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Sustainable materials : without the hot air / Julian M. Allwood, Jonathan M. Cullen

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: Cambridge : UIT, 2015Description: 405 p. : il, fotografías ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781906860301
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TA403.2 A55 2015
Contents:
Part I. The World of Materials. 1. Material wealth and health -- 2. Scale, uncertainty and estimation -- 3. Our uses of steel and aluminium -- 4. Metal journeys -- 5. Energy and emissions -- 6. Where does the money go? ; Part II. With One Eye Open. 7. Energy efficiency -- 8. Opportunities for capturing heat -- 9. Novel process routes -- 10. Carbon sequestration -- 11. Future energy use and emissions ; Part III. With Both Eyes Open. 12. Using less metal by design -- 13. Reducing yield losses -- 14. Diverting manufacturing scrap -- 15. Re-using metal components -- 16. Longer life products -- 17. Reducing final demand -- 18. Options for change -- 19. Future energy use and emissions ; Part IV. Other Materials. 20. Cement -- 21. Plastic -- 22. Paper ; Part V. Creating A Sustainable Material Future. 23. Business activity evaluation -- 24. The influence of policy -- 25. The actions of individuals -- 26. Half as much for twice as long.
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Part I. The World of Materials. 1. Material wealth and health -- 2. Scale, uncertainty and estimation -- 3. Our uses of steel and aluminium -- 4. Metal journeys -- 5. Energy and emissions -- 6. Where does the money go? ; Part II. With One Eye Open. 7. Energy efficiency -- 8. Opportunities for capturing heat -- 9. Novel process routes -- 10. Carbon sequestration -- 11. Future energy use and emissions ; Part III. With Both Eyes Open. 12. Using less metal by design -- 13. Reducing yield losses -- 14. Diverting manufacturing scrap -- 15. Re-using metal components -- 16. Longer life products -- 17. Reducing final demand -- 18. Options for change -- 19. Future energy use and emissions ; Part IV. Other Materials. 20. Cement -- 21. Plastic -- 22. Paper ; Part V. Creating A Sustainable Material Future. 23. Business activity evaluation -- 24. The influence of policy -- 25. The actions of individuals -- 26. Half as much for twice as long.

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