A Review of the Application of Synthetic and Natural Polymers as Construction and Building Materials for Achieving Sustainable Construction

Tamošaitienė, Jolanta and Parham, Shokoh and Sarvari, Hadi and Chan, Daniel W. M. and Edwards, David J. (2024) A Review of the Application of Synthetic and Natural Polymers as Construction and Building Materials for Achieving Sustainable Construction. Buildings, 14 (8). p. 2569. ISSN 2075-5309

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Abstract

With the advancement of human society, more construction and building materials are required to produce sustainable construction. The advancement of polymer materials and their use in building construction has been improved. Compared to inorganic materials, polymer materials offer numerous superior qualities and may also be modified to increase their usefulness. Additionally, although bio-polymeric materials have effectively supplanted many conventional materials in various relevant disciplines, their applications in construction, including building façades and so on, have been quite limited up to now. Nowadays, most architects and engineers find it challenging to choose materials due to the proliferation of new materials and the market availability of various manufacturing techniques. This emphasizes the necessity of adopting a unique scientific strategy for the materials selection process to assist in picking the most suitable materials for the necessary civil application rather than following an obsolete traditional selection path that depends mostly on prior subjective personal experiences. This review article has identified critical concerns, inspired more study, and provided crucial insights into the prospective field of synthetic and natural construction and building polymeric materials towards sustainable construction.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	10.3390/buildings14082569
Dates:	Date Event 15 August 2024 Accepted 20 August 2024 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sustainable construction, synthetic polymer, natural polymer, construction materials, building materials
Subjects:	CAH13 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01 - architecture, building and planning > CAH13-01-02 - building
Divisions:	Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment > College of Built Environment
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	25 Mar 2025 09:23
Last Modified:	25 Mar 2025 09:23
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/16253

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