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Informationen zum Autor Dr. F. Pacheco Torgal is a Principal Investigator at the University of Minho in Portugal. He holds the title of Counsellor at the Portuguese Engineers Association. He is a member of the editorial boards for nine international journals. Over the last 10 years he has participated in the research decision for more than 460 papers and has also acted as a Foreign Expert on the evaluation of 22 PhD thesis. Over the last 10 years he has also been a Member of the Scientific Committees for more than 60 conferences, most of them held in Asian countries. He is also a grant assessor for several scientific institutions in 15 countries, including the UK, US, Netherlands, China, France, Australia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic, Chile, Saudi Arabia, UA. Emirates, Croatia, Poland, and the EU Commission. In the last 10 years, he reviewed more than 70 research projects. Yining Ding is Professor in the Institute of Structural Engineering at Dalian University of Technology, China. He has published over 100 papers in three languages. Klappentext The ability to recycle and reuse concrete and demolition waste is critical to reducing environmental impacts meeting national! regional and global environmental targets. Handbook of recycled and demolition waste summarises key recent research in achieving these goals. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction to the recycling of construction and demolition waste (CDW). Part 1 Managing construction and demolition waste: Improving waste management plans in construction projects; Methods for estimating CDW; Waste management plants and technology for recycling CDW: State-of-the-art and future challenges; Multi-criteria decision-making methods for the optimal location of CDW recycling facilities; The economics of CDW management facilities. Part 2 Processing and properties of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste: Conventional demolition versus deconstruction techniques in managing CDW; Demolition techniques and production of CDW for recycling; Preparation of concrete aggregates from CDW; Separation processes to improve the quality of recycled concrete aggregates (RCAs); Quality control of recycled aggregates (Ras) from CDW; Properties of concrete with recycled aggregates; Strength and durability of concrete using recycled aggregates (Ras). Part 3 Applications of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste: Recycled aggregates (Ras) for roads; Recycled aggregates (Ras) for asphalt materials; Recycled asphalt (RA) for pavements; The suitability of concrete using recycled aggregates (Ras) for high-performance concrete (HPC); Use of CDW for alkali-activated or geopolymer cements. Part 4 Environmental issues affecting recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste: Removing gypsum from construction and demolition waste (C Recycling asbestos-containing material (ACM) from CDW; Remediation processes for wood treated with organic and/or inorganic preservatives; An effective approach to utilize recycled aggregates (Ras) from alkali-silica reaction (ASR) affected portland cement concrete; Life cycle assessment (LCA) of concrete with recycled aggregates (Ras); Assessing the potential environmental hazards of concrete made using recycled aggregates (Ras). ...
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Chapter 1: Introduction to the recycling of construction and demolition waste (CDW)
Abstract:
1.1 Introduction
1.2 EU 70% recycling target for 2020
1.3 Outline of the book
Part I: Managing construction and demolition waste
Chapter 2: Improving waste management plans in construction projects
Abstract:
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Existing waste management planning (WMP) measures and methods of control
2.3 Assessing the effectiveness of WMP methodology
2.4 Conclusions
2.5 Acknowledgement
Chapter 3: Methods for estimating construction and demolition (C&D) waste
Abstract:
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Definitions and documents
3.3 Sources of construction and demolition (C&D) waste
3.4 Composition of C&D waste
3.5 Quantification of C&D waste studies
3.6 Estimate procedures and case studies
3.7 Future trends
3.8 Sources of further information and advice
Chapter 4: Waste management plants and technology for recycling construction and demolition (C&D) waste: state-of-the-art and future challenges
Abstract:
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Types of waste management plants
4.3 Environmental and health aspects
4.4 Construction and demolition (C&D) waste management plants in the waste chain: a systems perspective
4.5 Conclusions and future trends
4.6 Sources of further information and advice
Chapter 5: Multi-criteria decision-making methods for the optimal location of construction and demolition waste (C&DW) recycling facilities
Abstract:
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Decision-making tools: site selection
5.3 Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA): an overview
5.4 MCA-based methodology for site selection of construction and demolition waste (C&DW) recycling facilities
5.5 A case study: Cantabria, northern Spain
5.3 Geographical areas defined in the case study in Cantabria, northern Spain.
5.6 Sensitivity analysis of the ranking of C&DW facility location alternatives to the criteria weightings with different MCA methods.
5.7 I nfluence of uncertainty on the ranking of C&DW facility location alternatives with different MCA methods.
5.6 Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Chapter 6: The economics of construction and demolition waste (C&DW) management facilities
Abstract:
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Drivers and constraints for the development of the recycling sector
6.3 Cost factors of construction and demolition waste (C&DW) recycling
6.4 Cost factors of the end-of-waste criteria implementation
6.5 Future trends
6.6 Acknowledgement
Part II: Processing and properties of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste
Chapter 7: Conventional demolition versus deconstruction techniques in managing construction and demolition waste (CDW)
Abstract:
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Technological aspects of demolition
7.3 Technological aspects of deconstruction
7.4 Demolition versus deconstruction: economic analysis
7.5 Demolition versus deconstruction: environmental analysis
7.6 Conclusions
7.7 Future trends
Chapter 8: Demolition techniques and production of construction and demolition waste (CDW) for recycling
Abstract:
8.1 Introduction
8.2 End-of-life scenarios for buildings
8.3 Planning demolition
8.4 Demolition technologies
8.5 Top-down and other demolition methods
8.6 Types and handling of demolition waste
8.7 Conclusions
Chapter 9: Preparation of concrete aggregates from construction and demolition waste (CDW)
Abstract:
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Technological aspects of concrete recycling
9.3
