Figure 1.
Time-dependent variation of cumulative radiative forcing (AGWP) for a pulse emission of methane and CO2 (source IPCC (2013) [28]).
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The construction sector accounts for one-third of the global greenhouse gas emissions, as well as for 50% of the globally extracted materials and 42% of the total European Union (EU) final energy consumption [1,2]. From these figures, the key role played by the construction sector in the quest for sustainability and the circular economy appears clear. In the past, the development of sustainability strategies for the construction sector has focused mainly on the energy demand of buildings during the use phase. Most recently, along with the increasing development of technologies for low-energy buildings, the attention of researchers has been drawn also to reducing the environmental burdens arising from the extraction of raw materials and the manufacturing of construction materials [2]. In the last decades, indeed, many fortunate stories have been told on successful implementations of material circularity in the construction sector, as well as on valorization of residues from other industrial sectors for the production of secondary construction materials. In this context, one of the best-known examples is the valorization of metallurgical slags as a substitute for cementitious binders in concrete and brick production. Although the technical feasibility of metallurgic slags valorization as cementitious material has been widely demonstrated (see, among others, Pontikes and Snellings (2014), Panesar (2019) [3,4]), environmental consequences are not yet entirely understood. Metallurgic slags can completely (or partially) replace ordinary Portland cement (OPC), whose manufacturing is an extremely energy-intensive process, responsible for 7% of global anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions [4]. Considering that OPC alone represents 76% of concrete carbon emissions [5], the substitution of OPC could represent a key factor for the sustainability of concrete. On the other hand, slags may need several pretreatment steps before becoming suitable to be used as cementitious materials. Therefore, pretreatment processes such as drying, grinding, or transportation may offset the environmental benefits of OPC replacement.
Robust and comprehensive environmental assessment methodologies are therefore fundamental to fully understand potential environmental consequences from replacing primary with secondary materials. Global warming potential (GWP) is currently the most used indicator to account for carbon emissions and climate change effects of human activities. As defined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (see for instance Myhre (2013) [6]), GWP assesses and compares the effect of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, measuring radiative forcing caused by the emission of a unit of greenhouse gas over a specific time, defined as time horizon [6]. Although GWP values are very sensitive to the chosen time horizon, GWP is typically used to assess life cycle GHG emissions as a single aggregated emission, losing all temporal information. The loss of temporal information is considered as one of the most important factors that decrease the accuracy of global warming impact assessments [7,8,9,10,11]. Indeed, releasing a large quantity of pollutants instantaneously generally does not have the same impact as releasing the same quantity of pollutants at a small rate over several years [12].
Accounting for the timing of greenhouse gas emissions and uptakes is relevant for the carbon footprint of construction materials because it allows considering the impact of temporarily storing carbon or delaying GHG emissions along the lifetime of buildings [13]. Carbon uptake by construction materials is indeed one of the most important phenomena affecting the sustainability of materials such as concrete or wood [14]. Many authors have previously investigated the effects of including temporal information when assessing the environmental impacts of buildings. Among others, some of these authors focused on the importance of dynamic inventories [15,16,17,18], while other authors focused specifically on the assessment of dynamic GWP for buildings [19,20] and construction materials [21]. For instance, Negishi [18] developed a method for dynamic inventory for both background and foreground processes, using the temporal distribution archetypes for ecoinvent 3.2 as described by Tiruta-Barna [22]. Mastrucci [20] enlarged temporal aspects to both inventory and impact assessment phases, respectively considering the evolution of housing stocks (for dynamic inventory) and applying time-adjusted carbon footprint calculation (for dynamic impact assessment). Resch [19] proposed a novel method for estimating the long-term impacts on climate change due to material used in buildings, by creating a dynamic inventory and then including the temporal dimension in the calculation of the climate change effects. Fouquet [23] combined a perspective life cycle inventory with a dynamic GWP assessment for carbon emissions, investigating how the temporal aspects affect the results for three single houses built with different construction materials. A certainly more exhaustive review on dynamic assessment applied to buildings can be found in Su and Beloin Saint-Pierre [24,25]. From the analysis of previous literature, we can conclude that considering temporal information when assessing global warming impacts allowed to consistently consider the timing of emissions. Results showed how the application of a dynamic approach for global warming impacts allows for a more informed analysis of emissions flows and climate change effects over time. To the knowledge of the authors, the study by Fouquet is the only available study in the literature focusing on dynamic GWP of construction materials. Also, there is no study available today on dynamic GWP applied to recycled materials.
Building on this need, this work focuses on the comparison of static and dynamic global warming impacts for two case studies in which metallurgical slags substitute OPC-based concrete as construction blocks for building insulation. The first case presents the valorization of slags from stainless steel production, while the second case study presents the use of goethite slags from zinc production. Results for both cases studies are compared using static and dynamic GWP for traditional OPC-based insulation concrete presenting similar characteristics.
Section 2 presents some general information on the differences between static and dynamic GWP and on the valorization of goethite and stainless steel slags (SSS).
