Abstract
The detrimental impacts of conventional building materials on environmental health have raised global concerns. While the fast-depleting fossil-derived materials are adding to global warming, chemically-synthesized materials are polluting the air, water, and soil. To promote health and to meet sustainability target, the importance of eco-friendly green building materials is being realized. In this regard, the utilization of most abundant and bio-renewable lignocellulosic biomass appears promising. Biorefineries based on lignocellulosic waste materials have reached a good degree of maturity for the production of sustainable biofuels and other value-added products. However, green building materials reinforced with lignocellulose-derived products are at a nascent stage. Their wider acceptance would require robust technical development and the evaluation of product performance to hit the marketplace. Aiming for a clean future through smart technology, this chapter delineates the viability potential and hurdles in the path of using agro-industrial discards and invasive weed-based lignocelluloses in building materials. How rational planning and execution of these objectives might revolutionize urbanization with minimal threat to the environment has been highlighted.
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Akhtar, N., Patel, S. (2019). Agro-Industrial Discards and Invasive Weed-Based Lignocelluloses as Green Building Materials: A Pertinent Review. In: Achal, V., Mukherjee, A. (eds) Ecological Wisdom Inspired Restoration Engineering. EcoWISE. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0149-0_7
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