Dr.

VITTHALRAO VIKHE PATIL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, AHMEDNAGAR

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
2021-2023

SEMINAR II

PRESENTED BY

MR. NIKHIL NANDKUMAR GOSAVI

ROLL NO: 08 (ME –II STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING)

TOPIC
GREEN CONCRETE
What is Green Concrete ?
 Green Concrete is environmentally friendly concrete.
 Concrete that uses less energy in its production and produces less carbon dioxide than normal
concrete is green concrete.
Need of Green Concrete
 The main ingredient in concrete is cement and it consists of lime stone.
 During manufacturing of cement its ingredients are heated to about 800C to 10000C.
 During this process carbon dioxide is released.
 Approximately 1 kg of concrete releases about 900gms of carbon dioxide in to the atmosphere.
 Therefore green concrete came into existence to reduce the emission of CO2.
Technique
 It should follow the technique of reduce-reuse-recycle.
 Reduce the green house gas emission.
 Reduce the use of natural resources such as limestone, shale, Clay.
 Use of waste materials.

Objective:
 The main objective is sustainable development without destruction of natural resources.
Requirements of Green Concrete
The concrete should have the following requirements to say it as a GREEN CONCRETE
 Optimized use of available materials.
 Better performance.
 Enhanced cohesion workability/ consistency.
 Reduced shrinkage and creep.
 Durability better service life of concrete.
 Reduced carbon foot print.
 No increase in cost.
 LEED certification.
Materials for Green Concrete
Coarse Aggregates:

Locally available
Aggregate
Blast furnace Slag

Demolished
recycled waste
aggregate
Materials for Green Concrete
Fine Aggregates:

Manufactured
sand

Recycled Glass Aggregate

Blast furnace slag

sand
Cementitious material
FLY ASH:
 Fly ash is a by-product produced during the operation of coal fired plants. The finely divided
particles from the exhaust gases are collected in the electro static precipitators. These particles
are called fly ash.
 Utilization of fly ash as a part replacement of cement or mineral admixture in concrete saves on
cement and hence the emission of carbon dioxide.
Applications of Green concrete
Green Concrete
Building

Green Concrete Bridge

Green Concrete
Column
Advantages
 Reduction in creep and Shrinkage.
 It uses the local and recycled materials in concrete.
 The heat of hydration of green concrete is significantly lower than the traditional concrete.
 Comprehensive strength and flexural behaviour is fairly equal to that of Concrete.
 Since these are optimized mix designs it is easier to handling.
Scope in India
 Green concrete is a revolutionary topic in the history of INDIA.
 As green concrete is made with industrial waste it will solve the problem of waste disposal.
 And reduce the impact on Environment.
References
 Indian concrete journal volume 77-januraary-2003-no-1 green concrete technology by
r.m.swamy
 Green concrete using industrial wastes, proceedings, national conference on advances in
building materials, Vellore institute of technology, Vellore
Devadas,manoharan.p.senthamarai.R.M.concrete using ceramic insulators scraps as coarse
aggregates proceedings,6th international conferences on concrete.
 Galvind,munchpetersen,green concrete structural concrete.
Websites:
 http://www.greenconcrete.dk/
 https://theconstructor.org/concrete/green-concrete/5566/