Investigation Properties of Pervious and Water-Retaining Recycled Concrete to Mitigate Urban Heat Island Phenomena

Bechara Haddad (), Hamzé Karaky, Mohamed Boutouil, Bertrand Boudart and Nassim Sebaibi
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Bechara Haddad: Builders Lab, Builders Ecole d’Ingénieurs, ComUE Normandie Université, 1 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 14610 Epron, France
Hamzé Karaky: Builders Lab, Builders Ecole d’Ingénieurs, ComUE Normandie Université, 1 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 14610 Epron, France
Mohamed Boutouil: Builders Lab, Builders Ecole d’Ingénieurs, ComUE Normandie Université, 1 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 14610 Epron, France
Bertrand Boudart: Normandie Université, UNICAEN, ENSICAEN, CNRS, GREYC, 14000 Caen, France
Nassim Sebaibi: Builders Lab, Builders Ecole d’Ingénieurs, ComUE Normandie Université, 1 Rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 14610 Epron, France

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 6, 1-22

Abstract: The urban heat island (UHI) effect poses significant challenges to urban environmental quality and public health. Over the decades, research efforts have been made to develop various UHI mitigation strategies, including pavement materials, such as, water-retentive pavement, reflective pavement, and pervious concrete. This paper focuses on the improvement of the hygric and water retention properties of pervious concrete to mitigate UHI phenomena. The hydric and hygroscopic tests were carried out under dry and wet conditions on four different pervious concretes, where natural aggregates were replaced with recycled aggregates at different mass percentages. The results show a significant improvement in these properties by increasing the amount of recycled aggregates incorporated in the mixtures. The mixes made from recycled aggregates alone showed an absorption that reached 75 L more than the control in one cubic meter under wet condition. With an upwelling capacity of up to 30 kg of retained water in a square meter under dry condition, these improvements in water performance represent this permeable concrete as a water retention pavement solution for UHI mitigation. Regarding the mechanical properties, a decrease of 50% in compressive strength was noted only when 100% of the recycled aggregate was incorporated, remaining at 20 MPa for other mixtures.

Keywords: pervious concrete; hydric properties; urban heat island (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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