Plastic's low cost, versatile and durable nature has rendered it a popular material in the
market. Such inevitable high demand has resulted in overwhelming production on a global …

Industrial manufacturing is the largest end-use sector in terms of both final energy demand
and greenhouse gas emissions (more than 30% of the total); its increase is rapidly altering …

The cement industry is presently facing the demanding challenge of reducing its large
amount of carbon emissions in order to meet the targets set to fight climate changes. One …

The article presents studies of plain concretes prepared based on a quaternary binder
containing various percentages of selected supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) …

This study empirically examine the effects of foreign direct investment inflows and energy
consumption on environmental pollution in the GCC from 1990 to 2014. The study employed …

The utilization of industrial waste by-products including blast furnace slag (BFS) for
geopolymer (GP) production gained considerable attention in recent years. Yet, the …

Alkali activation of fly ash and ground-granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) is a sustainable
technology that promotes recycling of industrial by-products in the form of geopolymer …

The concrete industry has made a firm commitment to reduce its excessive carbon footprint,
essentially related to clinker production. Recycled cement (RC) from the thermoactivation of …

The urge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in particular carbon dioxide, is a global
problem, not only in spatial terms but also in terms of the scope of activities and sectors …

Synthetic activators used in alkali-activated binder are the primary contributors to its adverse
environmental effects. Therefore, this study aims to perform a life cycle assessment of alkali …