Materials and the environment : eco informed material choice
Ashby, Michael F.
Materials and the environment : eco informed material choice - Ed.2 - Oxford Elsevier 2013 - x,616p.
CONTENTS
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS VII
1. INTRODUCTION : MATERIAL DEPENDENCE 1
2.RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND ITS DRIVERS 15
3.THE MATERIAL LIFE CYCLE 49
4.END OF FIRST LIFE : A PROBLEM OR A RESOURCE? 79
5.THE LONG REACH OF LEGISLATION 99
6.ECO DATA : VALUES SOURCES, PRECISION 119
7.ECO AUDITS AND ECO AUDIT TOOLS 175
8.CASE STUDIES : ECO AUDITS 193
9.MATERIALS SELECTION STRATEGIES 227
10.ECO INFORMED MATERIALS SELECTION 275
11.SUSTAINABILITY : LIVING WITHIN OUR MEANS 319
12.MATERIALS FOR LOW CARBON POWER 349
13.MATERIAL EFFICENCY 415
14.THE BIGGER PICTURE : FUTURE OPTIONS 437
15.MATERIAL PROFILES 597
APPENDIX -USEFUL NUMBERS AND CONVERSIONS 597
INDEX 603
9780123859716
620.110287 / ASH
Materials and the environment : eco informed material choice - Ed.2 - Oxford Elsevier 2013 - x,616p.
CONTENTS
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS VII
1. INTRODUCTION : MATERIAL DEPENDENCE 1
2.RESOURCE CONSUMPTION AND ITS DRIVERS 15
3.THE MATERIAL LIFE CYCLE 49
4.END OF FIRST LIFE : A PROBLEM OR A RESOURCE? 79
5.THE LONG REACH OF LEGISLATION 99
6.ECO DATA : VALUES SOURCES, PRECISION 119
7.ECO AUDITS AND ECO AUDIT TOOLS 175
8.CASE STUDIES : ECO AUDITS 193
9.MATERIALS SELECTION STRATEGIES 227
10.ECO INFORMED MATERIALS SELECTION 275
11.SUSTAINABILITY : LIVING WITHIN OUR MEANS 319
12.MATERIALS FOR LOW CARBON POWER 349
13.MATERIAL EFFICENCY 415
14.THE BIGGER PICTURE : FUTURE OPTIONS 437
15.MATERIAL PROFILES 597
APPENDIX -USEFUL NUMBERS AND CONVERSIONS 597
INDEX 603
9780123859716
620.110287 / ASH