Abstract
The recycling of concrete debris to obtain coarse recycled aggregates for structural concrete production represents a model of circular economy in the construction sector. It reduces landfill waste and raw material exploitation. In this applied research, the recycled aggregate, obtained from construction and demolition waste, was used in partial replacement of coarse natural aggregate in structural concrete. The analysis concerns two case studies: production process, and failure mechanism of precast reinforced concrete foundation made with coarse recycled concrete aggregate; method to estimate the demand of recycled aggregates in urban planning in three towns (Calasetta, Carloforte and Portoscuso) in southern Sardinia Island, for new construction, building refurbishment, cycle track, and pedestrian path.
In this context, the circular economy model is the best practice to achieve the sustainable development of the construction sector. The applied research offers an important contribution to the management plan of construction and demolition waste in Sardinia Island.
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Authors would like to acknowledge Sardegna Ricerche for the financial support of project: Materials for Sustainable Building and Infrastructure - Recycled Aggregates (MEISAR). POR FESR 2014/2020 - ASSE PRIORITARIO I “RICERCA SCIENTIFICA, SVILUPPO TECNOLOGICO E INNOVAZIONE.
The financial support of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia under Grant PO-FSE 2014–2020, CCI: 2014-IT05SFOP021, through the project “Retrofitting, Rehabilitation and Requalification of the Historical Cultural Architectural Heritage (R3-PAS)” is acknowledged by Flavio Stochino.
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Pani, L., Francesconi, L., Rombi, J., Salis, M., Stochino, F. (2021). Circular Economy Strategy in the Construction Sector: The Use of Recycle Aggregates in the Sardinian Island. In: Gervasi, O., et al. Computational Science and Its Applications – ICCSA 2021. ICCSA 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12958. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87016-4_3
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