Comparative carbon emission assessments of recycled and natural aggregate concrete: Environmental influence of cement content

dc.creatorSabau, Marian
dc.creatorBompa, Dan V.
dc.creatorSilva Oliveira, Luis Felipe
dc.date2021-06-03T18:40:16Z
dc.date2021-06-03T18:40:16Z
dc.date2021
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-03T19:11:09Z
dc.date.available2023-10-03T19:11:09Z
dc.identifier1674-9871
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/11323/8352
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101235
dc.identifierCorporación Universidad de la Costa
dc.identifierREDICUC - Repositorio CUC
dc.identifierhttps://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/9168642
dc.descriptionThis work examines the environmental and geochemical impact of recycled aggregate concrete production with properties representative for structural applications. The environmental influence of cement content, aggregate production, transportation, and waste landfilling is analysed by undertaking a life cycle assessment and considering a life cycle inventory largely specific for the region. To obtain a detailed insight into the optimum life cycle parameters, a sensitivity study is carried out in which supplementary cementitious materials, different values of natural-to-recycled aggregate content ratio and case-specific transportation distances were considered. The results show that carbon emissions were between 323 and 332 kgCO2e per cubic metre of cement only natural aggregate concrete. These values can be reduced by up to 17% by replacing 25% of the cement with fly ash. By contrast, carbon emissions can increase when natural coarse aggregates are replaced by recycled aggregates in proportions of 50% and 100%, and transportation is not included in analysis. However, the concrete with 50% recycled aggregate presented lower increase, only 0.3% and 3.4% for normal and high strength concrete, respectively. In some cases, the relative contribution of transportation to the total carbon emissions increased when cement was replaced by fly ash in proportions of 25%, and case-specific transportation distances were considered. In absolute values, the concrete mixes with 100% recycled aggregates and 25% fly ash had lower carbon emissions than concrete with cement and natural aggregates only. Higher environmental benefits can be obtained when the transportation distances of fly ash are relatively short (15–25 km) and the cement replacement by fly ash is equal or higher than 25%, considering that the mechanical properties are adequate for practical application. The observations from this paper show that recycled aggregate concrete with strength characteristics representative for structural members can have lower carbon emissions than conventional concrete, recommending them as an alternative to achieving global sustainability standards in construction.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherCorporación Universidad de la Costa
dc.relationABRELPE, 2015 ABRELPE (Associação Brasileira de Empresas de Limpeza Pública e Resíduos Especiais), 2015. Panorama of Solid Waste in Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, 120 pp.
dc.relationAiello and Leuzzi, 2010 M.A. Aiello, F. Leuzzi Waste tyre rubberized concrete: properties at fresh and hardened state Waste Manag., 30 (8-9) (2010), pp. 1696-1704, 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.02.005
dc.relationASTM C1157, 2011 ASTM C1157/C1157M-20 Standard performance specification for hydraulic cement ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA, USA (2011), p. 5
dc.relationBoesch and Hellweg, 2010 M.E. Boesch, S. Hellweg Identifying improvement potentials in cement production with life cycle assessment Environ. Sci. Technol., 44 (23) (2010), pp. 9143-9149, 10.1021/es100771k
dc.relationBostanci et al., 2018 S.C. Bostanci, M. Limbachiya, H. Kew Use of recycled aggregates for low carbon and cost effective concrete construction J. Clean. Prod., 189 (2018), pp. 176-196, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.04.090
dc.relationBraga et al., 2017 A.M. Braga, J.D. Silvestre, J. de Brito Compared environmental and economic impact from cradle to gate of concrete with natural and recycled coarse aggregates J. Clean. Prod., 162 (2017), pp. 529-543, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.06.057
dc.relationBSI, 2004 BSI (British Standards Institution), 2004. BS EN 1992-1-1:2004+A1:2014: Eurocode 2: Design of concrete structures. General rules and rules for buildings, BSI London, UK, 230 pp.
dc.relationClassen et al., 2009 Classen, M., Althaus, H.J., Blaser, S., Tuchschmid, M., Jungbluth, N., Doka, G., Faist Emmenegger, M., Scharnhorst, W., 2009. Life Cycle Inventories of Metals. Final Report ecoinvent data v2.1, No 10, Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories, Dübendorf, Switzerland, 926 pp.
