Digital fabrication and integration of Material reuse for environmentally friendly cementitious composite building blocks
Funder: H2020-EUDuration: January 2022 - January 2024
To combat climate change, green and eco-friendly resources along with advanced digital technologies are being developed. The construction industry is also facing significant changes in its scale and distribution. With the EU facing resource constraints, new innovations are urgently needed. The EU-funded DigiMat project aims to satisfy this need by promoting a greener circular economic model for production and consumption. Specifically, the project will develop a novel 3D printing technology to design and develop environmentally friendly cementitious feedstock using construction and demolition waste as well as other industrial by-products suitable for structural load-bearing building blocks.
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El-Seidy, E., Chougan, M., AI-Noaimat, YA., Al-Kheetan, MJ. and Ghaffar, SH. (2024) 'The impact of waste brick and geo-cement aggregates as sand replacement on the mechanical and durability properties of alkali–activated mortar composites'. Results in Engineering, 12. pp. 1 - 12. ISSN: 2590-1230 Open Access Link
Al-Noaimat, YA., Chougan, M., Albar, A., Skibicki, S., Federowicz, K., Hoffman, M., et al. (2023) 'Recycled brick aggregates in one-part alkali-activated materials: Impact on 3D printing performance and material properties'. Developments in the Built Environment, 16. pp. 1 - 15. ISSN: 2666-1659 Open Access Link
Al-Noaimat, YA., Chougan, M., Al-kheetan, MJ., Yio, MHN., Wong, HS. and Ghaffar, SH. (2023) 'Upcycling end-of-life bricks in high-performance one-part alkali-activated materials'. Developments in the Built Environment, 16. pp. 1 - 15. ISSN: 2666-1659 Open Access Link
Chougan, M., Al-Kheetan, MJ. and Ghaffar, SH. (2023) 'Additive Manufacturing and the Construction Industry', in Lynn, T., Rosati, P., Kassem, M., Krinidis, S. and Kennedy, J. (eds.) Disrupting Buildings: Digitalisation and the Transformation of Deep Renovation. Cham, Switzerland; London : Palgrave Macmillan. , Part F1217. pp. 97 - 109. ISBN 10: 3-031-32309-2. ISBN 13: 978-3-031-32308-9. Open Access Link
El-Seidy, E., Chougan, M., Sambucci, M., Al-Kheetan, MJ., Biblioteca, I., Valente, M. and et al. (2023) 'Lightweight alkali-activated materials and ordinary Portland cement composites using recycled polyvinyl chloride and waste glass aggregates to fully replace natural sand'. Construction and Building Materials, 368. pp. 1 - 13. ISSN: 0950-0618 Open Access Link
Al-Noaimat, YA., Ghaffar, SH., Chougan, M. and Al-Kheetan, MJ. (2022) 'A review of 3D printing low-carbon concrete with one-part geopolymer: Engineering, environmental and economic feasibility'. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 18. pp. 1 - 19. ISSN: 2214-5095 Open Access Link
El-Seidy, E., Sambucci, M., Chougan, M., Al-Kheetan, MJ., Biblioteca, I., Valente, M. and et al. (2022) 'Mechanical and physical characteristics of alkali- activated mortars incorporated with recycled polyvinyl chloride and rubber aggregates'. Journal of Building Engineering, 60. pp. 1 - 15. ISSN: 2352-7102 Open Access Link