Building Engineering Facing the Challenges of the 21st Century

David Bienvenido-Huertas is Assistant Professor in the Department of Building Construction at the University of Granada. He is Visiting Professor at the University of La Coruña. His area of expertise covers climate change in the building sector, adaptive thermal comfort, heat transfer, fuel poverty, energy conservation measures, and design of nearly zero-energy buildings. He is Author of more than 70 research papers and he is Recognized Reviewer of various international indexed journals. Joaquín Durán-Álvarez is Associate Professor in the Department of Building Construction at the University of Granada. Building engineer in companies in the sector for more than 20 years. His research area is related to the analysis of scientific production, areas of publication and evolution in the Construction Sector. He is responsible for the Observatory of Construction and the Repository of Building Engineering in Spain.

• Bivalve shells as a building material. A real case application.- Assessment of industrial large-volume wastes with high potential to be used as emerging alkali-activated precursors: A Review.- The use of Sierra Elvira’ stone according to the Spanish Technical Code.- Macrocell significance in reinforced concrete slabs exposed to a marine environment.- Lime concretes with ad hoc performances.- Gypsum materials and products to design circular and regenerative buildings.- Characterization of gypsum mortars dosed with Electric Arc Furnace Slags EAFS.