Sustainability Information

This page contains articles and papers containing background information about sustainability, global warming etc. that you can download under the condition that you acknowledge the source (as we have tried to do). There is also a lot of background information in back issues of the TecEco newsletter.

If the files are protected you will need to contact TecEco for a password.

Acrobat Documents

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Document:	Author:	Notes:	Date:	Size:	Protected:
Making recycling Economic	John Harrison	This paper considers how to make sustainability economic	27 Sep 02	194 Kb	No
Global Warming Solutions	John Harrison	A discussion about the various schemes to stop global warming - whacky or otherwise!	27 Sep 02	194 Kb	No
Global Warming	Various	Elementary information with graphics about global warming.	27 Sep 02	584 Kb	No
Embodied and Lifetime Energies in the Built Environment	Dr Selwyn Tucker	Explanation about embodied and lifetime energies	27 Sep 02	112 Kb	No
Acid Rain	Various	An elementary explanation about acid rain	27 Sep 02	66 Kb	No
Global Change and the Earth System	IGP Science 4	International Geosphere-Biosphere Program	14 Jun 04	1.3 Mb	No
Emission Reductions Greenhouse Gases in the Cement Industry	C.A. Hendriks, E Worrell, D. de Jager, K. Blok and P. Riemer	International Energy Agency	13 Jul 03	74 Kb	No
Buildings for Growth	Various	A report prepared for the National Building and Construction Committee (NatBACC) by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (ISR)	24 Jan 03	629 Kb	No
The Carbon Cycle and Global Warming	Various	Elementary information with graphics about global warming and the carbon cycle. A pdf to keep the size down!	17 Mar 02	423 Kb	No
Note on Life Cycle Analysis	Susan Svoboda, manager of the University of Michigan Corporate Environmental Management Program (CEMP).	A background document on what Life Cycle Analysis is all about.	25 Sep 04	40 Kb	No

Powerpoint Presentations

The following are powerpoint presentations and you may need to download a program to decompress the file. We suggest using WinRar or Winzip 8.0. You may also need a Powerpoint viewer.

Document:	Author:	Notes:	Date:	Size:	Protected:
Roads as Routes to the Future - Pervious Pavement and Other Innovations	John Harrison	Powerpoint presentation explaining how pervious Eco-Cement concrete pavements combined with some novel thinking could make a big difference	9 Sep 06	4.3 Mb	No
Making Sustainability Economic	John Harrison	Powerpoint presentation explaining how sustainability must be an economic process and the enormous potential of materials in the built environment	20 Sep 04	3.5 Mb	No

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