Sustainability benefits of lightweight concrete

Macroporous lightweight concretes whose thermal insulation effect relies on a certain ratio of air voids in the material are subject to physical limitations that have been virtually exhausted by...

In the Eifel region, pumice has been a “constant” in the production of lightweight concrete blocks for many decades. More recently, however, there has been a significant decline in production...

Lava lightweight concrete, developed by the company Burkhard Schuller Baustoffservice, is a mix of volcanic rock: e.g., of zeolite, pumice and lava. Volcanic rock can be used without additional energy...

Introduction Infra-lightweight concrete exhibits an extremely low dry bulk density of up to 800 kg/m³ while also providing sufficient strength, resulting in low thermal and acoustic conductivity....

Resource efficiency and ramped-up recovery and reuse are among today’s major challenges for all raw-materials processing sectors. The construction industry in particular has a pivotal role here. The...