Using recycled aggregate s from construction and demolition waste can preserve natural
aggregate resources, reduce demand of landfill, and contribute to sustainable built …

Among the many sustainability challenges in the construction industry, those related to the
application of concrete and its components are the most critical. Particularly, the production …

The decade 2014–2024 is known as the sustainable decade, as a result of which there is a
need to develop eco-friendly building materials and adopt sustainable construction …

Accelerated carbonation treatment as an effective approach of reducing the carbon footprint
in the concrete industry is being investigated extensively. Such carbonation treatment …

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 …

Blended cements, where Portland cement clinker is partially replaced by supplementary
cementitious materials (SCMs), provide the most feasible route for reducing carbon dioxide …

Cracking is one of the major deteriorating causes of concrete, which allows the entrance of
chemicals and can lead to the loss of physico-mechanical and durability properties of …

Recycling of waste concrete has become an important issue worldwide due to the continued
increase of construction wastes. Also, the growing global construction activities urge to find …

It is well-recognized that recycled aggregate (RA), obtained from dismantled structures, is
more porous and less dense, than natural aggregate (NA) due to the presence of adhering …

Recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) differ from natural aggregate as the former contains
attached mortar. Given the recycling process of RCA, that is, by crushing, the microstructure …