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Reusing Ceramic Waste as a Fine Aggregate and Supplemental Cementitious Material in the Manufacture of Sustainable Concrete

open access: yesBuildings, 2023
A viable strategy for promoting sustainable development and a cleaner environment is the reuse of demolition-related ceramic waste and ceramic manufacturing byproducts in the production of concrete.
Walid E. Elemam   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nanomodified Concrete with Enhanced Characteristics Based on River Snail Shell Powder

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
The utilization of aquaculture waste, such as snail shells, is a severe issue. These shells are common in water-sources and are a by-product of sifting sand for masonry and concrete work.
Sergey A. Stel’makh   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Education & Skills Committee inquiry on sustainable schools : submission from the Sustainable Development Commission [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This submission to the Education & Skills Committee looks at sustainable development, sustainable schools, school buildings, and provides recommendations on these issues.Publisher ...
Sustainable Development Commission
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Evaluation of fresh and mechanical properties and shrinkage of hydrophobic mortar containing microfiber for 3D printing technology

open access: yesCase Studies in Construction Materials
This study investigated the development of hydrophobic mortar tailored for three-dimensional (3D) printing applications by incorporating calcium stearate (CS) and polypropylene (PP) microfiber. CS was used as a partial hydraulic cement replacement at 10,
Natthanicha Sakolaree   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable consumption : the role of food retail [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This submission is informed by discussion at a seminar held by the Sustainable Consumption Roundtable on 28 June on the subject of Sustainable Consumption in the 'Food industry sustainability strategy'.
Sustainable Consumption Roundtable (Great Britain)
core   +2 more sources

Development of high-CaO fly ash-based alkali-activated mortar for 3D printing technology

open access: yesCase Studies in Construction Materials
A one-part alkali-activated mortar was developed for 3D printing technology (3DPT). High-CaO fly ash (FA) served as a binder, while sodium metasilicate (SM) was added as the alkali activator at dosages between 3.0 % and 9.0 % by weight of the binder ...
Porntipa Koedmontree   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Utilization of industrial by-products as binders and fine aggregates for one-part lightweight controlled low-strength materials: Turning waste to value approach

open access: yesCase Studies in Construction Materials
This study investigated the fresh and hardened properties of controlled low-strength material (CLSM) using ground coal bottom ash (GBA) mixed with ground calcium carbide residue (GCR) as the primary binder. Sieved coal bottom ash (SBA) fully replaced the
Warayut Dokduea   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Thermo-mechanical performance of concrete with alternative binder material. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Purpose – This paper investigates the effect of changes to fundamental components of concrete; cement type, water/cement ratio, aggregate size & age, on thermo-mechanical properties of hardened concrete.
Richardson, Alan   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Sustainable Concrete: A Review [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research, 2019
The demand for cement and concrete is highly increasing due to urbanization and increase in the world’s population. Portland cement production releases substantial amounts of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere, which is causing the climate change.
Mohaddeseh Tahanpour Javadabadi   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Development of binary and ternary binders made from industrial by-products for producing controlled low-strength materials

open access: yesJournal of Materials Research and Technology
This study investigated the properties of controlled low-strength materials (CLSM) from industrial by-products, i.e., bottom ash (BA), calcium carbide residue (CR), and fly ash (FA) as binary (BA-CR and BA-FA mixtures) and ternary (BA-CR-FA mixture ...
Warayut Dokduea   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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