The calculation of the GWP is based on the calculation of the emission radiative forcing, which represents the net change in the energy balance of the atmospheric earth system due to the emission of a specific gas, and it is expressed in Watts/m2 averaged over a particular time [6]. The GWP, as expressed by the IPCC AR5 [26], is the cumulative radiative forcing caused by the emission of a unit mass of given greenhouse gas over a defined time horizon, normalized to the equivalent radiative forcing of CO2. The GWP definition from IPCC can be expressed mathematically through Eq (1) [12]:
| GWPTHi=AGWPTHiAGWPTHCO2=∫TH0ai[Ci(t)dt]∫TH0aCO2[CCO2(t)dt] | (1) |
where GWPiTH is the static GWP for an emitted gas i calculated for a time horizon TH, AGWPiTH and AGWPCO2TH represent the cumulative radiative forcing for gases i and CO2 respectively (also called absolute GWP) over the same time horizon TH, ai and aCO2 are the instantaneous radiative forcing per unit mass increase, Ci and CCO2 are the time-dependent atmospheric load of the gases. The atmospheric load following a pulse emission C(t) for carbon dioxide is given by the Bern carbon cycle-climate model, while C(t) for other greenhouse gases is given by a first-order decay equation [6]. GWP is thus a normalized metric since it converts the cumulative radiative forcing for a generic gas i into the CO2 equivalent radiative forcing.
The first IPCC Assessment Report proposed three different time horizons for GWP calculation: 20,100, and 500 years. The 100-year time horizon is mostly used because of its adoption for the application of the Kyoto Protocol, but it is not scientifically more relevant or justified compared to any other time horizon [27]. Nonetheless, the choice of a time horizon significantly affects the value of GWP for short-lived gases such as methane. As shown in Figure 1, cumulative radiative forcing for methane reaches its maximum over the first years following the emission, while for CO2, it increases constantly over time. Therefore, since GWPCH4 is the relative effect AGWPCH4/AGWPCO2, GWP for methane decreases with increasing time horizons, as the numerator remains constant after the peak, while the denominator AGWPCO2 continues to rise over time [28].
The use of traditional GWP with fixed time horizons has been debated in the last decades, as it may present inconsistencies between the time horizon chosen for the analysis and the actual time covered by the results [12]. To overcome these inconsistencies, characterisation factors with flexible time horizons have been developed recently, and they have been used for the calculation of a time-dependent GWP (the dynamic GWP), to correctly represent the effect of timing of the emissions. The dynamic GWP model, as it is developed by Levasseur [12], calculates two time-dependent parameters: the Instantaneous Global Warming Impact GWI(t)instantaneous and the Cumulative Global Warming Impact GWI(t)cumulative. These parameters are based on the development of dynamic characterization factors (DCFs), which are calculated integrating AGWPi continuously over time. DCFi(t)cumulative obtained with Eq (2) represents the cumulative radiative forcing per unit mass of GHG released into the atmosphere since the emission occurred.
| DCFi(t)cumulative=AGWPi∫tOai⋅[Ci(t)]dt | (2) |
To obtain the instantaneous value DCFi(t)instantaneous for any year following the emission, the time-scale is divided into one-year time steps, and the integration boundaries must be set for every time-step:
| DCFi(t)instantaneous=∫tt−1ai⋅[Ci(t)]dt | (3) |
Finally, to calculate the time-dependent global warming impacts GWIs for the considered life cycle, the DCFs must be combined with the dynamic inventory. The dynamic inventory for each GHG is built by dividing the analyzed life cycle by one-year time steps, and adding the different emissions for each GHG, for every time-step:
| GWI(t)instantaneous=∑iGWIi(t)=∑i∑tj=0[(gi)j⋅[DCFi]t−j] | (4) |
where (gi)j represents the inventory result of any gas i at time j, and DCF is the instantaneous characterization factor for any gas i at time j.
Finally, Eq (5) calculates the cumulative GWIcumulative (W∙yr∙m-2) as the sum of the GWIinstantanous calculated for all the years from zero to t.
| GWI(t)cumulative(t)=∑ti=0GWIinst(t) | (5) |
The current paper investigates the differences between static and dynamic GWP results. The dynamic GWP is calculated using the software DYNCO2, which contains the DCFs calculated for all GHGs. By feeding the model with the exact emissions per GHG per year, DYNCO2 calculates the evolution of the global warming impact over time, using the equations described above.
Goethite (α-FeOOH) is one of the main constituents of the iron oxide residues in zinc hydrometallurgy. Goethite is formed to remove iron from the zinc solution, as iron constitutes a severe impurity and must be precipitated before zinc electrolysis [29,30]. Goethite presents 5–10% content in zinc, as well as traces of other valuable metals. This concentration of zinc is too high to enable goethite recycling in iron production and, on the other hand, too low to make zinc recovery economically profitable [31]. Therefore, impoundment in controlled tailings ponds is today one of the most common end-of-life treatments for goethite. The impoundment of goethite represents today a high economic cost for the hydrometallurgical industry, and it constitutes also a potential environmental hazard for society, due to the risk of leaching of heavy metals and hazardous elements [29,30,31,32].