dc.relationCollins, 2010 F. Collins Inclusion of carbonation during the life cycle of built and recycled concrete: influence on their carbon footprint Int. J. Life Cycle Assess., 15 (6) (2010), pp. 549-556, 10.1007/s11367-010-0191-4
dc.relationDauriat et al., 2018 Dauriat, A., Porté, C., Delerce-Mauris, C., Pike, A., 2018. WBCSD-CSI tool for EPDs of concrete and cement (v.1.5), Quantis Suisse, Lausanne, Switzerland, 66 pp.
dc.relationde Brito and Saikia, 2012 de Brito, J., Saikia, N., 2012. Recycled Aggregate in Concrete: Use of Industrial, Construction and Demolition Waste. Springer-Verlag London, London, UK. 448 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4540-0.
dc.relationDimitriou et al., 2018 G. Dimitriou, P. Savva, M.F. Petrou Enhancing mechanical and durability properties of recycled aggregate concrete Constr. Build. Mater., 158 (2018), pp. 228-235, 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.09.137
dc.relationDing et al., 2016 T. Ding, J. Xiao, V.W.Y. Tam A closed-loop life cycle assessment of recycled aggregate concrete utilization in China Waste Manag., 56 (2016), pp. 367-375, 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.05.031
dc.relationDoka, 2009 Doka, G., 2009. Life Cycle Inventories of Waste Treatment Services. ecoinvent report No. 13, Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories, Dübendorf, Switzerland, 59 pp.
dc.relationEC, 2011 EC (European Commission), 2011. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, Roadmap to a Resource Efficient Europe, COM(2011) 571 final, Brussels, Belgium, 25 pp.
dc.relationEtxeberria et al., 2007 M. Etxeberria, E. Vázquez, A. Marí, M. Barra Influence of amount of recycled coarse aggregates and production process on properties of recycled aggregate concrete Cem. Concr. Res., 37 (5) (2007), pp. 735-742, 10.1016/j.cemconres.2007.02.002
dc.relationEvangelista and de Brito, 2007 L. Evangelista, J. de Brito Mechanical behaviour of concrete made with fine recycled concrete aggregates Cem. Concr. Compos., 29 (5) (2007), pp. 397-401, 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2006.12.004
dc.relationFaleschini et al., 2014 F. Faleschini, P. De Marzi, C. Pellegrino Recycled concrete containing EAF slag: environmental assessment through LCA Eur. J. Environ. Civ. Eng., 18 (9) (2014), pp. 1009-1024, 10.1080/19648189.2014.922505
dc.relationFan et al., 2014 Y. Fan, J. Xiao, V.W.Y. Tam Effect of old attached mortar on the creep of recycled aggregate concrete Struct. Concr., 15 (2) (2014), pp. 169-178, 10.1002/suco.201300055
dc.relationFlower and Sanjayan, 2007 D.J.M. Flower, J.G. Sanjayan Green house gas emissions due to concrete manufacture Int. J. Life Cycle Assess., 12 (5) (2007), pp. 282-288, 10.1065/lca2007.05.327
dc.relationFonseca et al., 2011 N. Fonseca, J. de Brito, L. Evangelista The influence of curing conditions on the mechanical performance of concrete made with recycled concrete waste Cem. Concr. Compos., 33 (6) (2011), pp. 637-643, 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2011.04.002
dc.relationGhanbari et al., 2018 M. Ghanbari, A.M. Abbasi, M. Ravanshadnia Production of natural and recycled aggregates: the environmental impacts of energy consumption and CO2 emissions J. Mater. Cycles Waste Manage., 20 (2) (2018), pp. 810-822, 10.1007/s10163-017-0640-2
dc.relationGmünder et al., 2018 Gmünder, S., Myers, N., Laffely, J., Silva, F., 2018. Life Cycle Inventories of Cement, Concrete and Related Industries – Colombia and Peru. Ecoinvent association, Zürich, Switzerland, 53 pp.
