Sustainability of the concrete industry: Current trends and future outlook
Achieving sustainability of all human actions has been recognized as an urgent and top priority since the warnings of anthropogenic climate change are overwhelming. However, the precise goal, aim and method of shifting the global paradigm towards sustainability are still contested. Among all human a...
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| author | Tošić Nikola Marinković Snežana Stojanović Aleksandar |
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| description | Achieving sustainability of all human actions has been recognized as an urgent and top priority since the warnings of anthropogenic climate change are overwhelming. However, the precise goal, aim and method of shifting the global paradigm towards sustainability are still contested. Among all human activities, the concrete industry has one of the largest environmental footprints, not only because concrete is the second most used material in the world, but also because the production of cement for concrete is highly energy-intensive and inevitably releases large amounts of CO2. In this paper, a historic and theoretical background to the environmental problems, arising from the production and use of concrete, is presented. The specific problems it poses are recognized as natural resource consumption, CO2 emissions, and waste generation. A technical discussion based on Life Cycle Assessment analyses is presented alongside a societal interpretation within the framework of common resource and externality management. Possible technical solutions in the form of recycling waste concrete and replacing cement with industrial by-products are presented and finally, a necessity for a shift towards a holistic and environmental paradigm is highlighted. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-70f9c719f93948ab915fe69b9b289ef52022-12-21T23:43:44ZengSavez inženjera i tehničara SrbijeTehnika0040-21762560-30862017-01-01721384410.5937/tehnika1701038T0040-21761701038TSustainability of the concrete industry: Current trends and future outlookTošić Nikola0Marinković Snežana1Stojanović Aleksandar2University of Belgrade, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Belgrade, SerbiaUniversity of Belgrade, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Belgrade, SerbiaInternational University College of Turin, Torino, ItalyAchieving sustainability of all human actions has been recognized as an urgent and top priority since the warnings of anthropogenic climate change are overwhelming. However, the precise goal, aim and method of shifting the global paradigm towards sustainability are still contested. Among all human activities, the concrete industry has one of the largest environmental footprints, not only because concrete is the second most used material in the world, but also because the production of cement for concrete is highly energy-intensive and inevitably releases large amounts of CO2. In this paper, a historic and theoretical background to the environmental problems, arising from the production and use of concrete, is presented. The specific problems it poses are recognized as natural resource consumption, CO2 emissions, and waste generation. A technical discussion based on Life Cycle Assessment analyses is presented alongside a societal interpretation within the framework of common resource and externality management. Possible technical solutions in the form of recycling waste concrete and replacing cement with industrial by-products are presented and finally, a necessity for a shift towards a holistic and environmental paradigm is highlighted.http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0040-2176/2017/0040-21761701038T.pdfsustainabilityconcreteCO2cementwasterecycled concrete aggregatefly ash |
| spellingShingle | Tošić Nikola Marinković Snežana Stojanović Aleksandar Sustainability of the concrete industry: Current trends and future outlook Tehnika sustainability concrete CO2 cement waste recycled concrete aggregate fly ash |
| title | Sustainability of the concrete industry: Current trends and future outlook |
| title_full | Sustainability of the concrete industry: Current trends and future outlook |
| title_fullStr | Sustainability of the concrete industry: Current trends and future outlook |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainability of the concrete industry: Current trends and future outlook |
| title_short | Sustainability of the concrete industry: Current trends and future outlook |
| title_sort | sustainability of the concrete industry current trends and future outlook |
| topic | sustainability concrete CO2 cement waste recycled concrete aggregate fly ash |
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