Sustainability of construction materials and buildings: An overview

Reddy, BVV (2019) Sustainability of construction materials and buildings: An overview. In: 5th International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies, SCMT 2019, 14 - 17 July 2019, Kingston upon Thames.

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Abstract

Global per capita consumption of construction materials is about 8 tonnes per year. Cement, steel, aggregates, bricks, glass, aluminium, etc. represent bulk of these materials. Built environment consumes apart from land and water, 30 of material resources and 50 of energy resources, at the same time responsible for 40 CO2 emissions generating 40 pollution load. Energy and material resources are essential for the construction sector. The paper presents an analysis of the consumption of energy and materials resources, the relevance of green building concepts to address the sustainability of construction sector, especially with reference to buildings. The paper traces the (a) historical developments in construction materials, (b) the magnitude of global consumption of construction materials (c) analysis of the rating systems with respect to material consumption and conservation of material resources, (d) potential of non-organic solid wastes to mitigate/augment mined raw material resources and (e) analysis of sustainability of green constructions. © 2019 International Committee of the SCMT conferences. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Conference Paper
Publication:	Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies
Publisher:	International Committee of the SCMT conferences
Additional Information:	The copyright for this article belongs to the International Committee of the SCMT conferences.
Keywords:	Building materials; Construction; Construction industry; Energy resources; Water pollution, Construction sectors; Consumption of energy; Energy; Green buildings; Historical development; Material consumption; Organic solid wastes; Percapita consumption, Sustainable development
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited:	13 Dec 2022 04:08
Last Modified:	13 Dec 2022 04:08
URI:	https://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/78282

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