Eco-Efficient Concrete. Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering

Table of Contents

Part 1 Eco-efficiency of Portland cement concrete: Environmental impact of Portland cement production; Low binder intensity eco-efficient concretes; Life cycle assessment (LCA) aspects of concrete. Part 2 Concrete with supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs): Natural pozzolans in eco-efficient concrete; Artificial pozzolans in eco-efficient concrete; Tests to evaluate pozzolanic activity in eco-efficient concrete; Properties of concrete with high volume pozzolans; Influence of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) on concrete durability; Performance of self- compacting concrete (SCC) with high volume SCMs; High volume ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) concrete; Recycled glass concrete. Part 3 Concrete with non-reactive wastes: Municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI) concrete; Concrete with polymeric wastes; Concrete with construction and demolition wastes (CDW); An eco-efficient approach to concrete carbonation; Concrete with polymers. Part 4 Future alternative binders and use of nano and biotech: Alkali-activated based concrete; Sulfoaluminate cement; Reactive magnesia cement; Nanotechnology for eco-efficient concrete; Biotechconcrete: An innovative approach for concrete with enhanced durability.

Authors

Fernando Pacheco-Torgal Principal Investigator, C-TAC Research Centre, University of Minho, Portugal. F. Pacheco-Torgal is a principal investigator at the University of Minho in Portugal. He has authored more than 300 publications, 147 are in Scopus and 125 in Web of Science. He is an editorial board member of nine international journals, and has participated in the review of 1,360 papers, 150 international journals, and 70 research projects, as well as being lead editor of 23 international books. He has acted as a foreign expert in the evaluation of 22 Ph.D. theses and is a scientific committee member of almost 60 conferences, most of them in Asian countries. He is also a grant assessor for several scientific institutions in 13 countries, UK, US, Netherlands, China, France, Australia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Poland, and the EU Commission. S Jalali University of Minho, Portugal. Said Jalali is former Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Minho, and is an acknowledged expert on building materials. J Labrincha University of Aveiro, Portugal. João Labrincha is Associate Professor in the Materials and Ceramics Engineering Department of the University of Aveiro, Portugal, and member of the CICECO research unit. He has registered 22 patent applications, and has published over 170 papers. V M John University of San Paulo, Brazil. Vanderley M. John is Associate Professor in the Department of Construction Engineering at the Polytechnic School of the University of São Paulo, Brazil.