Environmental, economic and social analysis of a new cement composite produced with high percentage of treated coconut
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.6008/CBPC2179-6858.2018.004.0021Keywords:
Sustainability, Vegetable Fiber, Portland CementAbstract
The use of coconut fibers for the production of mortars and concretes can bring numerous benefits. It is a renewable material and high availability, and thus a low-cost production. Furthermore, the se of coconut fiber in civil building can both reduce the consumption of mineral aggregates such as sand and gravel as well as improve the physical and mechanical properties of the new composite. In this sense, seeking to obtain a cementitious composite not only high strength and durability, but also economic and ecological, in this study a new cement composite produced with high percentage of treated coconut was evaluated using the Ambitec/Uesc methods for socio-economic evaluation and Life-cycle Assessment (LCA) for its environmental performance. Based on the results obtained in this study, we can conclude that the combination of natural latex and silica fume provides an appropriate economic, social and environmental solution for the use of coconut fiber in civil building.
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