dc.relationGmünder et al., 2019 S. Gmünder, L. Rubio, A. Kounina, J. Bunge, A. Conza, H. Soni, P. Notten Life Cycle Inventories of Water Supply and Distribution Ecoinvent Association, Zürich, Switzerland (2019), p. 20
dc.relationGonzález-Fonteboa and Martínez-Abella, 2008 B. González-Fonteboa, F. Martínez-Abella Concretes with aggregates from demolition waste and silica fume. Materials and mechanical properties Build. Environ., 43 (4) (2008), pp. 429-437, 10.1016/j.buildenv.2007.01.008
dc.relationGursel et al., 2016 A.P. Gursel, H. Maryman, C. Ostertag A life-cycle approach to environmental, mechanical, and durability properties of “green” concrete mixes with rice husk ash J. Clean. Prod., 112 (2016), pp. 823-836, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.06.029
dc.relationHammond and Jones, 2011 Hammond, G., Jones, C., 2011. The Inventory of Carbon and Energy (ICE). Sustainable Energy Research Team, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath, UK, 136 pp.
dc.relationHischier, 2007 Hischier, R., 2007. Life Cycle Inventories of Packaging and Graphical Paper. Ecoinvent report No. 11, v2.0, Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories, Dübendorf, Switzerland, 17 pp.
dc.relationHorvath, 2005 Horvath, A., 2005. Decision-making in Electricity Generation Based on Global Warming Potential and Life-cycle Assessment for Climate Change. Final report, (UCEI) Energy Policy and Economics Working Paper Series, UC Berkeley: University of California Energy Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA, 15 pp.
dc.relationICONTEC, 2011 ICONTEC (Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación), 2011. NTC 121: Civil engineering and architecture. Portland cement. Physical and mechanic specifications, Instituto Colombiano de Normas Técnicas y Certificación, Santafé de Bogotá, D.C., Colombia, 10 pp.
dc.relationIEPDS, 2010 IEPDS (The International EPD® System), 2010. Product category rules of UN CPC 3744 Cement, The International EPD® System, Stockholm, Sweden, 21 pp.
dc.relationIgnjatović et al., 2017 I.S. Ignjatović, S.B. Marinković, N. Tošić Shear behaviour of recycled aggregate concrete beams with and without shear reinforcement Eng. Struct., 141 (2017), pp. 386-401, 10.1016/j.engstruct.2017.03.026
dc.relationIPCC, 2014 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), 2014. Climate Change 2013—The Physical Science Basis: Working Group I Contribution to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1535 pp. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107415324.
dc.relationISO, 2006a ISO (International Standard Organization) ISO 14040: Environmental management - Life cycle assessment – Principles and framework International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland (2006), p. 20
dc.relationISO, 2006b ISO (International Standard Organization), 2006b. ISO 14044: Environmental management, Life cycle assessment, Requirements and guidelines, International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, 46 pp.
dc.relationJau et al., 2004 W.C. Jau, C.W. Fu, C.T. Yang Study of feasibility and mechanical properties for producing high-flowing concrete with recycled coarse aggregates Proc. The International Workshop on Sustainable Development and Concrete Technology (2004), pp. 89-102
dc.relationJiménez et al., 2015 C. Jiménez, M. Barra, A. Josa, S. Valls LCA of recycled and conventional concretes designed using the Equivalent Mortar Volume and classic methods Constr. Build. Mater., 84 (2015), pp. 245-252, 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.03.051
dc.relationJones et al., 2011 Jones, R., McCarthy, M., Newlands, M., 2011. Fly ash route to low embodied CO2 and implications for concrete construction, in: Proc. 2011 World of Coal Ash Conference, Denver, Colorado, USA, 1–14.
dc.relationKellenberger et al., 2007 Kellenberger, D., Althaus, H.J., Jungbluth, N., Künniger, T., Lehmann, M., Thalmann, P., 2007. Life Cycle Inventories of Building Products. Final report ecoinvent Data v2.0 No. 7, Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories, Dübendorf, Switzerland, 914 pp.
