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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ashby, M. F.

Contributor:

Science Direct.

Bernard W. Freeman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Materials--Environmental aspects.

Materials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 616 pages) : color illustrations

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Waltham, MA ; Kidlington : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, [2013]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Addressing the growing global concern for sustainable engineering, Materials and the Environment, Second Edition is the only book devoted exclusively to the environmental aspects of materials. It explains the ways in which we depend on and use materials and the consequences these have, and it introduces methods for thinking about and designing with materials within the context of minimizing environmental impact. Along with its noted in-depth coverage of material consumption, the material life-cycle, selection strategies, and legislative aspects, the second edition includes new case studies, important new chapters on Materials for Low Carbon Power and Material Efficiency, all illustrated by in-text examples and expanded exercises. This book is intended for instructors and students as well as materials engineers and product designers who need to consider the environmental implications of materials in their designs.

Includes full-color material profiles for dozens of the most widely used materials, featuring such environmentally relevant information as annual production and reserves, embodied energy and process energies, carbon footprints, and recycling data

New chapter of eco-audit case studies illustrating the rapid audit method

New chapter on Materials for Low Carbon Power examines the consequences for materials supply of the shift from fossil-fuel based power to power from renewables

New chapter exploring Material Efficiency, or design and management for manufacture to provide the services we need with the least production of materials

Recent news clips that help place materials issues into a broader context are incorporated into all chapters Book jacket.

Contents:

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 Material 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 efficiency 415

14 The bigger picture: future options 437

15 Material profiles 459.

Notes:

Previous ed.: c2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Bernard W. Freeman Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Ashby, M. F. Materials and the environment.

ISBN:

9780123859716

0123859719

9781283735070

1283735075

OCLC:

820326556

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.