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Concrete is one of the most popular building materials, making it also of concern when considering the environmental impact of the construction sector and the associated built environment. For example, the construction sector is responsible for over 35% of the EU’s waste generation, buildings account for 40% of energy consumed, construction activities require a vast amount of resources and cement, being a major component of concrete, accounts for 5 to 8% of the carbon emissions. Although concrete performs quite well in terms of environmental impact compared to other construction materials, its wide use makes sustainability of concrete crucial in minimizing the environmental impact, as can be characterized from life cycle assessments. Eco-friendly or circular concrete solutions are investigated widely in view of lowering environmental impact, while keeping the high technical performance expected from contemporary building solutions. The durability, sustainability and life cycle assessment of such emerging solutions is of considerable importance in the framework of the Green Deal or similar visions, and highlights the need for engineers skilled in these subjects. This also formed the motivation in organizing an introductory training course on durability, sustainability and life cycle assessment of concrete structures, which is at the basis of this eBook.

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The DuRSAAM 2023 Symposium celebrates the end of an exciting and successful EU-project, titled ‘PhD Training Network on Durable, Reliable and Sustainable Structures with Alkali-Activated Materials (DuRSAAM)’ and coordinated by Ghent University. In line with the scope of this European project, that has run from 2018 till 2023, the DuRSAAM2023 Symposium focusses on new developments in all aspects of alkali-activated concrete, sometimes also referred to as geopolymer concrete. These open access proceedings collect the short papers, as presented by the participants during the symposium, and provides researchers, building professionals and stakeholders recent insights on advancing alkali-activated materials.

Building materials --- Cement --- Concrete --- Réactions alcalis-granulats