Table of Contents
1. Introduction to bio-based materials and biotechnologies for eco-efficient constructionPART I- BIO-BASED MATERIALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE APPLICATIONS
2. Soybean oil-based derivatives for asphalt binders
3. Microalgae oil as an aged bitumen rejuvenator
4. Nanocellulose fibers and crystals as emulsifying agents
5. Concrete with wood ash and vegetable aggregates
6. Low carbon geopolymers using sunflower straw ash as an activator
7. Geopolymer mortars using agricultural waste
8. Performance of concrete using bacteria and bio fibers
9. Fire performance of hemp concrete
10. Environmental performance of concrete with a bio-additive based on opuntia ficus-indica
11. Strain-hardening cementitious composites incorporating nanocellulose fibers
12. Bio-based sandwich beams made of paper honeycomb cores
13. Rice straw foamed gypsum hollow blocks
14. LCA of wall infill made with agriculture waste
PART II- BIO-BASED MATERIALS AND BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
15. Limitations of building codes regarding the use of hemp materials
16. Thermal insulating lightweight aerogels based on nanocellulose
17. Thermal insulation walls based on expanded perlite and hemp stalks
18. Thermal insulation composites based on desert cotton and areca nut husk fibres
19. Bio-based walls made of Arundo donax and gypsum
20. Performance of Bio-PCMs for building energy efficiency
21. Performance of dry-assembled wooden walls with Bio-PCM
22. Photosynthetic panels made of water-based algae-laden biological materials
23. Thermal behavior of a building equipped with facade-integrated photobioreactors
24. LCA of photobioreactors for Algae Cultivation on Fa�ades
Authors
Fernando Pacheco-Torgal Principal Investigator, CTAC Research Centre, University of Minho, Guimaraes, Portugal..Dr. F. Pacheco-Torgal is a principal investigator at the University of Minho, in Portugal. He currently holds the title of Counsellor from the Portuguese Engineers Association and has authored more than 300 publications. He is a member of the editorial boards for 9 international journals. He has acted as a foreign expert in the evaluation of 30 PhD theses. In the last 10 years he has been a Member of the Scientific Committee for almost 60 conferences most of them in Asian countries. He is also a grant assessor for several scientific institutions in 15 countries including the UK, US, Netherlands, China, France, Australia, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Spain, Czech Republic, Chile, Saudi Arabia, UA. Emirates, Croatia, Poland, and the EU Commission. He has also been an invited reviewer for 125 international journals and has reviewed almost 1200 papers and has been the lead editor of 27 books.
Dan Tsang Ir Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKSAR, China Pao Yue-Kong Chair Professor, Zhejiang University, China.Prof. Tsang is the leading scientist in the fields of waste-to-resource technology, hazardous waste treatment, and carbon capture and utilization. Over the years, Dan has published more than 500 peer-reviewed papers in the top 10% journals, including 88 Highly Cited Papers as of March 2022. He was awarded as 2021-2023 Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Analytics) in two academic fields of Engineering as well as Environment and Ecology. He is the Chairman of the Hong Kong Waste Management Association, and the Waste Management Subcommittee of Advisory Council on the Environment, HKSAR Government. He has been invited to deliver more than 160 invited talks at international conferences and invited seminars at overseas universities. His professional contribution has been recognized by local and international communities, and he has served as the Editor-in-Chief, npj Materials Sustainability, Nature Portfolio (2023-), the Associate Editors for the top 10% journals, such as Science of the Total Environment (2018-2024), Critical Reviews in Environmental Science & Technology (2018-), Journal of Environmental Management (2022-), Journal of Hazardous Materials (2019-2021); and served as Editorial Boards for Bioresource Technology (2019-), Environmental Pollution (2019-), Chemosphere (2015-), etc.
