TY - JOUR
T1 - Life cycle assessment of mortars
T2 - A review on technical potential and drawbacks
AU - Santos, Tânia
AU - Almeida, Joana
AU - Silvestre, José D.
AU - Faria, Paulina
N1 - info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/157509/PT#
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/157591/PT#
PY - 2021/6/21
Y1 - 2021/6/21
N2 - The in-depth research on efficient processes and alternative constituents for mortars production has a lack on the quantification of their environmental impacts. This work presents a critical review of life cycle assessment (LCA) studies performed in the construction sector, namely related to mortars. The gaps and barriers of these methods and final results are discussed through an overview of the main achievements on mortars’ environmental life cycle studies in Europe. Despite the future trends, LCA studies are more focused on cement-mortars and few researches on air lime, gypsum or earth mortar binders are reported in the literature.
AB - The in-depth research on efficient processes and alternative constituents for mortars production has a lack on the quantification of their environmental impacts. This work presents a critical review of life cycle assessment (LCA) studies performed in the construction sector, namely related to mortars. The gaps and barriers of these methods and final results are discussed through an overview of the main achievements on mortars’ environmental life cycle studies in Europe. Despite the future trends, LCA studies are more focused on cement-mortars and few researches on air lime, gypsum or earth mortar binders are reported in the literature.
KW - Environmental impacts
KW - Life cycle assessment
KW - Masonry mortar
KW - Plaster
KW - Render
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103383009&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.123069
DO - 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.123069
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85103383009
SN - 0950-0618
VL - 288
JO - Construction and Building Materials
JF - Construction and Building Materials
M1 - 123069
ER -