Sustainable Concrete Solutions

Author : Costas Georgopoulos,Andrew Minson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118654309

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Sustainable Concrete Solutions by Costas Georgopoulos,Andrew Minson Pdf

The challenges facing humanity in the 21st century include climate change, population growth, overconsumption of resources, overproduction of waste and increasing energy demands. For construction practitioners, responding to these challenges means creating a built environment that provides accommodation and infrastructure with better whole-life performance using lower volumes of primary materials, less non-renewable energy, wasting less and causing fewer disturbances to the natural environment. Concrete is ubiquitous in the built environment. It is therefore essential that it is used in the most sustainable way so practitioners must become aware of the range of sustainable concrete solutions available for construction. While sustainable development has been embedded into engineering curricula, it can be difficult for students and academics to be fully aware of the innovations in sustainable construction that are developed by the industry. Sustainable Concrete Solutions serves as an introduction to and an overview of the latest developments in sustainable concrete construction. It provides useful guidance, with further references, to students, researchers, academics and practitioners of all construction disciplines who are faced with the challenge of designing, specifying and constructing with concrete.

Author : Patrick Tang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3039362348

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Green Concrete for a Better Sustainable Environment by Patrick Tang Pdf

This book, Green Concrete for a Better Sustainable Environment, aims to cover recent advances in the development of green concrete solutions and discuss the best ways to leverage opportunities in this domain. Concrete can be described as green concrete if it has one of the following features; it uses waste material as at least one of its components, its production process does not lead to environmental destruction, or it has high performance and life cycle sustainability. At present, natural resources are running out. Cement and concrete made from industrial and construction waste can be regarded as valuable resources for civil infrastructure construction. Green concrete will not only contribute to a circular economy, but can also help to reduce the amount of embodied energy and CO2 emissions associated with cement manufacturing and aggregate quarrying. Using green concrete can also mitigate the environmental threats associated with industrial waste materials. This book covers the theoretical, experimental, applied and modelling research studies on the materials, products and structures related to sustainable cement-based composites.

Author : Per Jahren,Tongbo Sui
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781466592506

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Concrete and Sustainability by Per Jahren,Tongbo Sui Pdf

Concrete is by far the most common building material- accounting for twice the volume of all other such materials combined. With such a huge global economic impact, the industry has a correspondingly considerable responsibility to use it sustainably. Written by experts who pioneered research into environmental issues and concrete, Concrete and Sust

Author : Costas Georgopoulos,Andrew Minson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119968641

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Sustainable Concrete Solutions by Costas Georgopoulos,Andrew Minson Pdf

The challenges facing humanity in the 21st century include climate change, population growth, overconsumption of resources, overproduction of waste and increasing energy demands. For construction practitioners, responding to these challenges means creating a built environment that provides accommodation and infrastructure with better whole-life performance using lower volumes of primary materials, less non-renewable energy, wasting less and causing fewer disturbances to the natural environment. Concrete is ubiquitous in the built environment. It is therefore essential that it is used in the most sustainable way so practitioners must become aware of the range of sustainable concrete solutions available for construction. While sustainable development has been embedded into engineering curricula, it can be difficult for students and academics to be fully aware of the innovations in sustainable construction that are developed by the industry. Sustainable Concrete Solutions serves as an introduction to and an overview of the latest developments in sustainable concrete construction. It provides useful guidance, with further references, to students, researchers, academics and practitioners of all construction disciplines who are faced with the challenge of designing, specifying and constructing with concrete.

Author : Per Jahren,Tongbo Sui
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781466592490

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Concrete and Sustainability by Per Jahren,Tongbo Sui Pdf

Concrete is by far the most common building material— accounting for twice the volume of all other such materials combined. With such a huge global economic impact, the industry has a correspondingly considerable responsibility to use it sustainably. Written by experts who pioneered research into environmental issues and concrete, Concrete and Sustainability examines the sustainability issues of the world’s main construction material and proposes attainable solutions. It provides a complete overview of the topic and tackles the complexity of the challenges from different angles. This book offers new data regarding the social and economic importance of concrete and proposes a discussion centered on a holistic approach in terms of resource availability, technical viability, economic feasibility, and environmental compatibility. The authors attribute a growing worldwide concern and understanding of sustainability issues, and an increased focus on climate change as the catalyst in this process. Instead of offering detailed technical advice or recommendations on sustainable issues, they provide examples showcasing sustainability efforts taking place in the concrete environment worldwide. The book includes examples and ideas for solutions from a large number of countries from across the globe. It presents a holistic and more complete overview of the emission and absorption topic, takes a look at the challenges from a combined old and new world viewing platform and offers an exploration of issues from a social and economic perspective. Concrete and Sustainability details the various rules and regulations that the industry is facing, discusses the various environmental challenges, and explores its impact. As emission, absorptions, and recycling have been the most central elements of discussion in the cement and concrete environment so far, these topics each receive their own chapters. This book also discusses other issues of concern within the various platforms in the industry, as well as future developments, and provides a comprehensive reference list.

Author : Md Rezaur Rahman,Chin Mei Yun,Muhammad Khusairy Bin Bakri
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-30
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030988128

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Waste Materials in Advanced Sustainable Concrete by Md Rezaur Rahman,Chin Mei Yun,Muhammad Khusairy Bin Bakri Pdf

This book presents solutions for optimizing sustainable concrete fabrication techniques. It shows how to reinforce sustainable concrete by various waste materials such as glass waste, uncrushed cockle shell, plastic waste and ceramic tiles. It also reports on properties’ enhancement of high-strength concrete materials. The book presents an analysis of the environmental impact of waste materials’ use.

