.state.mn.us -- downloadable resources, also toolkit: http://www.moea.state.mn.us/berc/dfetoolkit.cfm 
• Design for Environment and Recycling: Overview of Research in the U.S. --  http://mml.stanford.edu/Research/Papers/1998/1998.CIRP.LCES.ishii/1998.
  CIRP.LCES.ishii.pdf -- 1998 publication
• What is DFE? --  http://www.pprc.org/pubs/topics/epr/dfe.html -- excellent resource collection from Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center 
• University of Washington Mechanical Engineering Design for Environment Laboratory -- http://faculty.washington.edu/cooperjs/ -- resources include databases, qualitative sources, and computer models
• Design for the Environment -- http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/dfe/ -- publications and resources, case studies and best practices from the U.S. EPA
  

See also 

• Cleaner Production Tools - Detailed Information
• What is Design for Environment?

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