[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the concrete industry to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions

A Adesina - Environmental Challenges, 2020 - Elsevier
Increasing sustainability awareness has put the concrete industry in the spotlight to reduce
its carbon dioxide emissions. Most of the carbon dioxide emission from the concrete industry …

[HTML][HTML] Decarbonizing the ceramics industry: A systematic and critical review of policy options, developments and sociotechnical systems

DDF Del Rio, BK Sovacool, AM Foley, S Griffiths… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ceramics are considered one of the greatest and earliest most useful successes of
humankind. However, ceramics can be highly damaging to natural and social systems …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical performance of recycled aggregate concrete in green civil engineering

D Wang, C Lu, Z Zhu, Z Zhang, S Liu, Y Ji… - Case Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of recycled aggregate concrete can save natural resources and reduce
environmental pollution, which has been widely concerned in recent years. The physical …

Recycling of spent coffee grounds in construction materials: A review

M Saberian, J Li, A Donnoli, E Bonderenko… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
Coffee, the second most traded commodity and the second-largest beverage consumed
around the world, is responsible for many environmental burdens in the form of spent coffee …

Effect of pozzolan slurries on recycled aggregate concrete: Mechanical and durability performance

WM Shaban, K Elbaz, J Yang, BS Thomas… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Disposal of construction and demolition wastes (C&DW) has been deemed as a major
concern all over the world due to their disposal crisis that often adversely affect the …

[HTML][HTML] Compressive strength and elastic modulus of RBAC: an analysis of existing data and an artificial intelligence based prediction

L Lin, J Xu, J Yuan, Y Yu - Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years crushing waste brick to produce recycled brick aggregates (RBAs) has
become a viable solution for reducing environmental pollution and addressing the natural …

Effect of pore structure and morphological characteristics of recycled fine aggregates from clay bricks on mechanical properties of concrete

J Dang, J Xiao, Z Duan - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
To boost the recycling rate of demolished clay bricks, recycled fine aggregates from clay
bricks (RFCBs) can be feasibly used as sand substitute for preparing green concrete. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical properties of modified coral aggregate seawater sea-sand concrete: Experimental study and constitutive model

F Wang, Y Sun, X Xue, N Wang, J Zhou… - Case Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
The use of corals, seawater, and sea-sand to prepare concrete can effectively solve the
problem of raw material transportation in constructing remote sea islands and reefs. Corals …

Durability and microstructural properties of concrete with recycled brick as fine aggregates

J Dang, J Zhao, S Dai Pang, S Zhao - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
To tackle the shortage of natural sand and to reduce the construction waste from clay bricks,
the use of recycled bricks to replace sand as fine aggregates to produce more sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Use of hemp, kenaf and bamboo natural fiber in cement-based concrete

JA Abdalla, BS Thomas, RA Hawileh - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022 - Elsevier
The integration of renewable materials promotes sustainability in construction industry. Plant
based natural fibers can be effectively utilized in cement concrete composites, being low …