Applications of environmental friendly concrete in Thailand

Authors

  • Thanudkij Chareerat Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand
  • Prinya Chindaprasirt Sustainable Infrastructure Research and Development Center, Khon Kaen University, Thailand
  • Shigemitsu Hatanaka Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, Mie University, Japan

Keywords:

Environmental friendly concrete, Porous concrete, Applications

Abstract

Nowadays, due to the ecological issue is worldwide - critical concerned and various attempts have been done in order to reduce the global warming phenomenon. This paper, therefore, present some of attempting in order to apply the environmental friendly concrete in Thailand for better environmental applications. The various environmental applications viz., housing sidewalk, cover of gutter, gardening decoration, urban footpath, and alternative application for greening the roof with hydroponic cultivation technique or irrigation channel is now being attractively used in Thailand.

References

Japan Concrete Institute, Proceeding of the JCI Symposium on Design, Construction and Recent Applications of Porous concrete, 2004. 1-10.

Published

2016-09-18

How to Cite

Chareerat, T. ., Chindaprasirt, P. ., & Hatanaka, S. . (2016). Applications of environmental friendly concrete in Thailand. Scientific Journal of Environmental Sciences, 5(9), 258-262. Retrieved from http://sjournals.com/index.php/sjes/article/view/372

Issue

Section

Short Communication