Coventry University and UWM Center for By-Products Utilization
Second International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies
June 28 - June 30, 2010 Università Politecnica delle Marche Ancona, Italy
Program and List of Accepted Abstracts __________________________________________________________________________
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Ancona and the Marche region were not affected due to the recent earthquake in the medieval town of L'Aquila. L'Aquila, capital of the Abruzzo region, was significantly damaged and about ten kilometers area surrounding L'Aquila was heavily damaged and destroyed. (Map of Italy showing Ancona and the town of L'Aquila.)
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Is Le Marche the Next Tuscany?: New York Times article on the Le Marche region. Information on travel within the Le Marche region. INFORMATION ON SELECTED CITIES AND REGIONS WITHIN ITALY.
Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies June 28 - June 30, 2010 The construction materials industry is a major user of the world's resources. While enormous progress has been made towards sustainability, the scope and opportunities for further improvements are significant. The focus of this conference series is to highlight case studies and research that show new and innovative ways of achieving sustainability of construction materials and technologies. This second international conference has been planned after the successful First International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies was conducted in Coventry, U.K., on June 11-13, 2007. Over 190 papers from 45 countries were published and presented at the first international conference (A complete listing of abstracts from all three volumes of the proceedings from the 2007 Conference may be found at http://www.coventry.ac.uk/researchnet/d/674.) The conference was attended by government officials, engineers from government and private industry, engineering faculty and students, materials suppliers, and others. While the conference highlighted current practice and research in sustainable construction materials, it also showed that more research and implementation work remains to be done in this area, thus, the second international conference has been planned for 2010 to continue this technology transfer effort. The conference will be held at the Università Polytechnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. Ancona is on Italy's beautiful east coast on the Adriatic sea. The city airport has direct flights from the UK and other European centers. Rome airport is about three hours by car from Ancona (View Directions). View
Ancona was settled in the 4th Century B by Greek colonists from Syracuse. Later, the Romans exploited its sheltered anchorage and in 115 AD, the harbor walls were built under the Roman Emperor Trajan. The streets of the old town show the influence of the Greek, Roman, Byzantine, and Venetian empires.
Information on travel within the Le Marche region. Sponsors and Exhibitors Potential Sponsors and Exhibitors should contact Peter Claisse <p.claisse@coventry.ac.uk> or Tarun R. Naik <tarun@uwm.edu> now to gain maximum advantage from the publicity. ACI Committee 229, Controlled Low-Strength Materials, USA. AUT, Concrete Technology and Durability Research Center, Tehran, Iran. CSIC, Corrosion and Durability of Concrete Structures, Madrid, Spain. ENCO, Engineering Concrete, Treviso, Italy. EPRI, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, USA. E.VI.PAR., Industrial By-Products R and D Assoc. Thessaloniki, Greece. NTEC, Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre, UK Committee Members Organizing Committee Peter Claisse, Coventry University Tarun R. Naik, UWM Center for By-Products Utilization Eshmaiel Ganjian, Coventry University Rudolph N. Kraus, UWM Center for By-Products Utilization Giacomo Moriconi, Università Polytechnic delle Marche Mark Tyrer, Imperial College London Technical Committee Peter Claisse, Coventry University Tarun R. Naik, UWM Center for By-Products Utilization Eshmaiel Ganjian, Coventry University Rudolph N. Kraus, UWM Center for By-Products Utilization Giacomo Moriconi, Università Polytechnic delle Marche Bruce W. Ramme, We Energies, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Mark Tyrer, Imperial College London Homayoon Sadeghi Pouya, Atkins Consulting Engineers John Forth, Leeds University Sunny Nwaubani, Anglia Ruskin University Phil Purnell, Leeds University Steve Goodhew, Nottingham Trent University Julia Stegemann, University College London Nizar Ghazireh, Tarmac Limited Larry Sutter, Michigan Tech. Gurmel Ghataora, University of Birmingham Ali Ramezanianpour, Amir Kabir University Chris Cheesman, Imperial College London Tony Parry, Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre Y. Paul Chugh, Southern Illinois University John Zachar, Milwaukee School of Engineering Charles A. Weiss, Jr., US Army Corps of Engineers Jamal Khatib, University of Wolverhampton Sanjay Kumar, CSIR - Jamshedpur Marios Soutsos, Liverpool University
We are continuing to gather additional distinguished experts for the Technical Committee. Persons interested in memberships in the Technical Committee should contact Peter Claisse (<p.claisse@coventry.ac.uk> or Tarun R. Naik (<tarun@uwm.edu>). Responsibilities will include technical reviews of abstracts and papers. International Advisory Committee Carmen Andrade, Spain Nemkumar Banthia, Canada Theodore W. Bremner, Canada Peter Claisse, UK Mario Collepardi, Italy Y. Paul Chugh, USA Jitendra P. Desai, Singapore Alejandro Duran-Herrera, Mexico Raafat El-Hacha, Canada Gabriele Fava, Italy Simon Foo, Canada Ravindra Gettu, India Brian H. Green, USA Konstantin Kovler, Israel Rakesh Kumar, India P. Kumar Mehta, USA Christian Meyer, USA Giacomo Moriconi, Italy Tarun R. Naik, USA Ioanna Papayianni, Greece Bruce W. Ramme, USA Ali A. Ramezanianpour, Iran Koji Sakai, Japan Kenji Sakata, Japan Surendra P.Shah, USA Teodoro Valente, Italy John Zachar, USA Awards Committee Nemkumar Banthia, Canada Peter Claisse, U.K. Eshmaiel Ganjian, U.K. Rudolph N. Kraus, USA Giacomo Moriconi, Italy Tarun R. Naik, USA Antonio Nanni, USA Ali Ramezanianpour, Iran Bruce W. Ramme, USA Kenji Sakata Japan Local Host Committee Giacomo Moriconi, Chairman Gabriele Fava, Program Committee Romeo Fratesi, Treasurer
