Biomaterials technology and policies in the building sector: a review

L Chen, Y Zhang, Z Chen, Y Dong, Y Jiang… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Traditional building materials have some drawbacks in the construction industry, particularly
in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption. Biomaterials derived from …

Sustainability of biomass-based insulation materials in buildings: Current status in France, end-of-life projections and energy recovery potentials

C Rabbat, S Awad, A Villot, D Rollet… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Concerns over climate change have driven the decarbonization of the building sector, the
largest energy consumer in France. This consumption is primarily dedicated to heating and …

Application of agro and non-agro waste materials for unfired earth blocks construction: A review

N Jannat, A Hussien, B Abdullah, A Cotgrave - Construction and Building …, 2020 - Elsevier
The production process of conventional building materials consumes a high amount of
energy which has a negative impact on the environment. The use of locally available …

Current scenario of solid waste management techniques and challenges in Covid-19–A review

JN Jebaranjitham, JDS Christyraj, A Prasannan… - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Abstract Annually, world generates 2.01 billion tonnes of solid wastes and it is expected to
generate 2.2 billion tonnes of solid waste by 2025. Globally double the amount of waste …

Effect of Solid waste based stabilizing material for strengthening of Expansive soil-A review

DS Vijayan, D Parthiban - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
Expansive soils are usually stated in terms of its property such as unexpected expansion
and contraction, prolonged water retains capacity, low rate of permeability, poor load …

[HTML][HTML] Fresh and mechanical properties of concrete made of binary substitution of millet husk ash and wheat straw ash for cement and fine aggregate

N Bheel, MOA Ali, MS Kirgiz… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Now-a-days, many researchers use priceless industrial or agricultural products as the main
raw material for the construction industry. However, these wastes are inexpensive and easily …

[HTML][HTML] Cradle-to-gate life cycle and economic assessment of sustainable concrete mixes—alkali-activated concrete (Aac) and bacterial concrete (bc)

KK Ramagiri, R Chintha, RK Bandlamudi… - Infrastructures, 2021 - mdpi.com
The negative environmental impacts associated with the usage of Portland cement (PC) in
concrete induced intensive research into finding sustainable alternative concrete mixes to …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism and engineering characteristics of expansive soil reinforced by industrial solid waste: a review

J Wei, J Wei, Q Huang, SMIBS Zainal Abidin, Z Zou - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Expansive soils exhibit detrimental swelling and shrinking characteristics in response to
variations in water content, posing a threat to engineering safety. Utilizing industrial solid …

Combined effect of fly ash and fibers on properties of cement concrete

M Barbuta, R Bucur, AA Serbanoiu, S Scutarasu… - Procedia …, 2017 - Elsevier
Worldwide the production and consumption of building materials have increased in the last
decades. Wastes of different types (such as fibers, powders, granules, etc.) are used for …

Wastes as aggregate substitution in polymer concrete

G Sosoi, M Barbuta, AA Serbanoiu, D Babor… - Procedia …, 2018 - Elsevier
The experimental study was effectuated on polymer concrete with wastes as substitution of
aggregate. The polymer concrete was prepared with epoxy resin and aggregates in two …