Material efficiency
Resource Efficiency and Climate Change, Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future, published by the UN Environment Programme in 2020, defines material efficiency (ME) as: ‘The pursuit of technical strategies, business models, consumer preferences and policy instruments that would lead to a substantial reduction in the production of high-volume, energy-intensive materials required to deliver human well-being; expressed as a ratio of the amount of product or service obtained by unit of material use.’
[edit] Related articles on Designing Buildings
- Climate change.
- Circular economy.
- Disposal.
- End of life potential.
- Mean lean green.
- Pre-demolition audit.
- Quantification of construction materials in existing buildings (material intensity).
- Renewable energy.
- Recycling.
- Upcycling.
- Waste and Resources Action Programme WRAP.
- Waste hierarchy.
- Waste management plan for England.
- Waste.
- Wishcycling.
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