20.500.12556/DiRROS-16830 Life cycle assessment of prefabricated geopolymeric façade cladding panels made from large fractions of recycled construction and demolition waste The construction and demolition sector is one of the biggest consumers of natural resources in the world and consequently, one of the biggest waste producers worldwide. The proper management of construction and demolition waste (CDW) can provide major benefits for the construction and recycling industry. However, the recycling rate of CDW is relatively low, as there is still a lack of confidence in the quality of recycled CDW materials. Therefore, new research projects are looking for innovative solutions within recycling of CDW in order to overcome uncertainties currently associated with the use of construction products made from recycled or re-used CDW. In this paper, a “cradle-to-cradle” life cycle assessment (LCA) study has been conducted to investigate the environmental performance of the prefabricated geopolymeric façade cladding panels made from large fractions of CDW. The LCA results indicate that the majority of the environmental burden arises within the manufacturing stage; however, the environmental burden can be reduced with simple optimisation of the manufacturing process. Furthermore, the environmental impact of the prefabricated geopolymeric façade cladding panels is generally lower than the environmental burden associated with the façade cladding panels made from virgin materials. construction and demolition waste alkali activated materials geopolymers LCA gradbeni odpad alkalijsko aktivirani materiali geopolimeri LCA true false true Molecular Diversity Preservation International Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Neznano 2023-08-24 08:26:53 2023-08-24 08:45:55 2023-08-25 03:37:47 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2020 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 7. 9. 2020; Št. članka 3931; str. 1-16 iss. 18 Vol. 13 2020 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2020-09-05 620.1/2 1996-1944 10.3390/ma13183931 27380739 https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/18/3931/htm Odprti dostop 1 3847778c-4236-11ee-8cc8-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=22876 RAZ_Kvocka_Davor_2020.pdf RAZ_Kvocka_Davor_2020.pdf 1 7A9690C53336B13C920247322FE3F479 bf36a5b36c543b53eb80d96fc2dfa82cc4c0863c61ceea72b656d6108deb43b7 ce3bc619-4238-11ee-8cc8-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=22877 Zavod za gradbeništvo Slovenije 0 0 0