Carmen Viñas Arrebola

Valorization of Building Retrofitting Waste as Alternative Materials in Gypsums

Received: June 06, 2017 Revised: July 10, 2017 Accepted: July 19, 2017 Abstract: Introduction: The lack of treatment of construction demolition waste (CDW) is a problem that must be solved immediately. It is estimated that the unused CDW generates an increase in the use of new materials close to 20% of the total materials consumed worldwide. Because of that, the use of CDW in building materials is an interesting alternative to guarantee their application. In the last years, many research works are being carried out in order to analyze the viability of using CDW as a substitute for the traditional raw materials that cause high environmental impact. However, much remains to be done, because these works generally characterize materials but not specific applications that allow the agents of construction to provide assurance required by the projects.