High-Performance Green Building Materials: Properties, Developments and Applications
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 1192
Special Issue Editor
Interests: innovative and environmentally friendly transportation infrastructure materials; multiscale material characterization; pavement performance; asphalt materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Scarcity of natural resources, environmental concerns, and supply chain challenges have made the need for a new generation of renewable, sustainable, and environmentally friendly materials clearer than ever. As a result, researching green materials with renewable sources and developing methods and techniques for engineered utilization of recycled materials in construction has become the central part of achieving a sustainable construction industry. As a major contributor to the economy, the construction materials sector plays a critical role in developing and maintaining reliable transportation, water supply, electricity, and communication infrastructure. A green and resilient infrastructure is key to societal and economic prosperity. Given its global scale and impact, the type and source of the materials used by the construction sector significantly affect the economy, environment, and society as the three components of sustainability. Conventionally, the construction of civil infrastructures is known to be a resource-intensive practice. It consumes a significant amount of natural resources, such as fossil fuels, forest products, and minerals used to produce steel, bitumen, cementitious materials, masonry units, geomaterials, and aggregates. In addition, the production of construction materials results in high quantities of emissions and other environmental pollutants. The utilization of green materials in construction is envisioned to address the concerns above and provide a pathway for promoting sustainability goals in the construction of infrastructure systems. Developing sustainable green construction materials requires extensive research to improve environmental-friendliness and renewability and enhance their durability and mechanical properties.
This Special Issue, “High-Performance Green Building Materials: Properties, Developments, and Applications,” aims to publish the latest original and innovative research or review articles on construction materials used to construct civil infrastructure. More specifically, authors are encouraged to submit their research with a focus on materials used in the construction of buildings, bridges, pavements (both rigid and flexible), the use of recycled materials, innovative materials, renewable materials, nanomaterials, biomaterials, and sustainable techniques, and technologies applied for production, processing, construction, maintenance, and material evaluation. We look forward to receiving your work by May 31, 2023.
Dr. Rouzbeh Ghabchi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- sustainability
- advanced materials
- material evaluation
- infrastructure construction materials
- pavements
- asphalt
- concrete
- wood
- energy efficiency
- recycling
- life cycle cost analysis
