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 …

Water is an exceptionally essential source for the presence of life on the earth. The water
quality has seriously affected because of the overgrowth of the population, human activities …

Building envelope insulation is crucial for an energy-efficient and comfortable indoor
environment because the envelope accounts for 50–60% of total heat gain/loss in a …

The development of the construction sector has created a deficit and constraints on natural
building materials. The ecological impact of the construction material has been the subject of …

In recent years, in an attempt to substitute the conventional synthetic sound absorption
material, natural fibers and their sound absorption properties have been increasingly …

Thermal insulation of buildings is a key factor in reducing the environmental impact of the
building sector by lowering the energy demand of buildings for heating and cooling. The …

Building materials derived from agricultural and industrial waste are becoming more
attractive in the civil engineering and architectural applications because of their …

Silica-rich biomass ash (BMA), such as rice husk ash (RHA), sugar cane bagasse ash
(SCBA), and corn cob ash (CCA), refer to solid waste that is generated from the combustion …

Circular bio-based building materials are “materials wholly or partly derived from renewable
biological origins, or by-products and biowaste of plant and/or animal biomass that can be …

Thermal stability of metakaolin-based geopolymer blended with rice husk ash with
replacement levels of 5–20% by weight of MK was investigated. The phase composition …