Environmental impacts, life cycle assessment and potential improvement measures for cement production: a literature review

DA Salas, AD Ramirez, CR Rodríguez… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cement constitutes one of the primary building materials. As cement manufacturing involves
the use of large amounts of raw materials and energy, an issue that arises is the necessity to …

Forecasting CO2 emissions of China's cement industry using a hybrid Verhulst-GM (1, N) model and emissions' technical conversion

J Ofosu-Adarkwa, N Xie, SA Javed - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The cement industry is a significant contributor to anthropogenic CO 2. For China, the
cement industry is crucial for development, considering the surging urbanization. CO 2 …

What drives urban carbon emission efficiency?–Spatial analysis based on nighttime light data

G Fang, Z Gao, L Tian, M Fu - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper explores the factors that improve the efficiency of urban carbon emissions. Based
on nighttime light data, the carbon emissions of 282 cities in China from 2004 to 2018 are …

Impacts of digital inclusive finance on CO2 emissions from a spatial perspective: evidence from 272 cities in China

H Wang, J Guo - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
As a new proposition under the strategic goal of sustainable development, financial
inclusiveness has become an effective way to overcome environmental constraints …

Projecting future carbon emissions from cement production in developing countries

D Cheng, DM Reiner, F Yang, C Cui, J Meng… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Achieving low-carbon development of the cement industry in the developing countries is
fundamental to global emissions abatement, considering the local construction industry's …

A technology-driven pathway to net-zero carbon emissions for China's cement industry

C Tan, X Yu, Y Guan - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper aims to assess the emission reduction potential of combined mitigation
technologies in China's cement industry, thus transitioning towards carbon neutrality through …

Strain hardening geopolymer composites with hybrid POM and UHMWPE fibers: Analysis of static mechanical properties, economic benefits, and environmental …

YQ Peng, DP Zheng, HS Pan, JL Yang, JX Lin… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
With unique ultra-high toughness, strain-hardening cementitious composite (SHCC) has
attracted considerable attention. However, environmental and economic concerns have …

Green transition pathways for cement industry in China

CY Zhang, B Yu, JM Chen, YM Wei - Resources, Conservation and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cement industry is regarded as one of the most energy-intensive sectors, which generates
large amount of greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions. Therefore, the realization of green …

How industrialization and urbanization process impacts on CO2 emissions in China: evidence from nonparametric additive regression models

B Xu, B Lin - Energy Economics, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper examines the impacts of industrialization and urbanization on CO 2 emissions in
China using nonparametric additive regression models and provincial panel data from 1990 …

Deciphering the CO2 emissions and emission intensity of cement sector in China through decomposition analysis

T Wu, ST Ng, J Chen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
China produced over half of the global cement for its building and infrastructure construction
and released huge amount of greenhouse gases. Despite a significant penetration of the …