Intro -- Sustainable Construction Materials -- Preface, Committees and Sponsors -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Materials and Energy -- Mortars with Phase Change Materials: Contribute to Sustainable Construction -- Cool Façades - Thermal Performance Assessment Using Infrared Thermography -- Mortars with Phase Change Materials - Part I: Physical and Mechanical Characterization -- Mortars with Phase Change Materials - Part II: Durability Evaluation -- Water-Resistance of Mortars with Lightweight Aggregates -- Evaluation of High Reflective Products in Flat Roofs Rehabilitation - Experimental Study -- Thermal Performance Characterization of a Modular System for Facade -- Parabolic Solar Collector Coverage Made of High-Performance Concrete with Addition of Active Rice Husk Silica Integrated to a Biomass Thermoelectric Unit -- Chapter 2: Materials and Residues -- Use of Waste Materials in the Production of Concrete -- Waste Management in the Reform and Adequacy of the Maracanã Stadium for the FIFA Football World Cup 2014 -- Durability Performance of Fly Ash Based One-Part Geopolymer Mortars -- Simultaneous Use of Two Catalytic Wastes to Cement in Sustainable Construction Materials -- Evaluating the Pozzolanic Activity of Spent Catalyst Partially Substituting Type II Portland Cement -- Strength, ASR and Chloride Penetration of Mortar with Granite Waste Powder -- Influence of the Crushing Process of Recycled Aggregates on Concrete Properties -- Use of Sugarcane Bagasse for Particleboard Production -- Eco-Efficient Self-Compacting Concrete with Reduced Portland Cement Content and High Volume of Fly Ash and Metakaolin -- Adaptation of Rice Husk Ash for Use as Pozzolanic Material -- Performance of Concrete Made with Recycled Aggregates from Portuguese CDW Recycling Plants.

Monitoring and Evaluation of Industrial Production of Fired-Clay Masonry Bricks with 2.5% of Phosphatization Sludge -- Carbonation Front Progress in Mortars Containing Fly Ash Considering the Presence of Chloride Ions -- Influence of Cellulose Pulp Waste in Plastering Mortar -- Evaluation of the Mechanical and Environmental Behavior of Alkali-Activated Mortars Containing PU/EVA-Based Waste -- Evaluation of Soil, Cement and Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) Mixtures for Use in Road Pavement Base and Sub-Base Applications -- Mortar Effect of Rice Husk Ash Burning on Fluidized Flow and Sliding Grid -- Study of Timber and Concrete with Rubber Waste Composite Beams Applied to Bridges -- Evaluation of the Influence of PU/EVA Waste-Based Lightweight Aggregates on the Physical Properties of Alkali-Activated Mortars -- Carbonation Resistance of High Volume Fly Ash Concrete -- Stress-Strain Behavior of Mortar Mixtures Containing Construction and Demolition Waste as Fine Aggregate -- Leaching of Chromium in Red Ceramic Monolith by Immersion and Irrigation -- Chapter 3: Natural Materials -- Options for Chemical Modification of Wastes from a Brazilian Hardwood Species and Potential Applications -- Recommendations for the Construction with Adobe Brick Based on Norm NTE E.080:2000 from Peru and the Technique Currently Used in the State of Bahia - Brazil -- Bamboo as Sustainable Material Used in Design and Civil Construction: Species, Management, Characterization and Applications -- Mechanical Properties of Adobe Made with Sugar Cane Bagasse and "Synthetic Termite Saliva" Incorporation -- Ancient Materials and Techniques to Improve the Earthen Building Durability -- Study in Real Conditions and in Laboratory of the Application of Expanded Agglomerated Cork as Exterior Wall Covering -- Buckling of Masts of Bamboos Bundles.

Buckling of Bamboo Masts with Interposed Spacers -- A Study of the Nature of the Shear Strength of Soil-Waste Composites -- Effect of Treatment of Sisal Fiber on Morphology, Mechanical Properties and Fiber-Cement Bond Strength -- Mechanical Behavior of Self-Compacting Soil-Cement-Sisal Fiber Composites -- Earth Construction and Sustainability -- Durability of Natural Fibers for Geotechnical Engineering -- Acoustical Behavior of Hybrid Composite Sandwich Panels -- Chapter 4: Materials and Repair -- Mechanical and Physical Properties of Early Carbonated High Initial Strength Portland Cement Pastes -- Natural Aging in Heat-Treated Medium-Density Fiberboard Panels -- Influence of Test Specimens Shape on Measurements of Electrical Resistivity of Concrete -- Characterization of Parameters to Predict the Structural Behaviour of Geopolymeric Mortar Plates Strengthened with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer -- Results Comparison of Alkali-Reactivity Tests for Same Aggregates, Using a Kinetic Model -- Kinetics Comparison of Alkali-Reactivity Tests for Aggregates -- Effects of Anti-Graffiti Protection on Concrete Durability -- Polymer Composite Materials Modified with Nano-Oxides and Phosphinates Hybrid Flame Retardant Systems -- Use of PET Fibers in Reinforced Concrete Slabs Subjected to Flexure -- Influence of Dimension Stones on the Increase of Radon Gas Levels Indoors -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.

The special topic volume includes selected and extended papers form theLuso-Brazilian Conference of Sustainable Construction Materials. This bookcontains extended papers selected and reviewed by the Scientific Committee,in areas such as Materials and Energy, Materials and Residues, NaturalMaterials and Materials and Repair.

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