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Materials and the environment : eco-informed material choice /
Materials and the Environment, Third Edition, discusses the history of our increasing dependence on materials and energy. The book explains where materials come from and how they are used in a variety of industries, along with their lifecycle and relationship to energy and carbon. In addition, it co...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, United Kingdom ; Cambridge, MA :
Butterworth-Heinemann, an imprint of Elsevier,
[2021]
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| Edición: | Third edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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