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Environmental and Economic Assessment of Eco-Concrete for Residential Buildings: A Case Study of Santiago de Cali (Colombia)

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  • Aníbal Maury-Ramírez

    (Magnel-Vandepitte Laboratory, Deparment of Structural Engineering and Building Materials, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University (UGent), Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 60, 9052 Ghent, Belgium
    Sigma Research Group, Departamento de Ingeniería Civil e Industrial, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali (PUJCali), Calle 18 # 118-250, Santiago de Cali 760031, Colombia)

  • Nele De Belie

    (Magnel-Vandepitte Laboratory, Deparment of Structural Engineering and Building Materials, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University (UGent), Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 60, 9052 Ghent, Belgium)

Abstract

Although the circular economy principles date back to the late 1960s, only with the recent stimulus from the European Commission and the Ellen McArthur Foundation has this concept gained attention worldwide. The City Hall of Santiago de Cali (Colombia) is implementing a circular economy model through a sustainable construction handbook and its certification. Among others, these stimulate the use of eco-concrete using fly ash and blast furnace slag coming from local industries (industrial symbiosis). Although concretes with these supplementary cementitious materials have been widely investigated regarding mechanical and durability properties, the economic and environmental impacts have been scarcely and independently evaluated, making the material selection a complex process. Therefore, this article presents the environmental and economic assessment of eco-concretes using fly ash and blast furnace slag for the design of a house located in Santiago de Cali (Colombia). The environmental and economic impacts are estimated by means of the environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing (LCC), which are methodologies based on the ISO and ASTM standards implemented in the online software Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES), which was selected for this case study. The results indicate that 40% fly ash concrete or 50% blast furnace slag would be recommended for reducing acidification or global warming potential, respectively. However, considering the existing public policies, the best option for the case study is 50% slag concrete. These results are of significant importance as they allow providing data-based recommendations for designers during the selection of the different eco-concretes. Additionally, these results might help establish a national roadmap to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the construction sector, which are projected to continue increasing until 2050.

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  • Aníbal Maury-Ramírez & Nele De Belie, 2023. "Environmental and Economic Assessment of Eco-Concrete for Residential Buildings: A Case Study of Santiago de Cali (Colombia)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(15), pages 1-14, August.
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    1. Aníbal Maury-Ramírez & Danny Illera-Perozo & Jaime A. Mesa, 2022. "Circular Economy in the Construction Sector: A Case Study of Santiago de Cali (Colombia)," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(3), pages 1-17, February.
    2. D. Rachel Lombardi & Peter Laybourn, 2012. "Redefining Industrial Symbiosis," Journal of Industrial Ecology, Yale University, vol. 16(1), pages 28-37, February.
    3. Ana María Bravo-German & Iván Daniel Bravo-Gómez & Jaime A. Mesa & Aníbal Maury-Ramírez, 2021. "Mechanical Properties of Concrete Using Recycled Aggregates Obtained from Old Paving Stones," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-17, March.
    4. Jaime A. Mesa & Carlos Fúquene-Retamoso & Aníbal Maury-Ramírez, 2021. "Life Cycle Assessment on Construction and Demolition Waste: A Systematic Literature Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-22, July.
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