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Advances in Bio-Based Materials for Construction and Energy Efficiency

  • 1st Edition - February 26, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Fernando Pacheco-Torgal, Dan Tsang
  • Language: English

Advances in Bio-Based Materials for Construction and Energy Efficiency fills a gap in the published literature, discussing bio-based materials and biotechnologies that are crucia… Read more

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Advances in Bio-Based Materials for Construction and Energy Efficiency fills a gap in the published literature, discussing bio-based materials and biotechnologies that are crucial for a more sustainable construction industry. With comprehensive coverage and contributions from leading experts in the field, the book includes sections on bio-based materials and biotechnologies for infrastructure applications, bio-based materials and biotechnologies for building energy efficiency, and other applications, such as using biotechnology to reduce indoor air pollution, for water treatment, and in soil decontamination. The book will be an essential reference resource for academic researchers, civil engineers, contractors working in construction works, postgraduate students and other professionals.

Key features

  • Covers recent trends on bio-based materials and biotechnologies for eco-efficient construction
  • Focus on sustainability and green concepts
  • Includes infrastructure applications, building energy efficiency and biotechnology
  • Presents cutting-edge technologies that includes the use of nanocellulose, geopolymer mortars using agricultural waste, and photosynthetic panels made of algae-laden biological materials

Readership

Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists, chemists and civil engineers, construction industry professionals, architects and manufacturers working on the development of low-carbon building materials.

Table of contents

1. An introductory overview of bio-based construction materials

PART I Bio-based materials and biotechnologies for infrastructure applications

2. Performance of asphalt mixtures with partial replacement of fossil binders by bio-based binders

3. Nanocellulose fibers and crystals as emulsifying agents

4. Concrete with plant-based biomass aggregates and biomass ash

5. Geopolymer activator using rice husk ash

6. Utilization of agricultural waste-based materials in geopolymer

7. Performance of concrete using bacteria and bio-fibers

8. Fire performance of hemp concrete

9. Performance of cementitious composites incorporating flax fibers

10. Properties and environmental performance of concrete modified with a bio-additive based on Opuntia ficus-indica

11. Performance of cementitious composites incorporating nanocellulose fibers

12. Performance of cementitious composites based on spent coffee ground

13. LCA of wall infill made with agriculture waste

PART II Bio-based materials and biotechnologies for building energy efficiency

14. Thermal insulating lightweight aerogels based on nanocellulose

15. Thermal performance and durability of hemp shiv and recycled cardboard fibers

16. Thermal performance of hemp clay walls

17. Thermal performance of mortars with agricultural waste

18. Thermal performance and cost efficiency of hemp filled bricks

19. Physical characterization of two Native Chilean Macroalgae: Luga (Sarcothalia crispata) and Sargazo (Sargassum) for their use as thermal insulation material in sustainable housing

20. Optimizing passive building walls using PCMs and bio-based hygroscopic materials

21. Performance of dry-assembled wooden walls with bio-PCM

22. Innovative urban sustainability: Low-maintenance photobioreactor facades in architectural design

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 21, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

FP

Fernando Pacheco-Torgal

Fernando Pacheco Torgal is a Principal Investigator at C-TAC, University of Minho. He holds the title of Counsellor (Top 0.5%) from the Portuguese Engineers Association and has been consistently recognized as a Scopus Highly Cited Scientist in the global rankings by Stanford University. With over 300 publications to his name, he has carried out in-depth peer reviews of more than one thousand scientific papers and assessed nearly one hundred research grant proposals across 15 countries. He serves on the editorial boards of nine international journals and has been involved in editorial decisions for several hundred manuscripts. In addition, he has edited 33 international books, many of which are available in the libraries of prestigious institutions such as Harvard, MIT, and Stanford.

Affiliations and expertise
Principal Investigator, CTAC Research Centre, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal

DT

Dan Tsang

Ir Prof. Dan Tsang is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Pao Yue-Kong Chair Professor in the State Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Utilization at Zhejiang University in China. Dan was a Professor and MSc Programme Leader at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Visiting Professor at the University of Queensland in Australia and Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, Visiting Scholar at Stanford University in the US and IMETE Scholar at Ghent University in Belgium, and postdoctoral fellow at Imperial College London in the UK. He has more than 20 years of R&D experience, published more than 600 articles in the top 10% journals, and was selected as Stanford University's Top 2% Scientists (Lifetime) and Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers in the academic fields of Engineering as well as Environment & Ecology. Dan’s team aspires to develop green technologies for long-term decarbonization and promote resource circularity and sustainable development. Dan also serves as the founding Editor-in-Chief of npj Materials Sustainability (Nature Portfolio), Chairman of the Hong Kong Waste Management Association (2023-2025), and Chairman of Waste Management Subcommittee of the Advisory Council on the Environment (2023&2024) of the Hong Kong SAR Government.

Affiliations and expertise
Ir Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKSAR, China Pao Yue-Kong Chair Professor, Zhejiang University, China

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