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9781906860301

Sustainable Materials Without the Hot Air

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  • ISBN13:

    9781906860301

  • ISBN10:

    1906860300

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2015-09-03
  • Publisher: UIT Cambridge Ltd.
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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.

"Instead of the usual ya-boo about sustainability, this is a pragmatic guide to getting more value from less stuff. Researched with long-term co-operation from industry, it emphasizes facts and evidence but is aimed at a popular readership." - BBC News Magazine

"A valuable, impartial expert source in an important debate." - Boing Boing

Author Biography

Julian M. Allwood is a professor in engineering at the University of Cambridge, where he leads the Low Carbon Materials Processing research group. Jonathan M. Cullen is university lecturer in the University of Cambridge engineering department. They both have extensive experience working in the engineering industry, in addition to their numerous research projects.

Table of Contents

Part 1: 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 2: 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 3: 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 4: Other materials
20 Cement
21 Plastic
22 Paper

Part 5: 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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