Sustainable Concrete: Enhancing Production Procedures for Environmental Benefits

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SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE
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Executive summary
For the pollution levels and energy intensity caused by concrete to be reduced, changes must take
place in all levels of the concrete production process. In many parts of the world such as
Germany, efforts have been put in place to reduce the negative environmental effects of the
concrete industry through the enhancement of the production procedures. This was attained by
setting up new plants to ensure the operation of the kiln production was much smoother and the
energy needs were also reduced. There are many advantages which are associated with the use of
sustainable concrete such as it saves primary materials and reduces the overall waste pressure on
the environment, it also plays a very important role in reducing the Green House Gas emissions.
Achieving sustainable concrete is a very big step towards eco-friendly concrete construction
practices which will greatly assist in solving global problems. For a long time concrete has been
used as a construction material substantially in different parts of the word. Concerning the
amount of concrete which has been produced, used and its effects are considered as an essential
part of the global environmental problems.
Introduction
The production of concrete from secondary raw materials is an efficient way of contributing to a
more sustainable world (Jonkers et al 2010). Concrete obtained from the secondary raw materials
is required to have the same performance during its service life as the concrete obtained from
primary raw materials which are replaced. Concrete obtained from the secondary materials is
also referred to as sustainable concrete. There are many advantages which are associated with the
use of sustainable concrete such saves primary materials and reduces the overall waste pressure
on the environment, it also plays a very important role in reducing the Green House Gas
emissions. The secondary materials used as aggregates of waste streams which have large

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quantities for substantial replacement in the concrete production industry (Sakai and Noguchi,
2012).
Literature review
According to (Jacob Lok et al 2018) the manufacturing concrete is widely recognized as one of
the essential contributors of atmospheric carbon dioxide in the current world. Broad research has
been carried out in many years to enhance the sustainability of these industries. The main focus
of this study is to study on the use of palm oil fuel fiery Debris (POFA) and rice husk cinders to
generate nano cementitious additive for the neutral cement.
The challenges of confronting twenty-first-century humankind include environmental changes,
populace development, cataclysmic events, overproduction of wastes and over consumption of
resources and continuous energy demand. The Supportability open door for the development is
to create a manufactured situation which furnishes practical arrangements with better entire life
execution by using less non-sustainable power sources, less essential materials and wasting less
and creating less destruction on the natural habitats. There is a need for arrangements to be made
which will alleviate environmental change, yet additionally, that assistance humanity solves the
outcome of environmental change. There is a developing weight from the customers and the
government to create a constructed domain which addresses the issues of the current network
without necessary trading off all the needs of who and what is to come (Georgopoulos, and
Minson 2014).
The concept of sustainability is very important for the prosperity of our continent, led by the
development of a general public advancement of mankind. Concrete is widely used as a
structural material globally, due to its adaptability, maintainability, and toughness. Only that, the