Recycled Materials for Construction Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 12400
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Interests: energy materials; Pb-free electrical interconnect; rapid solidification; thermal processing; structure–property
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Interests: sustainable structures and materials; building energy efficiency; timber structures and timber composites; timber durability; bamboo composites; GFRP-reinforced concrete; recycled materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Rapid urbanization and the development of new projects all around the world has meant that the global annual consumption of construction materials is increasing. The massive annual utilization of materials in construction means that the construction industry has the reputation of having a negative impact on the environment. Many attempts are now in place to improve the green credentials of construction either through improving the energy demand of materials processing or more directly by reducing the consumption of freshly mined materials. The large volume of non-degradable wastes normally destined for landfills are an available resource for recycling and reuse. While many municipal authorities now operate waste resource centers equipped to process and sort wastes into construction and demolition, plastics, and ceramics and glass, the construction industry is slow in the uptake of these resources. The numerous works of researchers in the utilization of recycled materials in construction are yet to make the necessary impact.
There is renewed interest in the use of recycled materials through the use of available recycled resources to give construction greener credentials that are being imposed by the societal focus on the sustainability and environmental impacts of businesses. Sustainability therefore has become a significant focus in engineering practice.
This Applied Sciences Special Issue aims to compile all works that address the many issues involved in the reuse of materials, including waste resources processing, optimization of substitutions for freshly mined components, functional properties, reliability issues, the economics of utilization, life cycle analysis, and end of life issues. The scope covers but is not limited to investigations on the reuse of recovered materials, including:
- Plastics;
- Steel and metals;
- Concrete aggregate;
- Sand glass and ceramics;
- Asphaltic materials; and
- Industrial wastes.
Dr. Ayodele Olofinjana
Dr. Christophe Gerber
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- recycled concrete aggregate
- recycled asphaltic materials
- recycled plastics
- recycled glass
- recycled sand
- recycled steel and metals
- packaging materials
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