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 …

Lightweight concrete from a perspective of sustainable reuse of waste byproducts

MF Junaid, Z ur Rehman, M Kuruc, I Medveď… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Traditional waste management schemes raise various environmental, social, and economic
concerns; thus, require productive replacements. A large amount of natural resource is …

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 …

Principles of photocatalysts and their different applications: a review

MA Hassaan, MA El-Nemr, MR Elkatory… - Topics in Current …, 2023 - Springer
Human existence and societal growth are both dependent on the availability of clean and
fresh water. Photocatalysis is a type of artificial photosynthesis that uses environmentally …

Utilisation of rice husk ash for cleaner production of different construction products

V Jittin, A Bahurudeen, SD Ajinkya - Journal of cleaner production, 2020 - Elsevier
A large quantity of Rice husk ash (RHA) is disposed of as waste material and leads to
severe pollution. The pozzolanic behaviour of RHA enables its application in the …

Production of sustainable construction materials using agro-wastes

C Maraveas - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
The construction sector, in modern times, is faced by a myriad of challenges primarily due to
the increase in the urban population and dwindling natural resources that facilitate the …

Utilization of agro-waste groundnut shell and its derivatives in sustainable construction and building materials–A review

N Sathiparan, A Anburuvel, VV Selvam - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, there have been extensive focus on using agricultural waste in construction
and building materials as substitution alternatives for cement, fine aggregate and coarse …

The utilization of agricultural waste as agro-cement in concrete: A review

J He, S Kawasaki, V Achal - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Concrete, as the world's most implemented construction material, is increasingly being used
because of the rapid development of industrialization and urbanization. Limited resources …

Management of agricultural waste biomass as raw material for the construction sector: an analysis of sustainable and circular alternatives

M Duque-Acevedo, I Lancellotti, F Andreola… - Environmental Sciences …, 2022 - Springer
Background The agricultural and construction sectors demand enormous amounts of natural
resources and generate environmental impacts that negatively affect ecosystems. One of the …

Soft computing techniques for predicting the properties of raw rice husk concrete bricks using regression-based machine learning approaches

N Ganasen, L Krishnaraj, KC Onyelowe… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In this study, the replacement of raw rice husk, fly ash, and hydrated lime for fine aggregate
and cement was evaluated in making raw rice husk-concrete brick. This study optimizes …