In recent years, many scientific researchers have focused on the potential recovery of valuable metals from goethite [33,34,35,36,37,38,39]. Among others, one of the most promising goethite valorization processes is the combination of plasma fuming and subsequent inorganic polymerization of the fumed fraction residues. In plasma fuming, goethite can be heated by electric torches to vaporize metals, that are later precipitated and recovered in the form of metals oxides [40,41,42,43]. Recovered metal oxides can be used by metal smelters in secondary metals production, replacing the need for metal concentrates from primary ores. Left-overs of the plasma fuming, the fumed fraction, is a metal-free slag that can be further valorized by mixing with an alkaline-silicate activator, to produce a high strength inorganic polymer with a non-carbon-based skeletal structure [44,45]. This produced inorganic polymer can be used as a construction material, replacing traditional cement-based concrete.
Stainless steel slag (SSS) is a residue occurring during the production of stainless steel, composed mostly of calcium and silica oxides. SSS presents several properties that could allow further valorization as secondary raw material. For instance, SSS could represent a feed source for secondary chromium, nickel and iron [46]. Moreover, SSS presents pozzolanic properties that make it suitable for potential valorization as raw material for road construction or cement production [47]. Despite these opportunities, the valorization rate of SSS is currently rather limited [48]. One of the main reasons hindering SSS valorization is its tendency to disintegrate into fine dust, which makes slag handling problematic and also causes the loss of some technical properties, making SSS not suitable to be used as a hydraulically active additive in the cement industry [49]. On top of that, the heavy metal content of SSS, especially chromium, restricts the SSS valorization in many other applications [49,50]. It is well established today that SSS disintegration phenomena can be avoided by adding borates during the cooling phase, in a quantity equal to 2% of the total mass of the SSS [51]. The SSS stabilized with borates can also be recycled as low-quality aggregates to be used as filling materials for embankments and road construction.
However, stabilization through borates addition and valorization as filling material can be considered as a low-value application for the high-quality oxides contained in the SSS [52]. Therefore, recent research has investigated the possibility of recycling SSS as a secondary binder for new construction materials, replacing traditional OPC [53,54,55]. In this framework, one of the most promising routes is the activation of SSS through the alkali activation process. As described by Provis [56], an alkali activated material is a binder system derived from the reaction of an alkali source (e.g. silicates or carbonates) and a solid silicate powder (e.g. metallurgic slag). If sand and gravel are also added in the alkali activation process, the activated SSS acts as a binder to form a high-strength and high-stable block that can be used as construction block, replacing traditional OPC-based concrete.
Section 3 presents the calculation of static and dynamic global warming impact for the two construction materials from goethite and SSS valorization. First, the goal, functional unit and system boundaries of the study are presented. Secondly, the inventory section presents the technical process for valorizing the slags and data collection. Finally, the impact assessment section details the static and dynamic GWP calculations and presents the global warming impact for the construction blocks using both approaches.
The goal of the study is to assess the life cycle global warming impact of three different insulation construction materials: (i) traditional autoclaved aerated OPC concrete (OPCaer); (ii) goethite-based inorganic polymers (GIP); (iii) stainless steel slag-based alkali activated aerated blocks (SSSaer).
The study performs two separate global warming impact calculations based on different measures: a traditional static GWP (S_GWP), and a dynamic GWP (D_GWP). The comparison of the results from the two approaches can help to understand the advantages of using a dynamic approach in the calculation of the global warming long-term effects, especially when analysing products with long life cycles.
The functional unit is the reference to which all inputs and outputs of the study refer, and it must ensure a fair comparison among the products. The functional unit adopted for this study is the insulation capacity of one m² surface for the three different insulation materials, all produced in Belgium. Table 1 shows that the thermal conductivity of GIP is higher than the one of OPCaer and SSSaer. Since all materials must ensure the same insulation capacity, the thickness of the considered GIP block must be higher than the one of OPCaer and SSSaer. Therefore, assuming a thickness of 5 cm for OPCaer and SSSaer, the required thickness for GIP block is 6 cm.
| Autoclaved aerated OPC concrete (OPCaer) | Goethite-based inorganic polymers (GIP) | Alkali-activated aerated SSS blocks (SSSaer) |
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| Materials properties | |||
| Thermal conductivity [W∙(m∙K)−1)] | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.15 |
| Compressive strength (MPa/m2) | 4.1 | 4.6 | 10 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 0.6 | 1.04 | 1.16 |
| Dimensions of 1 block (cm) | 10×20×5 | 10×20×6 | 10×20×5 |
| Reference flow (1 m²) | |||
| Blocks (n°) | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Volume (m³) | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Weight (kg) | 30 | 62.4 | 58 |
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This study considers the whole life cycle of materials. Pommer [57] suggested using a time frame of 100 years, including the use phase and EOL/secondary life of concrete, although the lifetime depends on the quality of the material and the ageing conditions of the building. This study assumes 50 years as an average lifetime for all the considered materials, composed of three phases: production (at year 1), use-phase (from year 1 to year 50), end-of-life (from year 50 to year 100). Table 2 shortly describes the various temporal phases of the life cycles for the three materials, while Figure 2 defines system boundaries including the whole life cycle of the three materials (cradle to grave). The following paragraphs detail the production, use, and end-of-life phases for each material.
