Raw Materials Substitution Sustainability

• Main Author: Bontempi, Elza. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology,
• Subjects: Materials science.; Industrial management > Environmental aspects.; Engineering > Materials.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319608310
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (IX, 101 p. 43 illus., 41 illus. in color.)

This book is the first to propose a simplified quantitative approach to evaluating raw materials' substitution sustainability, which takes into account their embodied energy and CO2 footprint. In addition to the new quantitative model, it also presents qualitative concepts as well as a number o...