Balancing Sustainability and Cost in Concrete Production: LCA of Foam, Geopolymer, Slag, and Agricultural Waste Concretes

Tamoor, Muhammad; Zhang, Chunwei

doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c05321

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Balancing Sustainability and Cost in Concrete Production: LCA of Foam, Geopolymer, Slag, and Agricultural Waste Concretes

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Authors:

Muhammad Tamoor

Chunwei Zhang

Abstract

Cradle-to-gate LCA (IMPACT2002+ method, compliant with ISO 14040/44) compares the environmental and economic performance of nine concrete mixes, including concretes made with foam, geopolymer, metakaolin, slag, and rice husk ash. Significant differences are observed in global warming potential (GWP)...

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Sustainability

Geopolymer

Waste management

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