Sustainable Concrete by Partially Replacing Coarse Aggregate Using Coconut Shell
Damre Shraddha1 , Firake Hitali 1 , Dode Pradeep1 , and Shrikant Varpe2,* Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Mumbai University 2 Ambuja Cements Ltd, Mumbai, India *E-mail: shrikant.varpe@ambujacement.com Abstract: A common feature of sustainable buildings is that they drastically reduce emissions, material use and water use and with involvement of economic vitality, environmental, health, and social equity in it. As a whole, the study main concern is the environment and the construction and building technology to enhance natural world as well as building materials. In view to provide new knowledge to the contractors and developers on how to improve the construction industry methods and services by using coconut shells and to sustain good product performance and meet recycling goals, there is need to design a technical specification of concrete using coconut shell as aggregates that will meet the Indian standard requirements in order to help...