Assessment of the renewable energy generation towards net-zero energy buildings: A review

A Ahmed, T Ge, J Peng, WC Yan, BT Tee, S You - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Decarbonizing the building sector is extremely important to mitigating climate change as the
sector contributes 40% of the overall energy consumption and 36% of the total greenhouse …

Recent progress in green cement technology utilizing low-carbon emission fuels and raw materials: A review

A Naqi, JG Jang - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The cement industry is facing numerous challenges in the 21st century due to depleting
natural fuel resources, shortage of raw materials, exponentially increasing cement demand …

Municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration fly ash as an important source of heavy metal pollution in China

P Wang, Y Hu, H Cheng - Environmental pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Incineration has overtaken landfilling as the most important option for disposal of the
increasing volumes of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in China. Accordingly …

[HTML][HTML] Technologies for the management of MSW incineration ashes from gas cleaning: New perspectives on recovery of secondary raw materials and circular …

MJ Quina, E Bontempi, A Bogush… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Environmental policies in the European Union focus on the prevention of hazardous waste
and aim to mitigate its impact on human health and ecosystems. However, progress is …

A sustainable bioplastic obtained from rice straw

F Bilo, S Pandini, L Sartore, LE Depero… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
A new bioplastic was produced from rice straw, an agricultural waste that generally is not
recovered. For the synthesis the sample was treated by using the Naviglio extractor, then it …

Use of Vietnamese rice husk ash for the production of sodium silicate as the activator for alkali-activated binders

KT Tong, R Vinai, MN Soutsos - Journal of cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Geopolymer and Alkali-Activated Binders (AAB) has recently emerged as a new,
green material with the potential to replace Portland cement in several applications. They …

Zero-waste approach in municipal solid waste incineration: Reuse of bottom ash to stabilize fly ash

A Assi, F Bilo, A Zanoletti, J Ponti, A Valsesia… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper a simple method for all waste recovery through municipal solid waste
incineration (MSWI) is presented. For the first time, MSWI fly ash (FA) is treated using MSWI …

Effective utilization of agricultural waste in synthesizing activator for sustainable geopolymer technology

AK Nassar, P Kathirvel - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The creation of one-part geopolymer mixtures is necessary to increase the economic
feasibility of geopolymers in practice. The utilization of extremely corrosive alkali solutions …

Removal of organic and inorganic contaminants from the air, soil, and water by algae

B Shahi Khalaf Ansar, E Kavusi, Z Dehghanian… - … Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Rapid increases in human populations and development has led to a significant exploitation
of natural resources around the world. On the other hand, humans have come to terms with …

Synergetic impacts of mesoporous α-Fe2O3 nanoparticles on the performance of alkali-activated slag against fire, gamma rays, and some microorganisms

DG Sayed, FI El-Hosiny, SMA El-Gamal… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study describes the fabrication of green composite pastes with multifunctional
properties that can be utilized in special applications. Low-cost mesoporous hematite …