·However the impact of concrete on the environment is a subject of increasing concern among scientists environmentalists and policymakers alike In this blog we investigate the environmental impacts of concrete and construction and explore the innovative and sustainable construction practices being embraced by the construction
·Philippa Spence Managing Director of Ramboll UK said This fantastic initiative is a very important and vital step in the decarbonisation of our built environment The impetus to deliver an impact fast through collective industry effort and baseline concrete carbon reporting will prove essential for our net zero future
·Cement production is a complex and essential process that involves several stages and impacts various aspects of the construction industry and the environment The first step in cement production is the extraction of raw materials primarily limestone clay and shale [34] These materials are typically obtained from quarries or mines where
·Green concrete gains strength faster and has a lower shrinkage rate than concrete made with Portland cement alone As elsewhere the concrete craze in the largest nation of South America began quite benign as a means of social development then transformed into an economic necessity and eventually became a tool for political
·Portland cement PC CEM1 N from Suez Cement Company in Suez Egypt according to Egyptian Standard Specifications 4756 1/2009 [28] Table 1 lists the chemical make up of the cement that was utilized The coarse aggregate Crushed dolomite [Ca Mg CO 3 2] and fine sand were mined in Egypt s Attaka
·impacts of cement and concrete production on the environment is growing significance due to their widespread availability in the global market [20] A cement factory releases a lot of contaminants into the atmosphere Additionally a rise in the output of production or modification in fuel type fuel
·course for the future of the Indian concrete industry and emerging alternatives Keywords Cement Concrete Greenhouse gases Environment impact Gross domestic product GDP0 1 Introduction Indian cement industry & its market potential India is the second largest cement producer in the world and accounted for over 8% of
·The entire cement and concrete cycle induces Mt CO 2 which is equivalent to 3% of Japan s total CO 2 emissions Of this amount cement production accounts for the largest share 83%
·As construction activities become more intensive in developing countries increasing improperly managed construction and demolition waste CDW brings serious environmental impacts Recycling is a beneficial way to dispose of CDW that reduces environmental impact and brings economic benefits especially for concrete China is the
·Permeable concrete pavements PCPs have been increasingly used as a low impact development LID tool which helps to manage the impacts of infrastructure construction and operations on the natural environment Scholz and Grabowiecki 2007; Bruinsma et al 2017; Rodríguez Rojas et al 2018 As a green infrastructure solution
·Currently there is no universally accepted definition for waterproof concrete also known as water resistant and watertight concrete The German Committee on Reinforced Concrete [6] defines waterproof concrete as that with a water absorption rate reduced by more than 50% in comparison to untreated reference to
·These new generation materials fabricated by following the geopolymerisation reactions of alumino silicate oxides with alkali activators have the advantages of high mechanical strength
·The cement industry plays critical role in any country s development and economic growth Cement is extensively used in construction sector and infrastructural projects Abundant raw material availability infrastructure demands urbanization and recent government initiatives—Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation
·The building construction sector is the second largest contributor to greenhouse gases GHG especially CO2 emissions and final energy consumption among all industries Industrial production of building materials such as steel and cement and the use of traditional construction methods exacerbate these environmental issues In Iran
·A study by Chatham house McDonald et al 2019 showed that the cement industry should reduce the cement clinker to 60% and then take special measures in capturing and storing CO 2 to control the impact of cement industry on environment by 2050
·Within concrete engineering the uptake of self compacting concrete SCC represents a notable trend delivering improved workability and placement efficiency However challenges persist notably
·Figure 1 Left side shows process of concrete making and right side shows GHG emissions from concrete of which 90% are from cement and 10% from aggregates and other inputs as well as quarrying
·Impact of cation type and fly ash on deterioration process of high belite cement pastes exposed to sulfate attack Constr Build Mater 286 Performance of volcanic ash and pumice based blended cement concrete in mixed sulfate environment Cem Concr Res 36 6 2006 pp 1123 1133 View PDF View article View in Scopus
·Figure 1 Left side shows process of concrete making and right side shows GHG emissions from concrete of which 90% are from cement and 10% from aggregates and other inputs as well as quarrying
·The cement production of China is the main driving force of the increasing of global cement production [16] [17] the cement production of China increases by more than 5 times from 400 million to billion and it is a period of extraordinary change on the technology and equipment of cement industry [6] [18] Why China s cement production
·1 Introduction The built environment accounts for approximately 37% of annual global CO 2 emissions with contributions of 27% and 10 % respectively attributable to building operational energy and embodied carbon emissions [1] Thus accounting for over a third of the world s primary energy usage international efforts aim to reduce the
·The functional unit of the outputs from this tool is per 1 m 3 of concrete Impacts for each constituent cement fly ash aggregates are calculated per 1 kg of that material Batching has a functional unit of 1 m 3 of concrete Transportation impacts are measured per 1 metric ton km traveled
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