TY - GEN AU - Ashby, Michael F. TI - Materials and the environment : eco informed material choice SN - 9780123859716 U1 - 620.110287 PY - 2013/// CY - Oxford PB - Elsevier KW - N1 - 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 ER -