text: Low Carbon Cements
  Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 July 2022) | Viewed by 35848
  2. Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability (CERIS), University of Lisbon, 1049-001 Lisbon, Portugal
  Interests: new building materials; cement-based materials; low-carbon cements; special concretes; sustainability; service life
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  Due to its versatility, low cost, and mechanical properties, reinforced concrete is still the most widely used material in the world. However, concrete production and its ever-growing demand has become a source of environmental concerns, since it involves significant depletion of raw materials, landfill disposal of construction and demolition waste, and extensive emission of greenhouse gases. Regarding this last issue, ordinary Portland cement contributes about 80%–90% of the CO2 emissions in concrete production, representing over 5% of annual anthropogenic CO2-equivalent greenhouse gas emissions.
  Therefore, it is worldwide recognized that near future cement production has a carbon footprint to match. To this end, various studies have been recently conducted in order to develop more eco-efficient low carbon cements (LCC), implying a significant reduction of the global CO2 emissions.
  This Special Issue aims to cover some of the latest developments in low carbon cements, such as belite cements, geopolymers, alkali-activated cements, thermos-activated waste cements, calcium aluminate cements, low-temperature or modified clinkers, blended cements with alternative supplementary cementitious materials, and emerging non-Portland cement clinker-based binders. Therefore, original papers dealing with new advances and challenges in low carbon cements are welcome, namely concerning the production, material properties, hydration, rheology, microstructure, mix design, physical, mechanical, and durability characterization of LCC-based materials, service life assessment, sustainability, testing, modeling, and future trends. Low cement concretes and new carbon capture solutions in order to reduce the CO2 footprint of the cement industry are also within the scope of this Special Issue.
  Prof. Dr. José Alexandre Bogas
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  - low carbon cement
  - belite cement
  - alkali-activated cement
  - thermo-activated cement
  - calcium aluminate cement
  - supplementary cementitious materials
  - blended cement
  - carbon capture
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