Sustainable Construction Materials for Circular Economy

Dear Colleagues,

We believe that everybody agrees that the construction sector is the most resource intensive industrial sector across the world. This sector has been identified as having the greatest potential for circular economy value creation. The constructor sector in the EU accounts for around 50% of the entire primary raw materials. Urbanisation, population growth and industrialisation at unprecedented scale, as well as climate change, have resulted in significant impact on infrastructure development. Construction materials, as the basis of any building and infrastructure projects, are subject to heavy demand to satisfy need. The construction materials industry has become a major user of global resources, thus exhausting natural resources, degrading the environment and generating high costs to business operators.

In recent years, enormous progress has been made towards achieving sustainability in the constructor sector through the development and application of sustainable construction materials and technologies. However, the scope and opportunities for further improvements are still significant. The current research and practice in sustainable construction materials also show that more research and implementation activities remain to be done in this area.

The purpose of this Special Issue is to disseminate and exchange information about the latest research and development in sustainable construction materials and technologies with an emphasis on new constituent materials, testing, durability and sustainability. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

• Low clinker cements;
• Alternative binders;
• Novel supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs);
• Low carbon cement-based materials;
• Recycled and secondary aggregates;
• Construction products with recycled materials;
• Developments in materials manufacturing and processing;
• 3D printing of construction materials;
• Smart and sustainable resources management;
• Life cycle analysis;
• Demonstration projects with sustainable construction materials.

Prof. Dr. Jiabin Li
Dr. Jingming Cai
Dr. Zeger Sierens
Guest Editors

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• construction materials
• sustainability
• circular economy