Advances in Environmentally-Friendly Building Materials in Construction
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 28
Special Issue Editors
Interests: alkali-activated materials; geopolymers; building materials; valorization of industrial wastes and construction and demolition wastes; corrosion, durability and sustainability of cementitious materials; eco-friendly construction materials; 3D printing
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: alkali-activated materials; geopolymers; building materials; recovery of industrial wastes, and construction and demolition wastes; durability and sustainability of cementitious materials; eco-friendly construction materials; 3D printing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The search for emerging technologies that promote environmental sustainability is a priority for the construction sector. Rapid urbanization, promoted by exponential population growth, will cause a 60% increase in housing demand by 2030, making cities the generators of 75% of the world's global carbon emissions. Likewise, by 2050, an increase in natural resources equivalent to almost three planets worth is estimated to be necessary to sustain current lifestyles. A model called “sustainable cities” proposes sustainable consumption and production, seeking to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation to increase resource efficiency, to reduce the extraction of raw materials and the final disposal of the waste generated (“zero waste” approach), and to move towards green (circular) economies with low carbon emissions. To preserve these, non-renewable raw materials can be used as alternative materials to ordinary Portland cement (OPC)-based materials with a lower “carbon footprint” or global warming potential (GWP) and with superior mechanical performance and durability. In general, the use of industrial wastes, and especially construction and demolition wastes, is considered essential for the construction sector to be sustainable in a circular economy model. Technologies, such as additive manufacturing, can be widely employed by the construction sector for 3D printing housing sustainably and at a more affordable cost with numerous advantages.
This Special Issue aims to publish a wide range of articles that address topics including, among others, alternative construction materials, use of by-products and industrial wastes, eco-efficient and carbon-neutral construction materials, durability, life cycle analysis, geopolymers, and innovative technologies of construction.
Prof. Dr. Ruby Mejía de Gutiérrez
Prof. Dr. Rafael A. Robayo-Salazar
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- circular economy
- sustainable and low-carbon building materials
- eco-friendly materials and processes
- utilization of by-products and waste materials in construction
- construction and demolition wastes
- recycled aggregates
- alternative binders to Portland cement, geopolymers
- 3D concrete printing
- concrete durability
- life cycle analysis
