This volume includes papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM-17) held in Bologna, Italy, in April 2017. The conference covered a wide range of topics from cutting-edge sustainable product design and service innovation, sustainable processes and technology for the manufacturing of sustainable products, sustainable manufacturing systems and enterprises, decision support for sustainability, and the study of the societal impact of sustainability including research for circular economy. Application areas are wide and varied, and the book provides an excellent overview of the latest research and development in the area of Sustainable Design and Manufacturing.

Inhalt
Sustainable Design, Innovation and Services.- Sustainable Manufacturing Processes and Technology.- Sustainable Manufacturing Systems and Enterprises.- Decision Support for Sustainability.- Renewable Energies for Sustainable Manufacturing and Society.- The Learning Supply Chain.- Challenges and Opportunities of Clean Technology in Production Engineering.- Sustainable Materials: Renewable and Eco Materials, Bio-Polymers, Composites with Natural Fibres.- Business model innovation for sustainable design and manufacturing.- Resource and Energy Efficiency for Sustainability Advances in Process Industries.- Manufacturing technologies for material sustainability throughout the product life-cycle.- Sustainability in industrial plant design & management: applications & experiences from practice.- Sustainability of 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing.- Sustainable mobility, solar vehicles and alternative solutions.- Eco Designed through Systematic Innovation.