Materials and the Environment - Eco-Informed Material Choice

"As concerns for the environment grows, there is a corresponding trend to incorporate sustainability into engineering education. Materials and the Environment addresses this growing concern with this full-length text devoted exclusively to the environmental aspects of materials."--BOOK JACKET.

Sommario

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 Options; 15.Material Profiles; Appendix - Useful Numbers and Conversions

Relazione

"I think this is likely to be a very successful text, since it clearly fills an important niche in engineering texts dealing with materials. I have been quite frustrated with the lack of real data available, when discussing how to design products more responsibly ...I especially like the emphasis here on the fact that there are no easy answers." --Blaine Lilly, The Ohio State University

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: M. F. Ashby, Michael Ashby, Michael F. Ashby, Michael F. (Professor Emeritus Ashby, Michael F. (Royal Society Research Professor Emeritus Ashby
• Editore: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.03.2012
• EAN: 9780123859716
• ISBN: 978-0-12-385971-6
• Pagine: 628
• Serie: Butterworth-Heinemann; Butterworth-Heinemann
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Tecnica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Umweltwissenschaften, Umwelttechnik, Materialwissenschaft, SCIENCE / Environmental Science (see also Chemistry / Environmental), ARCHITECTURE / General, AR - Architecture