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Green concrete structures
Author(s) -
Glavind Mette
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
structural concrete
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1751-7648
pISSN - 1464-4177
DOI - 10.1002/suco.201000022
Subject(s) - demolition , construction engineering , service life , engineering , benchmark (surveying) , architectural engineering , key (lock) , life cycle assessment , raw material , civil engineering , computer science , production (economics) , mechanical engineering , geology , computer security , geodesy , economics , macroeconomics , chemistry , organic chemistry
There are numerous ways of improving concrete structure's environmental performance. An overview of these are presented and exemplified in the present article. They include choice of raw materials, mix design of the concrete, production processes, construction processes, design and use during service life and the end‐of‐life demolition‐crushingreuse. Thus the whole life cycle is considered. This will be the key content of the future fib 3.8 guidelines on green concrete structures which will also include some background information and specific benchmark data.