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Materials and the environment : eco-informed material choice / Michael F. Ashby.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ashby, M. F., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Materials--Environmental aspects.
- Materials.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Third edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom ; Cambridge, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, an imprint of Elsevier, [2021]
- System Details:
- text file
- 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
- Notes:
- Previous edition: Amsterdam: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 21, 2022).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9780128215265
- 0128215267
- 0128215216
- 9780128215210
- Publisher Number:
- 99989399245
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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