dc.relationKim et al., 2015 S.W. Kim, H.D. Yun, W.S. Park, Y.I. Jang Bond strength prediction for deformed steel rebar embedded in recycled coarse aggregate concrete Mater. Des., 83 (2015), pp. 257-269, 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.06.008
dc.relationKim et al., 2019 Y. Kim, A. Hanif, M. Usman, W. Park Influence of bonded mortar of recycled concrete aggregates on interfacial characteristics – porosity assessment based on pore segmentation from backscattered electron image analysis Constr. Build. Mater., 212 (2019), pp. 149-163, 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.03.265
dc.relationKleijer et al., 2017 A.L. Kleijer, S. Lasvaux, S. Citherlet, M. Viviani Product-specific Life Cycle Assessment of ready mix concrete: comparison between a recycled and an ordinary concrete Resour. Conserv. Recycl., 122 (2017), pp. 210-218, 10.1016/j.resconrec.2017.02.004
dc.relationKnoeri et al., 2013 C. Knoeri, E. Sanyé-Mengual, H.-J. Althaus Comparative LCA of recycled and conventional concrete for structural applications Int. J. Life Cycle Assess., 18 (5) (2013), pp. 909-918, 10.1007/s11367-012-0544-2
dc.relationKurda et al., 2018 R. Kurda, J.D. Silvestre, J. de Brito Life cycle assessment of concrete made with high volume of recycled concrete aggregates and fly ash Resour. Conserv. Recycl., 139 (2018), pp. 407-417, 10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.07.004
dc.relationLópez Gayarre et al., 2016 F. López Gayarre, J. González Pérez, C. López-Colina Pérez, M. Serrano López, A. López Martínez Life cycle assessment for concrete kerbs manufactured with recycled aggregates J. Clean. Prod., 113 (2016), pp. 41-53, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.11.093
dc.relationMarinković et al., 2010 S. Marinković, V. Radonjanin, M. Malešev, I. Ignjatović Comparative environmental assessment of natural and recycled aggregate concrete Waste Manag., 30 (11) (2010), pp. 2255-2264, 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.04.012
dc.relationMartinez-Arguelles et al., 2019 G. Martinez-Arguelles, M.P. Acosta, M. Dugarte, L. Fuentes Life cycle assessment of natural and recycled concrete aggregate production for road pavements applications in the Northern Region of Colombia: case study Transp. Res. Rec., 2673 (5) (2019), pp. 397-406, 10.1177/0361198119839955
dc.relationMESD, 2017 MESD (Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development), 2017. Resolution No. 472 by which the comprehensive management of waste generated in construction and demolition activities is regulated and other provisions are issued, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, Bogota D.C., Colombia, 18 pp.
dc.relationMPA, 2020 MPA (Mineral Products Association) Concrete Industry Sustainability Performance Report, 12th report: 2018 Performance Data MPA, London, UK (2020), p. 6
dc.relationNakic, 2018 D. Nakic Environmental evaluation of concrete with sewage sludge ash based on LCA Sustainable Prod. Consumption, 16 (2018), pp. 193-201, 10.1016/j.spc.2018.08.003
dc.relationPark et al., 2018 S.-S. Park, S.-J. Kim, K. Chen, Y.-J. Lee, S.-B. Lee Crushing characteristics of a recycled aggregate from waste concrete Constr. Build. Mater., 160 (2018), pp. 100-105, 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.11.036
dc.relationPomponi and Campos, 2018 F. Pomponi, L.M. Campos Embodied and Life Cycle Carbon Assessment of Buildings in Latin America: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions F. Pomponi, C. De Wolf, A. Moncaster (Eds.), Embodied Carbon in Buildings: Measurement, Management, and Mitigation, Springer International Publishing, Cham (2018), pp. 483-503, 10.1007/978-3-319-72796-7_22
dc.relationPoon and Lam, 2008 C.S. Poon, C.S. Lam The effect of aggregate-to-cement ratio and types of aggregates on the properties of pre-cast concrete blocks Cem. Concr. Compos., 30 (4) (2008), pp. 283-289, 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2007.10.005
dc.relationReda Taha et al., 2008 M.M. Reda Taha, A.S. El-Dieb, M.A. Abd El-Wahab, M.E. Abdel-Hameed Mechanical, fracture, and microstructural investigations of rubber concrete J. Mater. Civ. Eng., 20 (10) (2008), pp. 640-649, 10.1061/(ASCE)0899-1561(2008)20:10(640)
dc.relationRevilla-Cuesta et al., 2020 V. Revilla-Cuesta, M. Skaf, F. Faleschini, J.M. Manso, V. Ortega-López Self-compacting concrete manufactured with recycled concrete aggregate: an overview J. Clean. Prod., 262 (2020), p. 121362, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121362
