Preface
The Luso-Brazilian Conference of Sustainable Construction Materials has been held in Guimarães, Portugal,
from 5 to 7 March 2014. It was the first edition of a future series, taking into account the success of the
event.
Nowadays, the field of Sustainable Construction Materials is essential for the construction industry and
sustainable development of the countries. It is important the reuse of waste materials and to obtain functional
materials capable of improving the environment quality. It is important that the construction industry is
innovative and accepts new solutions for solving problems with several years.
The Luso-Brazilian Conference of Sustainable Construction Materials brought experts to present results of
researches carried out and discuss prospects for future work related to sustainable materials and their
importance for obtaining a construction with the highest sustainability.
The realization of this event made the city of Guimarães a privileged place for the exchange of ideas and
experiences between experts from Portugal and Brazil, promoting further research in this field and increasing
the importance of using sustainable materials.
The main topics of congress were: Materials and Energy, Materials and Residues, Natural Materials and
Materials and Repair.
This book contains the best papers selected and reviewed by the Scientific Committee between more than
200 presented on the conference.
The organization of this event requires support from many people. We wish to thank to all those who helped
us. The papers included in these proceedings were reviewed carefully by the Scientific Committee, to which
we want to express our gratitude for their time and effort. We are very grateful to the authors for their
valuable contributions to the success of Luso-Brazilian Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials.
For the University of Minho it was a pleasure to host the first edition of the Luso-Brazilian Conference on
Sustainable Construction Materials. We are convinced that this congress was an opportunity for further
development of the fields related with Sustainable Construction Materials.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee
José Aguiar
October 2014
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Committees and Sponsors
Organizing committee:
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José Aguiar (Chairman) – University of Minho, Portugal
Normando Perazzo Barbosa (Vice Chairman) – Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil
Aires Camões – University of Minho, Portugal
Ângela Sousa – Sival, Portugal
António Tadeu – University of Coimbra, Portugal
Dina Frade – Secil Martingança, Portugal
Fernando Pacheco Torgal – University of Minho, Portugal
Holmer Savastano Jr. – University of São Paulo, Pirassununga, Brazil
Humberto Correia Lima Jr. – Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Isabel Torres – University of Coimbra, Portugal
Khosrow Ghavami – Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mohammad Kheradmand – University of Minho, Portugal
Raquel Vieira – Devan, Portugal
Raul Fangueiro – University of Minho, Portugal
Rute Eires – University of Minho, Portugal
Sandra Cunha – University of Minho, Portugal
Ulisses Targino Bezerra – Federal Institute of Paraíba, Brazil
Victor Ferreira – University of Aveiro, Portugal
Local organizing committee:
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José Aguiar (Chairman) – University of Minho, Portugal
Aires Camões – University of Minho, Portugal
Arman Shasavandi – University of Minho, Portugal
Fernando Pacheco Torgal – University of Minho, Portugal
Mohammad Kheradmand – University of Minho, Portugal
Raphaele Malheiro – University of Minho, Portugal
Raul Fangueiro – University of Minho, Portugal
Rute Eires – University of Minho, Portugal
Sandra Cunha – University of Minho, Portugal
Zahra Abdollahnejad – University of Minho, Portugal
Scientific committee:
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Aires Camões – University of Minho, Portugal
Alexandre Vargas – Feevale University, Brazil
Ana Velosa – University of Aveiro, Portugal
António Tadeu – University of Coimbra, Portugal
Arlindo Gonçalves – National Laboratory of Civil Engineering, Portugal
Augusto Gomes – Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Carlos Moraes – University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil
Enio Pazini Figueiredo – Federal University of Goiás, Brazil
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Eugénia Fonseca da Silva – University of Brasilia, Brazil
Feliciane Andrade Brehm – University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Brazil
Fernando G. Branco – University of Coimbra, Portugal
Fernando Pacheco Torgal – University of Minho, Portugal
Flávio Silva – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Gibson Rocha Meira – Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Paraiba, Brazil
Gihad Mohamad – Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil
Holmer Savastano Jr. – University of São Paulo, Brazil
Humberto Correia Lima Jr. – Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Inês Flores-Colen – Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Isabel Torres – University of Coimbra, Portugal
João Castro Gomes – University of Beira Interior, Portugal
Jorge de Brito – Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
José Aguiar – University of Minho, Portugal
Khosrow Ghavami – PUC - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Luís Juvandes – University of Porto, Portugal
Marcos Alyssandro Anjos – Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rio Grande
do Norte, Brazil
Mariana Correia – Higher School of Gallaecia, Portugal
Normando Perazzo Barbosa – Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil
Paulo Lima – State University of Feira de Santana, Brazil
Raul Fangueiro – University of Minho, Portugal
Rosário Veiga – National Laboratory of Civil Engineering, Portugal
Rute Eires – University of Minho, Portugal
Ruy Arini – Paulista University, Brazil
Said Jalali – University of Minho, Portugal
Ulisses Targino Bezerra – Federal Institute of Paraíba, Brazil
Vasco Freitas – University of Porto, Portugal
Victor Ferreira – University of Aveiro, Portugal
Sponsors:
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University of Minho, School of Engineering
Federal University of Paraiba
APFAC - Portuguese Association of Manufacturers of Mortars and ETICS
APICER - Portuguese Association of the Ceramics Industry
ANIPB - National Association of Precast Concrete Industries
ABMTENC - Brazilian Association for Non-Conventional
Materials and Technologies
ProTerra - Ibero-American Network of Architecture and Construction with Earth
Portuguese Sustainable Construction Platform - Sustainable Habitat Cluster
Association Centro da Terra
Order of Architects
Order of Engineers
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