Fwd: "Sustainable Materials" companion volume to "Sustainable Energy - without the hot air"
Phil Marshall
This looks like a good book to add to your astro 101 library: a follow-up to McKay's, but about sustainable materials.
Cory Doctorow gives it a very good review here: http://boingboing.net/2011/11/17/sustainable-materials.html , and the book has its own website here: http://withbotheyesopen.com/
From: Sheila Stickley <bo...@uit.co.uk>
Date: Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 16:56
Subject: "Sustainable Materials" companion volume to "Sustainable Energy - without the hot air"
To: p...@physics.ucsb.edu
We will soon publish, in USA, Sustainable Materials - with both eyes open, by Julian Allwood and Jonathan Cullen, of the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge.
Here is where you'll find some of the reviews:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2011/12/how-to-make-steel-go-green---with-songs.html
http://boingboing.net/2011/11/17/sustainable-materials.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15863049
This is a
follow-up book to David MacKay's Sustainable Energy - without the hot air, which has a large influence
on both government policy and public opinion of how we should plan our
energy for the future. (Like Sustainable Energy, the new book is available free
online for personal non-commercial use, as well as in paperback and
hardback.)
If you would like to
review the book and prefer a hard copy, I would be pleased to send one
to you.
The steel and aluminium industries alone account for nearly 30% of global emissions, and demand is rising. The world target is to reduce industry's carbon emissions by 50% by 2050. However, projections are that world demand for materials will double by 2050, so to meet our emissions target, we have to achieve a 4-fold reduction in emissions per unit of material used: industry will have to make huge changes - not just to the processes involved, but to the entire product life-cycle.
The book presents a vision of change for how future generations can still use steel, cement, plastics etc., but with less impact on the environment. First it's a wake-up call, then it's a solutions manual. The solutions presented here are ahead of the game now. By providing an evidence-based vision of change, the book can play a significant role in influencing our future.
The
book has been written for: designers; engineers; operations, technical,
and business managers; traders; government and NGO officials associated
with business, climate, energy, environment, waste, trade and
financing. It is relevant to a wide range of industries: energy: steel
and aluminium; mining; construction; consulting; manufacturing;
transport, automotive, aerospace, marine; architecture.
The style of
the book is intended for a popular audience as well as the specialist.
Regards,
Sheila
UIT Cambridge Ltd ++44
1223 302041