Gregory Hilton
E-Mail: gch5273@rit.edu
Registered Since: 2008-03-13 19:10:36
Profile: Hello my name is Greg Hilton.
I am a part time RIT student pursueing an MS in Mechanical and Manufacturing Systems Integration. I am employed by Honeywell Corp. in the Imaging and Mobility Business Unit as a Production Value Stream Manager.
I am married with 2 kids (Derek 11, Emily 7). My family and I live in Hannibal, NY, a small town northwest of Syracuse, NY. I am an outdoor recreationist and enjoy fishing, camping, hiking, canoeing, and many other outdoor activities.
April 25, 2008 by
GREGORY HILTON | Filed under: General
MEASURING ECO-EFFICIENCY OF PRODUCTION: A FRONTIER APPROACH MIKA KORTELAINEN* Department of Business and Economics, University of Joensuu AND TIMO KUOSMANEN Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group, Wageningen University http://129.3.20.41/eps/em/papers/0411/0411006.pdf Abstract Eco-efficiency of production is an important concept both from the viewpoint of society and business community; but as yet, there is no unambiguous way to [...]
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April 25, 2008 by
GREGORY HILTON | Filed under: From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness [1,2]
Realistic Eco-Efficiency Analysis Why We Need Better Eco-Efficiency Analysis From Technological Optimism to Realism by Gjalt Huppes, CML http://www.itas.fzk.de/tatup/073/hupp07a.htm Eco-efficiency analysis relates two pillars of sustainability, the economic and the environmental one. There are several options for specifying eco-efficiency, as a partial or more encompassing concept. When using technology specification as the basis for eco-efficiency analysis, [...]
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April 25, 2008 by
GREGORY HILTON | Filed under: From Eco-Efficiency to Eco-Effectiveness [1,2]
The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard as a Framework for Eco-efficiency Analysis by: Andreas M¨oller and Stefan Schaltegger http://www.wbcsd.org/DocRoot/DkiB0YxO9BdRq8NwMMBQ/JIE9-4_Schaltegger.pdf Summary To provide valuable support for successful decision-making, managers need a balanced set of financial and nonfinancial measures that represent different requirements, strategic goals, strategies, resources, and capabilities and the causal relationships between these domains. The balanced scorecard [...]
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April 22, 2008 by
GREGORY HILTON ,
NEIL MILLER ,
Frances ,
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admin | Filed under: The EM as an Industrial Ecologist [1]
In an attempt to firm up specific discussion objectives and intended outcomes for this discussion topic. I have listed topic questions for the participants to review and comment on. Please feel free to add and inquire to any of these topic questions. Importance of Industrial Ecology to the Environmental Manager 1. What are the values that are [...]
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April 18, 2008 by
GREGORY HILTON and
NEIL MILLER | Filed under: The EM as an Industrial Ecologist [1]
Industrial Ecology: From theory To Practice by Steven W. Peck The author of this article describes the concept of “Dematerializing the Economy” and a path of transformation from Industrial Infrastructure to Eco Industrial Infrastructure. The point where using pollution prevention and sustainable technologies is preferred to remediation and abatement technologies. Several examples of developing industrial [...]
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April 17, 2008 by
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I found this article to be relevant to our discussion. Copyright © 2004 by the author(s). Published here under licence by The Resilience Alliance. Walker, B., C. S. Holling, S. R. Carpenter, and A. Kinzig. 2004. Resilience, adaptability and transformability in social–ecological systems. Ecology and Society 9(2): 5. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss2/art5 Perspective Resilience, Adaptability and [...]
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March 28, 2008 by
GREGORY HILTON ,
NEIL MILLER and
amathew | Filed under: Life-Cycle-Analysis (LCA) [1], [4]
Hello to all participating in this EM discussion topic. For those of you who have not already reviewed my profile, My name is Greg Hilton and I am a RIT student participant in the Environmental Management Workshop. I don’t know about you, but I am finding many of the EM discussion topics to be very intriguing. In researching the Life [...]
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March 28, 2008 by
GREGORY HILTON and
Frances | Filed under: The EM as an Industrial Ecologist [1]
Hello to everyone participating in this EM discussion topic. For those of you who have not already reviewed my profile, My name is Greg Hilton and I am a RIT student participant in the Environmental Management Workshop. I would like your thoughts on the roles and definitions of an Environmental Manager and Industrial Ecologist? Myself, I am new to this [...]
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