SUSTAINABILITY BENEFITS, DURABILITY CHARACTERISTICS, AND COST ANALYSIS OF GREEN CONCRETE/GGBS CONCRETE

Abstract

Concrete will undoubtedly become the primary building material in the foreseeable future as global civilization advances, and green concrete is a revolutionary idea in the history of the concrete industry. In addition, cement is a key component of concrete, and the cement business is one of the most energy-intensive industrial sub-sectors when taking the entire concrete industry into account. Once that happens, there won't be any lime left on the planet to make cement. Given this circumstance, everyone involved in the construction sector should do research on alternative materials for replacing cement and their applications. Researchers have thus far concentrated on results like energy savings, investment, and pollution reduction. As a result, both qualitative criteria and the plant's existing situation have been largely ignored. Due to factors including using waste products as a partial substitute for cement, avoiding waste disposal fees, consuming less energy during manufacture, and having higher durability, green concrete is frequently also produced at a reasonable cost. In this study, we determine the properties of concrete's durability when we utilize more than 50% of industrial waste i.e. GGBS, as a mineral additive to replace cement in the concrete of grade M45. Additionally, we analyze the costs of the aforementioned Green Concrete/GGBS Concrete as well as its sustainability advantages.