Raw Materials Substitution Sustainability

• Main Author: Bontempi, Elza (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic 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.; Materials Science.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Materials Engineering.; Sustainability Management.; Natural Resource and Energy Economics.

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 of cas...