| Year | Life cycle phase | Description |
| 1 | Production | Materials are produced. |
| 1–50 | Use phase | Materials are placed in buildings. During this phase, a carbonation process (CO2 uptake) occurs. |
| 50–100 | End-of-life | Materials are recycled as aggregates (90%) or landfilled (10%). Carbonation process still occurs in this phase. |
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SSSaer is made through alkali activation, using SSS as a precursor. SSSaer is a lightweight aerated material with a porous internal structure. Porosity increases the insulation (thermal and acoustic) capacity of SSSaer. A 0.4 wt% of aluminum powder is added to the mix during the alkali activation process to obtain this porous internal structure. Aluminum aids the foaming process creating small air bubbles that are trapped into the structure of the block, creating the porous structure. Transport distances can significantly vary from case to case, therefore some assumptions are required. Availability of primary resources to produce construction materials is usually limited, and these resources are frequently transported from remote areas, while secondary resources for construction materials are mostly utilized in the proximity of the production sites [58,59]. Therefore, the use of secondary construction raw materials leads to a transport distance reduction compared to the use of primary construction materials. Based on previous studies on concrete and slags from stainless steel processes (see for instance Martaud and Mroueh [60,61]), this study assumes 10 km distance from the stainless-steel plant to the production factory, where the SSSaer is produced, while avoided transport of the stabilized stainless-steel slag to the low-quality aggregate application is assumed to be 50 km. All inventory data for SSSaer refers to the studies from Di Maria and Salman [53,54].
GIP block is made from goethite that is plasma fumed in Norway. Subsequently, fumed residues and metal oxide powder are collected and shipped 1,500 km from Norway to Belgium. Fumed residues go through the inorganic polymerization process to produce inorganic polymer for insulation purposes. Metal oxides powder is sold to the local smelters for the production of secondary zinc. The inventory data for GIP block production refers to the study of Di Maria [31].
Finally, the OPCaer production phase refers to the design mix of cement, gravel, sand and water, which is needed to provide concrete performances such as compressive strength and durability. The OPC-concrete mix to provide required thermal conductivity and compressive strength is calculated using the BRMCA methods from the British Ready Mix Design Association [62].
All inventory data used for GIP, SSSaer and OPCaer production are summarized in Table 6 in the supplementary materials.
The use phase of the three materials is assumed to be 50 years, during which CO2 uptake will occur. CO2 uptake for OPCaer is calculated by using the mathematical model presented in Pommer and Pade (2006) [57]. Concerning CO2 uptake for GIP and SSSaer, no mathematical model is currently available, and several assumptions based on a literature review had to be made as described in the following paragraphs.
Carbonation in the atmospheric environment has been extensively studied during the lifetime of concrete structures, and mathematical models are available to calculate the carbonation rate of OPC-based concrete over time [63,64,65].
Carbonation rate depends on various elements: the volume of material exposed to the atmosphere, the strength class, and the type of binder. The amount of CO2 that can be absorbed by a given volume of a specific material is calculated with Eq (6):
| CO2uptake[kg]=CaOavailable[%]⋅Cementconcr[kgcementm3concrete]⋅Clinkercement[%]⋅CaOclinker[%]⋅mole fraction[gCO2/molCO2gCaO/molCaO]⋅Vcarb[m3] | (6) |
where CO2_uptake represents the amount of CO2 that can be absorbed by the given volume Vcarb. The values of the different parameters used to calculate the CO2_uptake are reported in Table 3. Considering that all available volume of material can be carbonated (0.05 m³, as shown in Table 1), the amount of CO2 uptaken by OPCaer is equal to 2.61 kg.
| Parameter | Value | note | Reference |
| CaOavailable | 75% | Calcium oxide in cement that is available for carbonation | [64] |
| Cementconcr | 144 kg/m³ | Kg of Cement content in 1 m³ of concrete | Calculated from inventory data |
| Clinkercement | 95% | Content of clinker in cement | [66] |
| CaOclinker | 65% | CaO content in clinker (assumption) | [57] |
| Mole fraction | 0, 78 | Molecular mass CO2 / molecular mass CaO | Calculated |
| Vcarb | Time dependent | Carbonated volume | Calculated |
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Vcarb is a time-dependent value: the longer is the exposition time to carbonation, the higher is the carbonated volume. The calculation of Vcarb as a function of time is detailed in the supplementary materials.
