Green concrete

DONE BY

VARSHITHA K
SARANYA R
CONTENTS
1. CONCRETE
2. GREEN CONCRETE
3. WHY GREEN CONCRETE?
4. MATERIALS FOR GREEN CONCRETE
5. APPLICATIONS
6. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES
7. SUITABILITY OF GREEN CONCRETE IN STRUCTURES
8. WAYS TO PRODUCE GREEN CONCRETE
9. SCOPE IN INDIA
10. LIMITATIONS
11. CONCLUSION
CONCRETE

Concrete is the mixture of cement , sand , water and coarse

aggregates which can be poured into formwork and form a hard
structure like a stone.
 GREEN CONCRETE

A concrete that made with concrete waste and uses less energy in its
production and produces less carbon dioxide than normal concrete.

This is called eco – friendly and reduced environmental impact for eg.
Energy saving , co2 emissions , waste water.
WHY GREEN CONCRETE?

 The main ingredient in concrete is cement and it consists of limestone (calcium

carbonate CaCO3).

 During manufacture of cement,its ingredients are heated to about 800 –

10000C.

 During the process the Carbon Dioxide is driven off.

 Approximately 1kg of cement releases about 900gms of carbon Dioxide into the
atmosphere.

 Therefore , green concrete came into existence to reduce the emission of

Carbon dioxide.
MATERIALS FOR GREEN CONCRETE

 Recycled Demolition waste aggregate

 Recycled concrete aggregate
 Blast furnace slag (BFS)
 Manufactured sand
 Glass Aggregate
 Fly Ash
 Recycled Demolition waste
aggregate  Blast furnace slag (BFS)

 Manufactured sand  Glass Aggregate

 Fly Ash
APPLICATIONS
 Green concrete is used in the mass construction projects like bridges,
dams, retaining wall etc.

 It is broadly used in building construction.

 It is also used in the road construction.

ADVANTAGES
 It reduces CO2
 Green concrete reduces environmental pollution.
 It has good thermal resistance and acid resistance.
 It is economical compared to ordinary concrete.
 It has better workability than conventional concrete.

DISADVANTAGES
 The green concrete has less split tensile strength than the ordinary
concrete.
 In the eco-friendly concrete, the cost of the reinforcement increases
with the use of stainless steel.
 Water (which is again scarce) absorption is high compared to
conventional concrete.
SUITABILITY OF GREEN CONCRETE
IN STRUCTURES

Several factors include:

• Reduce the dead weight of a structure and reduce the crane age
load.
• Improve damping resistance of building.
• Reduction of the concrete industry’s CO2 emission by 30%.
• No environmental pollution and sustainable development.
• Green concrete requires less maintenance and repairs.
• Increased concrete industry’s use of waste products by 20%.
FOUR WAYS TO PRODUCE GREEN
CONCRETE

 To increase the use of conventional residual products, i.e.,

fly ash.
 To use residual products from the concrete industry, i.e.,
stone dust(from crushing of stones).
 To use residual products from other industries not
traditionally used in concrete, i.e., fly ash from bio fuels
and sewage sludge incineration ash (from sewage treatment)
 To use new types of cement with reduced environmental
impact.
 SCOPE IN INDIA

• Green concrete is a revolutionary topic in the

history of India.
• As green concrete is made with industrial wastes it
does take less time to come to India since
industries are having the problem with waste
disposal.
• Also reducing the impact on environment.
 LIMITATIONS

• By using stainless steel,cost of reinforcement increases.

• Structures constructed with gren concrete have

comparatively less life than structures with
conventional concrete.

• Split tension of green concrete is less than that of

conventional concrete.
CONCLUSION

 Green concrete is having good thermal and fire

resistant.

 In this concrete increased concrete industry’s use of

waste products by 20%. Hence green concrete consumes
less energy and becomes economical.

 So definitely use of concrete product like green

concrete in future will not only reduce the emission of
CO2 in environment and environmental impact but also
economical to produce.
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