TY - JOUR
T1 - A Review of the Application of Synthetic and Natural Polymers as Construction and Building Materials for Achieving Sustainable Construction
AU - Tamošaitienė, Jolanta
AU - Parham, Shokoh
AU - Sarvari, Hadi
AU - Chan, Daniel W.M.
AU - Edwards, David J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 by the authors.
PY - 2024/8
Y1 - 2024/8
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - building materials
KW - construction materials
KW - natural polymer
KW - sustainable construction
KW - synthetic polymer
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85202429742&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/buildings14082569
DO - 10.3390/buildings14082569
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85202429742
SN - 2075-5309
VL - 14
JO - Buildings
JF - Buildings
IS - 8
M1 - 2569
ER -