Figure 3 shows the final results of CO2_uptake calculation for the OPCaer using Eq (6). After a use phase of 50 years, OPCaer presents a CO2_uptake of 1.66 kg. This value of CO2_uptake is approximately 63% of the maximum value of CO2 that can be carbonized by the total volume of OPCaer (2.61 kg of CO2). Therefore, during the end-of-life phase, OPCaer can absorb up to 0.95 kg of CO2.
While carbonation in the atmospheric environment has been extensively studied for OPC-based concrete, the carbonation of alkali-activated materials and inorganic polymers is still controversial and debated in the scientific community. Therefore, there is no universally accepted mathematical or empirical model to assess the carbonation rate of alkali-activated materials and inorganic polymers. A precise determination of the carbonation resistance for alkali-activated materials and inorganic polymers would require an extensive lab and field tests campaign, going beyond the scope of this study. Consequently, the carbonation rate during the use-phase for SSSaer and GIP considered in this study is based on assumptions, leading to some uncertainty of the results, due to the lack of data on carbonation rate for materials other than OPC-based concrete.
As described above, the carbonation of OPCaer occurs mostly due to the reaction of atmospheric CO2 with the calcium in Ca(OH)2 present in the binder [67]. In the case of SSSaer, SSS used as a precursor for the alkali activation has a calcium content (60%) similar to that of OPC. Since the carbonation rate depends on the calcium content, it is assumed that the carbonation rate for the SSSaer is similar to the one for OPCaer.
On the other hand, GIP is synthesised from precursors with a low calcium content. Thus, it has a binder structure rich in alkalis and aluminium and lower in Ca/Si [68]. This different chemistry of the precursors leads to differences in the carbonation mechanism and consequently, to different CO2 uptake rates than those observed in OPC-based concretes [68,69,70]. On top of that, some studies showed how the carbonation rate highly depends on the mix design of the inorganic polymer. Inorganic polymers made from different precursors and different mix designs may present significantly different resistance to carbonation [14].
The present study assumes a carbonation rate for GIP based on several accelerated carbonation test results found in the literature [14,68,69,71,72,73]. These studies tested the carbonation rate of inorganic polymers and geopolymers made from different precursors. In general, all authors reported that resistance of inorganic polymers to carbonation is rather low, leading to a carbonation rate up to four times higher compared to that of OPC-based concretes. However, the results of these tests vary significantly from case to case, and in some cases, inorganic polymers presented a carbonation rate similar or only slightly higher compared to that of OOPC concrete. Although, for the sake of simplicity, the current study assumes a carbonation rate for GIP identical to that of OPCaer and SSSaer. Results analysis must take into account the uncertainty associated with this assumption.
When a structure is demolished, resulting rubbles (in this case made of SSSaer, OPCaer, or GIP) can be recycled as aggregates or landfilled.
If rubbles are landfilled, no pre-treatment is required after demolition. In a landfill, CO2 uptake occurs through the carbonation of the exposed surfaces. If rubbles are recycled, they are usually pre-treated through a crushing process. Crushing breaks concrete into small pieces, significantly increasing the surface available for carbonation. However, most of the volume is already carbonated during the use phase, so that the carbonation rate is lower compared to that in the use phase.
In the current study, according to the present situation in Belgium, it is assumed that 90% of the concrete is recycled after demolition as low-quality aggregates for road surfaces, while the remaining 10% is landfilled. The end-of-life includes processes of landfilling, carbonation of concrete in a landfill, crushing, and carbonation of recycled aggregates.
The method to estimate CO2 uptake during end-of-life is similar to that described above for the use phase. The final calculation for CO2 uptake during the end of life is reported in Figure 4. The detailed calculation to estimate the amount of CO2 uptake is fully reported in the supplementary materials.
The maximum amount of CO2 that can be absorbed by the given volume of OPCaer and SSSaer is 2.61 kg. Since 1.66 kg of CO2 has already been carbonated during the use phase, the maximum amount of CO2 that can be absorbed during the end of life is equal to 0.95 kg (the point in orange in Figure 4).
Following the assumptions described above, an equal carbonation rate during the end of life is also assumed for GIP. However, the volume of GIP available for carbonation is higher compared to the one calculated for OPCaer and SSSaer (0.063 m³ instead of 0.05 m3, as shown in Table 1). Therefore the maximum amount of CO2 that can be absorbed is 3.3 kg. Consequently, the CO2 absorbed at the end of life is 1.64 kg, which is reached after 63 years (point in green in Figure 4), going beyond the declared time horizon.
Therefore, even if the end of life is considered at 100 years following the production of materials, the carbonation effect for OPCaer and SSSaer ends 21 years after the landfilling or recycling of the materials, while it lasts up to 63 years for GIP. The calculated time at which the emissions occur is considered when building the dynamic inventory for the D_GWP, while it cannot be specified when building the inventory for the S_GWP. For the S_GWP, indeed, only the total quantity of CO2 emitted or uptaken can be specified for each phase (production, use phase, end-of-life). All these emissions are assumed to occur at year zero, and impacts are calculated with a fixed 100 years time horizon. The discrepancy between actual and declared lifetime for static and dynamic inventory, assuming an equal time horizon of 100 years, is shown in Figure 5.
