The FISSAC team is excited to feature in the last newsletter the five real scale demonstrations developed by the project. Before delving into the demos’ details, let’s take a step back to discover what brought us to these outstanding results. In the picture above, you can see the supply chain implemented by the project partners.
Each material is the result of a symbiosis process established among different industries. The case studies developed four innovative materials and construction products with reduced carbon footprint: eco-cement, green concrete, ceramic tiles and wood-plastic composites. They have been tested in laboratory and at pilot scale, from the technical and environmental point of views. Once all the verifications fulfilled the quality requirements, the solutions have been implemented at real scale.
Now we can dive into the five demos:
1. Concrete pavement in Adana – Turkey
The concrete pavement of a road was produced from the eco-cement developed within the project. The demo has implemented a circular process of giving a new life to waste materials (steel slag, aluminum oxide-based products from aluminum salt slags, and ceramic waste). The road was successfully tested to comply with heavy vehicles traffic.
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Find out more about this demo on the FISSAC website.
2. Autoclaved aerated concrete blocks (building wall) in Izmir – Turkey
Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) blocks were manufactured at industrial scale, with standard dimensions in order to build a wall.
The AAC wall blocks were produced by using ceramic waste, electric arc furnace (EAF) slag, and ladle furnace slag (LF) as secondary raw materials supplied by regional providers in order to ensure the replicability.
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Find out more about this demo on the FISSAC website.
3. Precast concrete elements (pavement and New Jersey) in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid – Spain
The precast pavement elements were installed at Acciona’s Demopark surrounding two building modules. These elements were manufactured using the new FISSAC blended eco-cement produced in Turkey as cement base and EAF (Electric Arc Furnace) slags (low alloy common iron production) as coarse aggregates.
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Find out more about this demo in the section on the FISSAC website.
4. Eco-wall and eco-porcelain tiles in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid – Spain
The tiles were manufactured thanks to the industrial symbiosis between two different industries, in the field of natural stones and ceramic tiles. The new FISSAC tile includes a relevant amount of secondary raw materials as a component of the ceramic body, which have been conceived and manufactured according to eco-design criteria.
The innovative material has been installed in the Acciona Demopark in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain.
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Find out more about this demo on the FISSAC website.
5. Innovative Wood Plastic Composites in San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid – Spain
The demonstration activity deals with three different applications: decking, fencing and cladding. In the industrial process, recycled wood and plastics have been used as alternative polymers (based on the previous FISSAC pre-industrial studies).
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