The past and future of sustainable concrete: A critical review and new strategies on cement-based materials

J de Brito, R Kurda - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The negative impacts of cement-based material (CBM) production are way bigger than ever
expected. To illustrate the scale of this phenomenon, all the forests in the world, regardless …

Silica fume and waste glass in cement concrete production: A review

A Mehta, DK Ashish - Journal of Building Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
The vast emission of greenhouse gases from industrial wastes is a global problem. The non-
biodegradable nature of industrial wastes like silica fume, glass, bottom ash, and rubber …

[HTML][HTML] A scientometric review of waste material utilization in concrete for sustainable construction

W Ahmad, A Ahmad, KA Ostrowski, F Aslam… - Case Studies in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The construction sector has a significant impact on the environment, contributing
significantly to energy consumption, resource depletion, and CO 2 emissions. This sector is …

[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 …

A comprehensive review on the application of renewable waste tire rubbers and fibers in sustainable concrete

MMU Islam, J Li, R Roychand, M Saberian… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Modern civilization is currently steering toward sustainability due to environmental issues,
such as the diminution of natural resources and the spawning of enormous wastes. Waste …

Combined effects of supplementary cementitious materials (silica fume, GGBS, fly ash and rice husk ash) and steel fiber on the hardened properties of recycled …

LA Qureshi, B Ali, A Ali - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) is now getting much more attention than ever as a likely
substitute for natural aggregate concrete, credited to the growing interest of many countries …

Evaluating the use of recycled concrete aggregate and pozzolanic additives in fiber-reinforced pervious concrete with industrial and recycled fibers

A Toghroli, P Mehrabi, M Shariati, NT Trung… - … and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of using recycled concrete aggregate (RCA)
and pozzolanic materials as a partial replacement of natural coarse aggregate (NCA) and …

The recent progress of recycled steel fiber reinforced concrete

KM Liew, A Akbar - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental issues such as exhaustion of natural resources and generation of enormous
amounts of waste and their dumping are currently steering the modern civilization to …

Green concrete: Prospects and challenges

KM Liew, AO Sojobi, LW Zhang - Construction and building materials, 2017 - Elsevier
Utilization of green concrete in construction is increasingly adopted by the construction
industry owing to the drawbacks of conventional concrete and the numerous inherent …

Recycled fibers in reinforced concrete: A systematic literature review

R Merli, M Preziosi, A Acampora, MC Lucchetti… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Concrete is one of the leading composite materials for construction, therefore the
identification of strategies aimed at reducing its environmental impact is crucial for greening …