Author : Pierre-Claude Aïtcin,Sidney Mindess
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781482266696

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Sustainability of Concrete by Pierre-Claude Aïtcin,Sidney Mindess Pdf

Production of Portland cement is responsible for about seven percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. The pressure to make the production of concrete more sustainable, or "greener", is considerable and increasing. This requires a wholesale shift in processes, materials and methods in the concrete industry. Pure Portland cement will need to be replaced by more complex binary, tertiary or even quaternary binders, including other types of cementitious materials. We can expect an increasing use of high performance concrete, primarily because of its high sustainability and durability. Much more attention will have to be paid to the proper curing of the concrete if we want to improve its life expectancy. Presenting the latest advances in the science of concrete this book focuses particularly on sustainability, durability, and economy. It explores the potential for increased sustainability in concrete from the initial mixing right through to its behaviour in complex structures exposed to different types of loads and aggressive environments.

Author : Kristian Dahl Hertz,Philip Halding
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030805005

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Sustainable Light Concrete Structures by Kristian Dahl Hertz,Philip Halding Pdf

The book presents new technologies for easy and economical construction of light concrete structures saving materials and CO2. The new super-light technology allows a designer to place forces, where it is optimal, and save material everywhere else. The book also supports this “Direct Engineering” principle with a number of new details and structural principles. The new pearl-chain technology makes it possible to design optimal shapes such as arches, vaults, cupolas, floating tunnels, and shells etc. from inexpensive, and mass-produced components. The new super-light deck-elements presented in the book are now produced in six factories in Denmark, Finland, and USA, and the number is increasing. The book will be of interest for all structural engineers, who would like to save materials, CO2 and optimize their structures, for students learning about the new technologies, and for contractors and architects, who want to investigate new building technologies.

Author : Michael Grantham,Carmelo Majorana,Valentina Salomoni
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780203864005

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Concrete Solutions by Michael Grantham,Carmelo Majorana,Valentina Salomoni Pdf

Concrete repair continues to be a subject of major interest to engineers and technologists worldwide. The concrete repair budget for the UK alone currently runs at some UKP 220 per annum. Some estimates have indicated that, worldwide, in 2010 the expenditure for maintenance and repair work will represent about 85% of the total expenditure in the co

Author : Michael Grantham,Carmelo Majorana,Valentina Salomoni
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780415550826

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Concrete Solutions by Michael Grantham,Carmelo Majorana,Valentina Salomoni Pdf

Concrete repair continues to be a subject of major interest to engineers and technologists worldwide. The concrete repair budget for the UK alone currently runs at some UKP 220 per annum. Some estimates have indicated that, worldwide, in 2010 the expenditure for maintenance and repair work will represent about 85% of the total expenditure in the construction field. It has been forecast that, in the same year in the USA, 50 billion dollars will be spent just for the restoration of deteriorated bridges and viaducts. An understanding of the latest techniques in repair and testing and inspection is thus crucial to the international construction industry. This book, with contributions from 34 countries, brings together the best in research, practical application, strategy and theory relating to concrete repair, testing and inspection, fire damage, composites and electro-chemical repair.

Author : Ravindra K. Dhir,Thomas D. Dyer,Judith E. Halliday
Publisher : Thomas Telford
Page : 888 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Concrete construction
ISBN : 0727731777

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Sustainable Concrete Construction by Ravindra K. Dhir,Thomas D. Dyer,Judith E. Halliday Pdf

Author : Sharifah Salwa Mohd Zuki
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Building
ISBN : 9789811621871

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Proceedings of the Sustainable Concrete Materials and Structures in Construction 2020 by Sharifah Salwa Mohd Zuki Pdf

This book gathers a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the Sustainable Concrete Materials and Structures in Construction 2020, held at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Malaysia, on 24th August 2020. The contributions, prepared by international scientists and engineers, cover the latest advances in and innovative applications with the theme Towards Sustainable Green Concrete The articles in this book cater to academics, graduate students, researchers, as well as industrial practitioners working in the areas of concrete materials and building construction.

Author : Kwok Wei Shah,Ghasan Fahim Huseien
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000298895

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Recycled Ceramics in Sustainable Concrete by Kwok Wei Shah,Ghasan Fahim Huseien Pdf

Includes a lifecycle assessment Describes recycling of ceramic tile wastes as fine and coarse aggregate replacement Discusses microstructure performance of sustainable concrete Evaluates performance of sustainable concrete exposed to elevated temperatures and corrosives

Author : Ashraf Ashour,Xinyue Wang,Baoguo Han
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 749 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780443156731

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Sustainable Concrete Materials and Structures by Ashraf Ashour,Xinyue Wang,Baoguo Han Pdf

Sustainable Concrete Materials and Structures focuses on recent research progress and innovations in this important field of research. All aspects of the technical routes to sustainable concrete and structures are discussed in detail. These include recent findings on sustainable concrete production and structural design and construction. Low-carbon cement, sustainable concrete mix design, durability, and structural applications are discussed in detail. Emphasis is placed on how to bring some of the innovations in concrete technology closer to market. Information on techno-economic analysis, economy of scale, and the supply chain of sustainable concrete is also addressed. The book will be an essential reference resource for academic and industrial researchers working in civil engineering, material science, chemical engineering, and the development and manufacture of construction materials. Provides a comprehensive collection of technical reviews on the latest advancements in sustainable concrete materials and structures Presents state-of-the-art research on preparation, production, processing, and implementation techniques for sustainable concrete materials and structures Features techno-economic analysis for each technology discussed Covers lifecycle assessment, the Circular Economy and end of life of concrete structures Includes industry case studies on implementation

Author : Andrea Jeanne Schokker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Reinforced concrete
ISBN : 0870313622

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The Sustainable Concrete Guide by Andrea Jeanne Schokker Pdf