2nd International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies

The construction materials industry is a major user of the world’s resources. While enormous progress has been made towards sustainability, the scope and opportunities for further improvements are significant. The focus of this conference series is to highlight case studies and research that show new
and innovative ways of achieving sustainability of construction materials and technologies.

This second international conference has been planned after the successful First International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies, which was conducted in Coventry, U.K., on June 11-13, 2007. Over 190 papers from 45 countries were published and presented. The conference was attended by government officials, engineers from government and private industry, engineering faculty and students, materials suppliers, construction companies, and others. While the conference highlighted current practice and research in sustainable construction materials, it also showed that more research and implementation work remains to be done in this area. Therefore, the second international conference has been
planned for June 2010 to continue this technology transfer effort.

Themes

- Carbon Credits
- Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
- Designing structures with sustainable materials.
- Embodied energy from production.
- End of life-materials that can be demounted/deconstructed and reused or recycled.
- Energy requirements for transport and use.
- Energy management during construction.
- Energy management during use of the buildings and infrastructures.
- Greenhouse gas reduction.
- Life cycle analysis.
- Making construction materials durable.
- Maintaining quality and durability while achieving sustainability.
- Maintenance and repair technologies for sustainability of buildings and infrastructure.
- Mass balance - sources and final destinations of materials.
- New materials production and construction technologies using innovative materials.
- Recycling of municipal solid waste (MSW).
- Sustainability, quality, and public perception.
- Use of recyclable by-products in construction materials.
- Innovative and non-traditional materials.


The deadline for submitting abstracts was just extended to May 15th.
Please note that "10 best papers will be selected by a committee and published in the ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering." All other accepted papers would be published by ASCE in the proceedings of this conference.