Sustainability and Applications of Materials in Civil Engineering and Building
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 2142
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sustainability; durability and recycling of construction materials
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: sustainability; durability and recycling of construction materials
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: technology of architecture; construction systems’ innovation; sustainable building materials; eco-efficiency; environmental impact assessment; life cycle assessment; life cycle thinking; design for disassembling; design for re-manufacturing; design for reuse; embodied energy; lightweight building materials; architectural membranes; technical textiles for buildings
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The sustainability of the construction field involves numerous aspects related to the durability and the contamination of building materials as well as the life cycle and the environmental impacts. The reuse/recycling of materials in the civil engineering and building sectors became an important concern in recent decades. The enormous production of inert material waste during construction, such as for instance tunnel break aggregates or excavation as well as the demolition of built infrastructures triggers new finding and possibilities to recycle the mass. This is particularly needed in the lack or reduction of disposal spaces. Many type of inert waste are considered in the building sector, such as recycled concrete aggregates, milled asphalt granulates, excavation or fluvial material, quarry debris, cementitious dusts, various type of ashes or alternative cementitious binder in substitution of Portland cement.
The issue addresses researchers as well as construction companies, engineers, architects, technical managers and specialists that deal with durability and recycled or re-used construction materials. The scope would be to gather the actual and most recent developments and knowledge related to the recycling and the mechanical as well as the durability properties of these new material mixes.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Recycled/reused construction materials in the infrastructure and buildings
- Mechanical performance of the new recycled/reused materials
- Durability of the new recycled/reused materials
- Alternative cementitious binders
- Recycled materials in the pavement sector
- Recycled metals, asphalt, ceramics, plastics and wood in the construction field
- Waste management within the construction materials
- Supplementary cementitious materials
- Life cycle management
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Materials.
Dr. Christian Paglia
Dr. Cristina Mosca
Prof. Dr. Carol Monticelli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- construction materials
- durability
- recycling
- re-use
- waste
- material pollutants sustainability
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