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Buildings consume nearly half of the energy produced globally and are built with highly energy-intensive materials. An urgent global sustainability challenge in developing an innovative, low-carbon construction material is the lack of effort that takes advantage of polymer material technologies, clean energy, high-fidelity multi-physics models, and life cycle assessment tools. The specific goals and corresponding methods are: (1) design polymer-based architectural composites that last long, are safe, and have lower environmental impact compared to conventional building materials. (2) Develop a physics-based model for leveraging the sustainability of new materials in the process of material design and manufacturing, while guaranteeing long-term building safety under environmental aging.
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This work was supported by ExxonMobil through its membership in the Stanford Strategic Energy Alliance. The authors would also like to thank the Thomas V. Jones Engineering Faculty Scholarship at Stanford University for continued support. Computational support for this work has been provided by the John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center at Stanford University.
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Li, Z., Lepech, M. (2023). Fiber-Reinforced Polymeric Composites for Low-Carbon Construction Applications. In: TMS 2023 152nd Annual Meeting & Exhibition Supplemental Proceedings. TMS 2023. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-22524-6_67
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