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Materials and the environment : eco-informed material choice /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ashby, M. F.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, [2013]
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Materials > Environmental aspects.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Material dependence
  • Resource consumption and its drivers
  • The material life cycle
  • End of first life: a problem or a resource?
  • The long reach of legislation
  • Eco-data: values, sources, precision
  • Eco-audits and eco-audit tools
  • Case studies: eco-audits
  • Material selection strategies
  • Eco-informed material selection
  • Sustainability: living within our means
  • Materials for low-carbon power
  • Material efficiency
  • The bigger picture: future options
  • Materials profiles.