New Trends in Eco-efficient and Recycled Concrete

Jorge de Brito is a full professor of civil engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources, Instituto Superior Técnico, University ofLisbon. His main research topic is sustainable construction, particularly on the use of recycled aggregates in concrete and mortars. He has participated in 20 competitively financed research projects (four as the principal investigator) and supervised 20 PhD and 150 MSc theses. He is the author of 3 previous books, 20 book chapters, 250 journal and 450 conference papers. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Building Engineering, an associate editor of the European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, a member of the editorial boards of 15 other international journals and a member of the CIB, FIB, RILEM, IABMAS and IABSE organisations. Francisco Agrela is a Full Professor of Civil and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Cordoba, Spain, where he also obtained his PhD in 2003. He is a prolific author of research papers, book chapters, and conferences proceedings. In the last ten years, he has participated as Principal Investigator in more than 40 R+D+i projects related to real-scale applications of waste management and recycled materials. He collaborates with several Elsevier journals as a reviewer, notably Construction and Building Materials, Waste Management, Materials and Design, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, etc., and he is also on the Editorial Board of Materials (MDPI).

• SECTION 1. MATERIALS RECYCLED IN CONCRETE PRODUCTION1. Construction and Demolition Waste 2. Biomass fly ash and Biomass Bottom Ash 3. Recycled plastic4. Waste Rubber Aggregates5. Sewage sludge Ash6. Glass waste7. Slags8. Other materialsSECTION 2. LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS OF RECYCLED AGGREGATE CONCRETE9. Life Cycle Assessment applied to recycled aggregate concrete10. Comparative studies of the Life Cycle Analysis between conventional and recycled aggregate concrete11. Equivalent functional unit in recycled aggregate concrete12. Leaching issues in recycled aggregate concreteSECTION 3. NEW TRENDS IN RECYCLED AGGREGATE CONCRETE RESEARCH13. Application of alkali-activated industrial waste 14. Microstructural studies on recycled aggregate concrete 15. Mesostructural modelling of recycled aggregate concrete 16. CO2 sequestration in recycled aggregate concrete 17. Sulphur content of recycled aggregates applied in concrete productionSECTION 4. UPSCALING THE USE OF RECYCLED AGGREGATE CONCRETE18. Construction of real scale applications of recycled aggregates concrete 19. Legal regulations of recycled aggregate concrete used in buildings and roads 20. Helping structural designers to use recycled aggregate concrete 21. Structural reliability of recycled aggregate concrete