dc.relationRosado et al., 2017 L.P. Rosado, P. Vitale, C.S.G. Penteado, U. Arena Life cycle assessment of natural and mixed recycled aggregate production in Brazil J. Clean. Prod., 151 (2017), pp. 634-642, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.03.068
dc.relationSabău and Remolina Duran, 2021 M. Sabău, J. Remolina Duran Prediction of Compressive Strength of General-Use Concrete Mixes with Recycled Concrete Aggregate Int. J. Pavement Res. Technol. (2021), 10.1007/s42947-021-00012-6
dc.relationSilva et al., 2018 F.B. Silva, F.R. Cleto, E.D. Diestelkamp, O.S. Yoshida, L.A. Oliveira, M.R.M. Saade, V.G. Silva, G.L. Moraga, A.C.B. Passuello, M.G. Silva, N. Myers, S. Gmünder Life Cycle Inventories of Cement, Concrete and Related Industries—Brazil Ecoinvent Association, Zürich, Switzerland (2018), p. 46
dc.relationSilva et al., 2016a R.V. Silva, J. de Brito, R.K. Dhir Establishing a relationship between modulus of elasticity and compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete J. Clean. Prod., 112 (2016), pp. 2171-2186, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.10.064
dc.relationSilva et al., 2016b Y.F. Silva, R.A. Robayo, P.E. Mattey, S. Delvasto Properties of self-compacting concrete on fresh and hardened with residue of masonry and recycled concrete Constr. Build. Mater., 124 (2016), pp. 639-644, 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.07.057
dc.relationSpielmann et al., 2007 Spielmann, M., Dones, R., Bauer, C., Tuchschmid, M., 2007. Life Cycle Inventories of Transport Services. Ecoinvent report No. 14, v2.0, Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories, Dübendorf, Switzerland, 237 pp.
dc.relationSuppen et al., 2018 N. Suppen, P. Arena, H.R.A. Souza Junior, E. Cherubini, B. Civit, S. Gmünder, M. Gonzalez, C. Naranjo, A. Pro, P. Roncancio, G. Santa-Maria, G.M. Zanghelini, S.R. Soares Life Cycle Inventories of Electricity Production—Latin America Ecoinvent Association, Zürich, Switzerland (2018), p. 38
dc.relationThe Concrete Centre, 2016 The Concrete Centre, Concrete and the Carbon Challenge. https://www.concretecentre.com/News/2016/Concrete-sustainability-carbon-challenge.aspx, 2016 (accessed 18 February 2021).
dc.relationTošić et al., 2015 N. Tošić, S. Marinković, T. Dašić, M. Stanić Multicriteria optimization of natural and recycled aggregate concrete for structural use J. Clean. Prod., 87 (2015), pp. 766-776, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.10.070
dc.relationTurk et al., 2015 J. Turk, Z. Cotič, A. Mladenovič, A. Šajna Environmental evaluation of green concretes versus conventional concrete by means of LCA Waste Manag., 45 (2015), pp. 194-205, 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.06.035
dc.relationUSEPA, 2015 USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) Advancing Sustainable Materials Management: Facts and Figures 2013 United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC, USA (2015), p. 186
dc.relationVan den Heede and De Belie, 2012 P. Van den Heede, N. De Belie Environmental impact and life cycle assessment (LCA) of traditional and ‘green’ concretes: literature review and theoretical calculations Cem. Concr. Compos., 34 (4) (2012), pp. 431-442, 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2012.01.004
dc.relationXu et al., 2020 B. Xu, D.V. Bompa, A.Y. Elghazouli Cyclic stress–strain rate-dependent response of rubberised concrete Constr. Build. Mater., 254 (2020), p. 119253, 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.119253
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universal
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.sourceGeoscience Frontiers
dc.sourcehttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674987121000992?via%3Dihub
dc.subjectLife cycle assessment
dc.subjectRecycled aggregate
dc.subjectNatural aggregate
dc.subjectTransportation distance
dc.subjectOpenLCA
dc.titleComparative carbon emission assessments of recycled and natural aggregate concrete: Environmental influence of cement content
dc.typeArtículo de revista
dc.typehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
dc.typeText
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typehttp://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/ART
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
dc.typehttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aa


Este ítem pertenece a la siguiente institución