Please check back for updated information We are happy to report that approximately 300 abstracts have accepted for the Second International Conference in Ancona, Italy, June 28-30, 2010. We are confident that this will be an even more significant conference than the first conference that was held in Coventry, UK in June 2007. For a list of the abstracts accepted for the conference, click here. Check back soon for more details. The main proceedings will be a peer-reviewed published book. We plan to make the full text of the papers available on the Internet after the conference. The 10 best papers will be selected by a committee and published in the ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. Please submit questions regarding the conference to Peter Claisse, E-mail: p.claisse@coventry.ac.uk The conference language will be English. Call for Papers - Announcement Flyer Papers were invited on all the different materials that are used in construction including aggregates, bitumen, cementitious materials, (fly ash, wood ash, slag, silica fume, natural pozzolans, and other similar materials), concrete, glass, gypsum, lime, masonry, metals, and plastics, rock, timber, and other materials of construction. Papers on paints, adhesives, preservatives, and preservation processes are also welcome. The 10 best papers will be selected by a committee and published in the ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. Themes Carbon Credits Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Designing structures with sustainable materials. Embodied energy from production. End of life-materials that can be demounted/deconstructed and reused or recycled. Energy requirements for transport and use. Energy management during construction. Energy management during use of the buildings and infrastructures. Greenhouse gas reduction. Life cycle analysis. Making construction materials durable. Maintaining quality and durability while achieving sustainability. Maintenance and repair technologies for sustainability of buildings and infrastructure. Mass balance - sources and final destinations of materials. New materials production and construction technologies using innovative materials. Recycling of municipal solid waste (MSW). Sustainability, quality, and public perception. Use of recyclable by-products in construction materials. Innovative and non-traditional materials. Author Instructions for papers accepted for the conference are now posted, click here. Please submit questions to Tarun R. Naik, E-mail: <tarun@uwm.edu> The conference language will be English. Final Deadlines for Manuscripts for Ancona-2010 Submission of papers for review: October 17, 2009 Submission of papers incorporating reviewers comments: January 11, 2010 Conference: June 28 - June 30, 2010 All Delegates registering after February 15, 2010: 550 Euros Authors, Committee Members, Full-time Students, Retired Persons, registering before February 15, 2010: 450 Euros All Other Delegates registering before February 15, 2010: 495 Euros
Registration information to be posted soon. Please check back. We plan the following, click here. Information on select cities and regions within Italy. The city has a wide range of hotels including budget options. Suggested Hotels in Ancona, please see Hotels. Dr Peter Claisse, Conference Secretariat Sir John Laing Building Coventry University Priory Street Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
Phone 024 7688 8881 (international +44 24 7688 8881) Reception 024 7688 8166 (international +44 24 7688 8166) Fax 024 7688 8296 (international +44 24 7688 8296)
EMAIL p.claisse@coventry.ac.uk All best endeavors will be made to present the program as detailed. However, the conference secretariat and the organizing committee and its agents reserve the right to alter or cancel without prior notice any of the arrangements, including timetables, plans, or other items relating directly or indirectly to the conference, exhibition or social events, for any cause beyond its reasonable control. The conference secretariat and the organizing committee and its agents are not liable for any loss or inconvenience caused as a result of such alteration. In the event of cancellation of the conference all pre-paid fees will be re-funded in full. However, the conference secretariat and the organizing committee and its agents are not liable for any loss or inconvenience caused as a result of such a cancellation. In particular, the organizers will not be liable to refund any travel or hotel costs incurred by delegates or their partners. Delegates and their partners are strongly advised to take out comprehensive travel insurance to cover personal possessions as the conference does not cover individuals against cancellation of bookings or theft or damage to belongings. The secretariat will hold and process your personal details on our database. This information is necessary for the legitimate management of this conference, which will not include it being available to any organizing/sponsoring company. The database will be transferred to the property of the conference organizers once the conference has concluded. If you wish your details to be removed from our database, you may write to us at any time.
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