[HTML][HTML] Technologies and policies to decarbonize global industry: Review and assessment of mitigation drivers through 2070

J Rissman, C Bataille, E Masanet, N Aden… - Applied energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Fully decarbonizing global industry is essential to achieving climate stabilization, and
reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050–2070 is necessary to limit global …

Durability of concrete coupled with life cycle assessment: Review and perspective

C Li, J Li, Q Ren, Q Zheng, Z Jiang - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2023 - Elsevier
Extending the service life of structures is an important strategy to mitigate the environmental
impacts, in particular, the global warming potential, of the building sector. As a key factor …

Near-term pathways for decarbonizing global concrete production

JA Olsson, SA Miller, MG Alexander - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Growing urban populations and deteriorating infrastructure are driving unprecedented
demands for concrete, a material for which there is no alternative that can meet its functional …

Optimizing supplementary cementitious material replacement to minimize the environmental impacts of concrete

KA Knight, PR Cunningham, SA Miller - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2023 - Elsevier
With growing environmental consequences from material consumption, there is increased
urgency to decarbonize the production of materials we consume frequently, including …

Sustainable criterion selection framework for green building materials–An optimisation based study of fly-ash Geopolymer concrete

M Sandanayake, C Gunasekara, D Law… - Sustainable Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
Green materials are considered as one of the prominent elements in designing an
environmentally sustainable construction project. Studies have highlighted cement …

Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of concrete containing supplementary cementitious materials: cut-off vs. substitution

A Arrigoni, DK Panesar, M Duhamel, T Opher… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Existing life cycle assessments of concrete containing supplementary cementitious materials
(SCMs) hinge on methodological procedures that might skew the results towards the …

Economic and environmental optimisation of waste cardboard kraft fibres in concrete using nondominated sorting genetic algorithm

R Haigh, Y Bouras, M Sandanayake, Z Vrcelj - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The depletion of natural resources is accelerating due to increased construction activities
across the world. The search for alternative materials used in concrete is becoming a …

A unified model for predicting the compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete containing supplementary cementitious materials

T Xie, G Yang, X Zhao, J Xu, C Fang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Raising environmental awareness has triggered extensive searching for methods to mitigate
impacts of concrete industry on the environment. Feasible solutions include partially …

Current sustainable trends of using waste materials in concrete—a decade review

M Sandanayake, Y Bouras, R Haigh, Z Vrcelj - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Concrete is the most used construction material in the world. Consequently, the mass
extraction of virgin materials required for concrete production causes major environmental …

Green concrete containing diatomaceous earth and limestone: Workability, mechanical properties, and life-cycle assessment

J Li, W Zhang, C Li, PJM Monteiro - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
To arrest the growth of global environmental issues, curbing the greenhouse gas emissions
and primary energy consumption in concrete production is among the efficacious strategies …