A Brief Introduction of concrete Requirement ...

A Brief Introduction of concrete Requirement with its Environmental Impacts

Author Name : Mandeep Pannu, Er. Naveen Hooda

ABSTRACT Concrete is the 2nd largest used material after water on the earth. With the increase of necessity of concrete day by day world also needs concrete as environmental friendly material with saving of non renewable resources of energy, reduce Co2 emission, and provide aesthetically pleasing and healthy surroundings. Concrete fulfills all these requirements of present scenario as well as for future. The biggest benefit of using concrete with waste product is in minimizing the waste materials. Most of the essential research has been done to enable concrete to fill this role with environmental safety precaution. This paper presents about the current active researches taking place around the world on study of various environmental aspects of concrete. With better utilization and manufacturing of cement as well as concrete, we can reduce the effects of Co2 emission, nitrous oxide emission, particulate air emission, visual pollution, traffic congestion, noise pollution, water pollution, adverse health effects.Concrete became the most widely used construction material in the world for a very good reason - it benefits mankind more effectively than any other building material.The environmental benefits of concrete can be taken as low maintenance, low energy consumption, desirable engineering properties, Sink for liquid combustible hazardous waste, Sink for silica rich industrial wastes, Thermal mass saves heating and cooling cost, green aggregates, Concrete can be recycled.