The aim of the research was to define the entire production process of a new lightweight aggregate for concrete using a “secondary raw material” coming from the waste glass produced by the urban recycling process, focusing on procedural, regulatory and financial instruments that can favour economies of scale, taking to its trial as an alternative material to the conventional quarry aggregates in products of widespread diffusion and industrial production. However, to deeply understand the goals of this research and its background it is necessary to make some assumptions. In recent years Europe has implemented a series of measures aimed at evaluating the energy costs of the whole chain of the construction process and reaching their reduction, from the stage of selecting and locating raw materials and the resources needed to process and transport them up to the construction, maintenanc
From waste to secondary raw material, towards more sustainable architecture.
Terenzi Benedetta
2016
Abstract
The aim of the research was to define the entire production process of a new lightweight aggregate for concrete using a “secondary raw material” coming from the waste glass produced by the urban recycling process, focusing on procedural, regulatory and financial instruments that can favour economies of scale, taking to its trial as an alternative material to the conventional quarry aggregates in products of widespread diffusion and industrial production. However, to deeply understand the goals of this research and its background it is necessary to make some assumptions. In recent years Europe has implemented a series of measures aimed at evaluating the energy costs of the whole chain of the construction process and reaching their reduction, from the stage of selecting and locating raw materials and the resources needed to process and transport them up to the construction, maintenancI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