Figure 6 reports the S_GWP20 and S_GWP100 results.
For both S_GWP20 and S_GWP100, the GIP has the highest global warming impact (37.86 kg CO2-eq for S_GWP20 and 32.9 kg CO2-eq for S_GWP100), with the highest contribution given by the production phase. OPCaer is the material with the second-highest contribution (10.79 kg CO2-eq for GWP20 and 10.11 kg CO2-eq for GWP100), while SSSaer is the most favorable option (1.21 kg CO2-eq for GWP20 and 0.73 kg CO2-eq for GWP100). For all three materials life cycles, most of the impact occurs during the production phase. Carbonation during the use phase is assumed to be equal for the three cases. The impact of the end-of-life phase is negative for the three materials, meaning that the effect of carbonation in the end-of-life is higher than the impact caused by the recycling and transport of the waste material.
Finally, differences in values of GWP20 and GWP100 for the production phase of the different materials can be observed. While OPCaer presents very similar values for both time horizons (13 kgCO2-eq for GWP20 and 12.3 kg CO2-eq for GWP100, corresponding to a 5% decrease), GIP presents a decrease of 13% (40.3 kg CO2-eq for GWP20 and 35.4 kg CO2-eq for GWP100). This is caused by different amounts of methane for the three materials, as GWP20 is higher than GWP100 for short-lived gases. Table 4 shows the kg of emissions for the most relevant GHGs in the production, use and end-of-life phases for the three materials.
| CO2 (kg) | CH4 (kg) | Other GHGs (kg) | |||||||
| OPCaer | GIP | SSSaer | OPCaer | GIP | SSSaer | OPCaer | GIP | SSSaer | |
| Production | 12 | 31 | 2.3 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.007 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.002 |
| Use-phase | −1.66 | −1.66 | −3.6 | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| End-of-life | −0.59 | −0.8 | −0.26 | 4∙10−4 | 0.001 | 9∙10−4 | 1∙10−3 | 2∙10−3 | 2∙10−3 |
| Notes: Other GHGs: mostly N2O and CO. | |||||||||
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Most GHG emissions for the production phase of OPCaer are CO2 (12 kg), with a small emission of methane (0.01 kg). GIP production emits a higher amount of CO2 (31 kg) but five times more CH4 than OPCaer (0.05 kg). This higher emission of CH4 is mostly caused by the electricity consumption in the fuming process and by the long transports.
Figure 7 shows the instantaneous and cumulative GWI for the three materials. Although the declared time frame of the analysis is 100 years, the results are reported for 213 years, to be consistent with the time frame of the S_GWP results.
The graph on the top presents an increase in the instantaneous impact for all materials, due to the emissions occurring during the production. Accordingly, with the results of the S_GWP, the GIP presents the highest instantaneous impact in year 1. OPCaer has the second-highest contribution, and SSSaer is the material with the lowest impact. As no other emissions occur during the use phase, between year 1 and year 50, the slope of the three curves is negative, because of the degradation of GHGs in the atmosphere. Moreover, during the use phase, the carbonation process occurs, further increasing the negative slope of the instantaneous curves. Although the carbonation rate is assumed identical for the three materials, GIP presents a steeper curve compared to the curves for OPCaer and SSSaer. As explained in the previous paragraph, this is due to the highest amount of methane emitted during the production of GIP, which is rapidly degraded in the atmosphere.
At year 50, the construction is demolished, and materials are either recycled (90%) or landfilled (10%). The peaks at year 50 are caused by the emissions released during the recycling or landfilling and by transports. In this phase, OPCaer presents a lower pick compared to GIP and SSSaer, due to the lighter weight of OPCaer, which causes lower emissions in the recycling process and transports. From year 50 till year 71 for OPCaer and SSSaer, and year 113 for GIP, the carbonation process continues, decreasing the instantaneous global warming impact of the three materials. The CO2 uptake in the end-of-life occurs at a lower rate compared to the use phase. Finally, although after year 71 and 113 the carbonation processes stop, the GHGs emitted continues degrading in the atmosphere, and the slope of the three curves remains negative. Considering thousands of years as the time frame of the analysis, the three curves tend towards an equilibrium value. Only in the case of SSSaer, the instantaneous impact can reach again an instantaneous impact equal to zero. In the case of GIP and OPCaer, it will take several thousands of years to reach an instantaneous impact equal to zero again.
