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    Sustainable materials : without the hot air / Julian M. Allwood, Jonathan M. Cullen ; with Mark A. Carruth, Daniel R. Cooper, Martin McBrien, Rachel L. Milford, Muiris C. Moynihan, Alexandra CH Patel.

    By: Allwood, Julian M [author.]Contributor(s): Cullen, Jonathan M [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : UIT Cambridge, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Revised and upgraded editionDescription: 405 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781906860301; 1906860300Uniform titles: Sustainable materials with both eyes open. Subject(s): Materials science -- Popular works | Materials -- Environmental aspects -- Popular works | Sustainability -- Popular works | Manufacturing industries -- Environmental aspects -- Popular works | Manufacturing industries -- Environmental aspects | Materials -- Environmental aspects | Materials science | SustainabilityGenre/Form: Popular worksDDC classification: 620.11 LOC classification: TA403.2 | .A45 2015
    Contents:
    The World of Materials. Material wealth and health -- Scale, uncertainty and estimation -- Our uses of steel and aluminium -- Metal journeys -- Energy and emissions -- Where does the money go? ; With One Eye Open. Energy efficiency -- Opportunities for capturing heat -- Novel process routes -- Carbon sequestration -- Future energy use and emissions ; With Both Eyes Open. Using less metal by design -- Reducing yield losses -- Diverting manufacturing scrap -- Re-using metal components -- Longer life products -- Reducing final demand -- Options for change -- Future energy use and emissions ; Other Materials. Cement -- Plastic -- Paper ; Creating A Sustainable Material Future. Business activity evaluation -- The influence of policy -- The actions of individuals -- Half as much for twice as long.
    Summary: "Materials, transformed from natural resources into the buildings, equipment, vehicles and goods that underpin our remarkable lifestyle, are made with amazing efficiency. But our growing demand is not sustainable. This optimistic and richly-informed book evaluates all the options and explains how we can greatly reduce the amount of material demanded and used in manufacturing, while still meeting everyone's needs." --Publisher.
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    "A revised and upgraded edition of Sustainable materials with both eyes open (UIT Cambridge, 2012)"--Title page verso.

    "Making buildings, vehicles and products efficiently and with less new material."--Cover.

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-398) and index.

    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.

    "Materials, transformed from natural resources into the buildings, equipment, vehicles and goods that underpin our remarkable lifestyle, are made with amazing efficiency. But our growing demand is not sustainable. This optimistic and richly-informed book evaluates all the options and explains how we can greatly reduce the amount of material demanded and used in manufacturing, while still meeting everyone's needs." --Publisher.

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