Materials and the environment : eco-informed material choice /
Ashby, M. F.
Materials and the environment : eco-informed material choice / Michael F. Ashby. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, c2009. - xi, 385 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : material dependence -- Resource consumption and its drivers -- The materials life cycle -- End of first life : a problem or a resource? -- The long reach of legislation -- Ecodata : values, sources, precision -- Eco-audits and eco-audit tools -- Selection strategies -- Eco-informed material selection -- Sustainability : living on renewables -- The bigger picture : future options -- Material profiles -- Appendix : useful numbers and conversions.
"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.
9781856176088 (pbk.) 1856176088 (pbk.)
Materials--Environmental aspects.
TA403.6 / .A84 2009
620.11 / AMM
Materials and the environment : eco-informed material choice / Michael F. Ashby. - Amsterdam ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, c2009. - xi, 385 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : material dependence -- Resource consumption and its drivers -- The materials life cycle -- End of first life : a problem or a resource? -- The long reach of legislation -- Ecodata : values, sources, precision -- Eco-audits and eco-audit tools -- Selection strategies -- Eco-informed material selection -- Sustainability : living on renewables -- The bigger picture : future options -- Material profiles -- Appendix : useful numbers and conversions.
"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.
9781856176088 (pbk.) 1856176088 (pbk.)
Materials--Environmental aspects.
TA403.6 / .A84 2009
620.11 / AMM