As explained before, in the case of the S_GWP, the time horizons chosen for GWP are not consistent with the actual time frame of the study. To quantify this inconsistency, it is interesting to compare the ranking of the three materials, by using the S_GWP (expressed in CO2-equivalent) and the cumulative impact for the D_GWP (expressed as W/m2) for 20- and 100-year time horizons. While in the case of S_GWP all emissions are considered to occur at year zero, the D_GWP allows selecting the exact cumulative impact calculated 20 years after the last emission, which means 91 years (71 years +20 years) for OPCaer and SSSaer, and 133 years for GIP (113 years + 20 years). Similar reasoning can be done for the GWP and cumulative impact calculated 100 years after the last emission. Table 5 and Figure 8 show the comparison between the static and dynamic approach for 20 and 100 years time horizons. The numbers are expressed as percentages of the impact for GIP, which is the highest impact among the three materials (expressed as 100%).
| OPCaer | GIP | SSSaer | |
| 20 years time horizon | |||
| Static (%) | 28.4 | 100 | −1.7 |
| Dynamic (%) | 22.7 | 100 | 2.5 |
| (91 years) | (133 years) | (91 years) | |
| 100 years time horizon | |||
| Static (%) | 30.6 | 100 | −2.6 |
| Dynamic (%) | 25.6 | 100 | 2.1 |
| (171 years) | (213 years) | (171 years) | |
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Although the ranking of the materials does not change, the gap between materials is different depending on the time horizon and on the approach used. In both 20 years and 100 years' time horizons, the dynamic approach gives a lower impact to OPCaer compared to the static.
Significant differences are also found for SSSaer. For the 20 years' time horizons, the static approach gives a negative value (−1.7%), while the dynamic result is positive (2.5%). As indeed shown in the cumulative impact analysis above, the impact for SSSaer always stays positive. In the same manner, at 100 years' time horizons, the static approach overestimates the negative impacts for SSSaer. This may be due to the inconsistency between the calculated time frame of the study (100 years), and the actual time frame (171 years).
The dynamic global warming impact calculation provided similar results than the static approach, although it also generated more detailed information on the global warming impact over time. Firstly, it generated essential variations while comparing the different scenarios. Secondly, it allows having a more informed analysis of the emissions flows and on the trend of the radiative forcing curves, overcoming the time-related inconsistencies found in the static approach.
The results described above show that for any time horizon, the GIP is the material presenting the highest global warming impacts, both for the static and the dynamic approach. OPCaer presents the second highest, while SSSaer has the lowest impact. During the use phase and the end-of-life phase, the carbonation process can partially reabsorb the CO2 emitted during the production phase, lowering the final impact of the materials. The study assumes an equal carbonation rate for all three materials. However, according to the mathematical model used in the study, the carbonation can uptake a maximum of 2.61 kg of CO2. This uptake has a limited effect if compared to the CO2 emissions caused by the production of GIP (31 kg CO2) and OPCaer (12 kg). The carbonation effect becomes more significant for the SSSaer, because of the lower CO2 emissions in the production phase (2.3 kg). The assumption of an equal carbonation rate for all materials brings however high uncertainty to the final results. Several lab-test results indicated potential carbonation for industrial slag-based material up to four times higher than OPC-based concretes. However, a general rule cannot be drawn, as the carbonation rate is specific for each material. A more specific lab and field tests campaign is therefore strongly advised to study the carbonation process for SSSaer and GIP deeply. On the other hand, it is important to underline that higher carbonation can affect the resistance of the steel bars if the material is used in reinforced concrete. Therefore, the balance between environmental benefits and technical risks should be always considered.
This study compares static and dynamic approaches to calculate and compare the global warming impact during the life cycle of three different lightweight construction blocks: (i) a traditional autoclaved aerated OPC-based concrete (OPCaer); (ii) a goethite-based inorganic polymer (GIP); (iii) an alkali-activated aerated SSS block (SSSaer) based on stainless steel slag.
For any time horizon, GIP is the material with the highest impact, using both static and dynamic approaches, due to the high energy consumption in the process of goethite fuming. OPCaer has the second-highest global warming impact, while SSSaer is the material with the lowest global warming impact. Dynamic GWP (D_GWP) has shown more consistency when stating the actual time frame of the study. A D_GWP allows indeed a more informed analysis of emission flows and radiative forcing effect over time, leading to a more accurate analysis of long-term effects of global warming. Therefore, D_GWP can potentially help decision-makers to improve their understanding of when potential impacts may occur and, consequently, provide more informed decision support.
However, it is important to notice that the consideration of future emissions required to build a dynamic inventory may lead to high uncertainty of the results. For instance, the carbonation rate considered in the study for GIP and SSSaer is assumed to be equal to the one calculated for OPCaer. This assumption leads to high uncertainty of the results. Although further research on the carbonation process is strongly needed, the study proved how the dynamic approach in GWP provides more detailed information on when an impact occurs, and on the resilience time needed by the atmosphere to regain the initial status.
The authors are grateful to the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) for their financial support, making possible the collaboration between KU Leuven and the Polytechnique Montréal.
No conflict of interest is declared by the authors.
