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Material efficiency
In manufacturing and construction, material efficiency refers to the practice of decreasing the amount of a particular material needed to produce a specific product. It also refers to the metric , the ratio of used material used to the supplied material, which should be minimized in practice. Some forms of material efficiency include increasing the life of existing products, using them more in entirety, re-using components to avoid waste, or reducing the amount of material through a lightweight product design. Material efficiency is associated with green building and energy conservation, as well as other ways of incorporating renewable resources in the building process from start to finish. Increasing material efficiency can reduce the impacts of material consumption. The impacts can include reducing energy demand, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and other environmental impacts such as land use, water scarcity, air pollution, water pollution, and waste management.
Article summary
In manufacturing and construction, material efficiency refers to the practice of decreasing the amount of a particular material needed to produce a specific product. It also refers to the metric , the ratio of used material used to the supplied material, which should be minimized in practice. Some forms of material efficiency include increasing the life of existing products, using them more in entirety, re-using components to avoid waste, or reducing the amount of material through a lightweight product design. Material efficiency is associated with green building and energy conservation, as well as other ways of incorporating renewable resources in the building process from start to finish. Increasing material efficiency can reduce the impacts of material consumption. The impacts can include reducing energy demand, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and other environmental impacts such as land use, water scarcity, air pollution, water pollution, and waste management.
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- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
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