SED 20 (ePDF) Sustainability in Structural Concrete Design

This Structural Engineering Document has the purpose of providing a clear insight into the most recent developments in academia and industry concerning the practices leading to the sustainability of structural concrete. It presents a wide range of information from low-carbon and recycled aggregate-containing structures to up-to-date developments on alkali-activated concrete, all intending to enlighten the reader on how to improve the sustainability indicators of these systems by using technologies with a high enough readiness level and thus more likely to be used in practice. The three opening chapters offer a broad perception of what can be achieved by implementing a sustainable design for structural concrete from different perspectives. In the first chapter, Vanderley, Quattrone, Abrão, and Pillegi provide notions on a multiscale approach for low-carbon structures. This is followed by the chapter of Silvestre, which offers considerable insight into the life cycle assessment of sustainable concrete containing different waste materials. Kurda, de Brito, Ahmed, and Hafez deliver information on the use of various types of waste materials in concrete.