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| Autoclaved aerated OPC concrete (OPCaer) | Goethite-based inorganic polymers (GIP) | Alkali-activated aerated SSS blocks (SSSaer) |
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| Materials properties | |||
| Thermal conductivity [W∙(m∙K)−1)] | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.15 |
| Compressive strength (MPa/m2) | 4.1 | 4.6 | 10 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 0.6 | 1.04 | 1.16 |
| Dimensions of 1 block (cm) | 10×20×5 | 10×20×6 | 10×20×5 |
| Reference flow (1 m²) | |||
| Blocks (n°) | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Volume (m³) | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Weight (kg) | 30 | 62.4 | 58 |
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| 1–50 | Use phase | Materials are placed in buildings. During this phase, a carbonation process (CO2 uptake) occurs. |
| 50–100 | End-of-life | Materials are recycled as aggregates (90%) or landfilled (10%). Carbonation process still occurs in this phase. |
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| Parameter | Value | note | Reference |
| CaOavailable | 75% | Calcium oxide in cement that is available for carbonation | [64] |
| Cementconcr | 144 kg/m³ | Kg of Cement content in 1 m³ of concrete | Calculated from inventory data |
| Clinkercement | 95% | Content of clinker in cement | [66] |
| CaOclinker | 65% | CaO content in clinker (assumption) | [57] |
| Mole fraction | 0, 78 | Molecular mass CO2 / molecular mass CaO | Calculated |
| Vcarb | Time dependent | Carbonated volume | Calculated |
DownLoad:
CSV
| CO2 (kg) | CH4 (kg) | Other GHGs (kg) | |||||||
| OPCaer | GIP | SSSaer | OPCaer | GIP | SSSaer | OPCaer | GIP | SSSaer | |
| Production | 12 | 31 | 2.3 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.007 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.002 |
| Use-phase | −1.66 | −1.66 | −3.6 | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| End-of-life | −0.59 | −0.8 | −0.26 | 4∙10−4 | 0.001 | 9∙10−4 | 1∙10−3 | 2∙10−3 | 2∙10−3 |
| Notes: Other GHGs: mostly N2O and CO. | |||||||||
DownLoad:
CSV
| OPCaer | GIP | SSSaer | |
| 20 years time horizon | |||
| Static (%) | 28.4 | 100 | −1.7 |
| Dynamic (%) | 22.7 | 100 | 2.5 |
| (91 years) | (133 years) | (91 years) | |
| 100 years time horizon | |||
| Static (%) | 30.6 | 100 | −2.6 |
| Dynamic (%) | 25.6 | 100 | 2.1 |
| (171 years) | (213 years) | (171 years) | |
DownLoad:
CSV
| Autoclaved aerated OPC concrete (OPCaer) | Goethite-based inorganic polymers (GIP) | Alkali-activated aerated SSS blocks (SSSaer) |
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| Materials properties | |||
| Thermal conductivity [W∙(m∙K)−1)] | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.15 |
| Compressive strength (MPa/m2) | 4.1 | 4.6 | 10 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 0.6 | 1.04 | 1.16 |
| Dimensions of 1 block (cm) | 10×20×5 | 10×20×6 | 10×20×5 |
| Reference flow (1 m²) | |||
| Blocks (n°) | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Volume (m³) | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Weight (kg) | 30 | 62.4 | 58 |
| Year | Life cycle phase | Description |
| 1 | Production | Materials are produced. |
| 1–50 | Use phase | Materials are placed in buildings. During this phase, a carbonation process (CO2 uptake) occurs. |
| 50–100 | End-of-life | Materials are recycled as aggregates (90%) or landfilled (10%). Carbonation process still occurs in this phase. |
| Parameter | Value | note | Reference |
| CaOavailable | 75% | Calcium oxide in cement that is available for carbonation | [64] |
| Cementconcr | 144 kg/m³ | Kg of Cement content in 1 m³ of concrete | Calculated from inventory data |
| Clinkercement | 95% | Content of clinker in cement | [66] |
| CaOclinker | 65% | CaO content in clinker (assumption) | [57] |
| Mole fraction | 0, 78 | Molecular mass CO2 / molecular mass CaO | Calculated |
| Vcarb | Time dependent | Carbonated volume | Calculated |
| CO2 (kg) | CH4 (kg) | Other GHGs (kg) | |||||||
| OPCaer | GIP | SSSaer | OPCaer | GIP | SSSaer | OPCaer | GIP | SSSaer | |
| Production | 12 | 31 | 2.3 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.007 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.002 |
| Use-phase | −1.66 | −1.66 | −3.6 | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| End-of-life | −0.59 | −0.8 | −0.26 | 4∙10−4 | 0.001 | 9∙10−4 | 1∙10−3 | 2∙10−3 | 2∙10−3 |
| Notes: Other GHGs: mostly N2O and CO. | |||||||||
| OPCaer | GIP | SSSaer | |
| 20 years time horizon | |||
| Static (%) | 28.4 | 100 | −1.7 |
| Dynamic (%) | 22.7 | 100 | 2.5 |
| (91 years) | (133 years) | (91 years) | |
| 100 years time horizon | |||
| Static (%) | 30.6 | 100 | −2.6 |
| Dynamic (%) | 25.6 | 100 | 2.1 |
| (171 years) | (213 years) | (171 years) | |
