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Materials and the environment : eco-informed material choice / Michael F. Ashby.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford, United Kingdom ; Cambridge, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, an imprint of Elsevier, [2021]Edition: Third editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780128215265
  • 0128215267
  • 0128215216
  • 9780128215210
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 620.110286 23
LOC classification:
  • TA403.6 .A739 2021
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction -- Material Dependence 2. Resource Consumption and its Drivers 3. The Material Life Cycle 4. End of First Life -- A Problem or a Resource? 5. The Long Reach of Legislation 6. Eco-data -- Values, Sources, Precision 7. Eco-audits and Eco-audit Tools 8. Case Studies: Eco-audits 9. Material Selection Strategies 10. Eco-informed Materials Selection 11. Sustainability: Living Within Our Means 12. Materials for Low-Carbon Power 13. Material Efficiency 14. The Bigger Picture: Future Option 15. Material Profiles
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Previous edition: Amsterdam: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction -- Material Dependence 2. Resource Consumption and its Drivers 3. The Material Life Cycle 4. End of First Life -- A Problem or a Resource? 5. The Long Reach of Legislation 6. Eco-data -- Values, Sources, Precision 7. Eco-audits and Eco-audit Tools 8. Case Studies: Eco-audits 9. Material Selection Strategies 10. Eco-informed Materials Selection 11. Sustainability: Living Within Our Means 12. Materials for Low-Carbon Power 13. Material Efficiency 14. The Bigger Picture: Future Option 15. Material Profiles

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 21, 2022).

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