Improving environmental sustainability of concrete products: Investigation on MWC thermal and mechanical properties

RETRACTED: Comparative study on effects of Class F fly ash, nano silica and silica fume on properties of high performance self compacting concrete

“…Reduction of energy usage can be taken place even by design methods [7,8] or using waste materials [9][10][11].…”

Green housing: Toward a new energy efficiency paradox?

“…A first branch of research concerns design solutions aimed at reducing energy losses (Albatici & Passerini, 2011), for example through the removal of thermal bridges (Boeri & Longo, 2011;Rossetti & Pepe, 2015). Similarly, other studies have delved into the performance of construction materials, in order to reduce heat exchanges through the building envelope (Albatici, 2009;Antonini, Longo, & Gianfrate, 2014;Becchio, Corgnati, Kindinis, & Pagliolico, 2009). Finally, a number of studies have focused on the reduction of energy demand for heating and cooling by means of high-efficiency systems (Causone, Baldin, Olesen, & Corgnati, 2010;Fabrizio, Seguro, & Filippi, 2014).…”

Fresh and rheological behavior of nano-silica and fly ash blended self-compacting concrete

“…In addition, serious environmental impacts can be occurred due to the natural resources consumption and carbon dioxide emissions associated with cement production [9]. Utilization of mineral admixtures such as fly ash (FA) and silica fume (SF) can be a remedy to reduce the cost of the SCC production and environmental impacts due to high cement content utilization [10,11]. In the literature, it is reported that the utilization of http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.07.142 0950-0618/Ó 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.…”