Mission
To recycle and valorise all manner of industrial waste or by-products
Methodologies are developed to recycle materials for specific applications that ensure their sustainable and efficient use. The construction industry provides excellent opportunities for waste valorisation, in light of both the large volumes of materials it can accommodate and the versatility of the products used in its value chain. This research group defines the scientific, technical, environmental and social grounds for developing new eco-efficient binders for any number of applications. It focuses in particular on new low-clinker and consequently more sustainable cements, mortars and concretes with innovative self-levelling, self-repairing, thermochromic and sound-proofing features. In all its activities, the group adheres to circular economy guidelines, pursuing waste valorisation as a raw material. The group coordinates the National Research Council’s (Spanish abbreviation, CSIC) ‘Sustainability and Circular Economy’ (PTI-SosEcoCir) interdisciplinary platform. In addition to the participation of 15-plus CSIC groups engaging in the social, life and materials sciences, the platform benefits from the support of non-CSIC public and private institutions. The lines of research covered by member groups are closely related to most of the United Nations’ SDGs.
The materials recycling group also conducts studies on the built heritage, deploying documentary expertise and techniques in the assessment of repair treatment efficacy. Although given their historical and cultural content heritage studies call for a strong humanities background, the material nature of the elements involved and the physical and chemical issues around their conservation necessitate partnering between the human and experimental sciences.
Staff
Paredes Borrachero, María Victoria
mariavictoria.paredes@ietcc.csic.es
910686971 o ext. 438338
Detalle
Lines of research
Industrial waste and rubble processing for use as active additions in cement
a.- Science
Waste characterisation and viability of use; reaction kinetics; hydrated phase stability; models to analyse pozzolanic reaction kinetics, diffusion and thermodynamics; waste microstructure and morphology.
b.- Technology
Design of new portland cement-based binders; new binder rheology, mechanical strength, soundness and durability
c.- Environment and health
Polluting element detection and quantification; impact of leaching and polluting element containment in cementitious binders; presence of allergens in cement
Design of new cementitious binders for mortars and concretes
a.- Industrial by-product and waste recycling as active additions in cement and recycled aggregate in mortars and concretes
High porosity mortar and concrete design
Design of non-traditional mortars and concretes to adapt to the existing legislation
b.- Admixtures and similar
New water repellents derived from organic industrial waste and by-products
New release agents derived from organic industrial waste and by-products
c.- Innovative cements containing microcapsules and nanoparticles
Self-repairing concrete
Thermochromic mortars for façade cladding; energy efficiency in building construction
Restoration: treatment assessment
Materials characterisation and deterioration
Assessment of repair treatment efficacy
Study and design of repair and original mortar compatibility
Study of colour variations and their relationship to deterioration in construction materials
Study of the conservation and restoration of the historical and cultural heritage
Facilities and resources
Chemical laboratories
Physical-Mechanical Laboratory
Heat treatments
Laboratory
Projects
Metrological framework for passive radiative cooling technologies (PaRaMetriC)
Optimized urban materials for more livable and sustainable cities (mateMad). Subproject 1: Multidimensional characterization of urban materials: impact on outdoor environment, energy demand and well-being of the citizens.
Materiales de Construcción y Radón
Diseño materiales con capacidades ignifugas y acusticas con reducida huella de carbono. Prestaciones de seguridad preventiva por sensorizacion de masa. Código: PID2019-107238RB-C21
Master program on Advanced Materials Innovative Recycling focused on Light Houses Advanced Materials Innovative Recycling.
Mitigación del calentamiento urbano en Iberoamérica a través de la respuesta termo-óptica de los materiales de construcción
Application of physic-chemical methods for the chromatic characterization of outside facades. Case: Colonial City of Santo Domingo- ACROFA
Nanotechnology-based thermochromic materials for adaptive building envelopes
Patents
Self-levelling composition
Inventors:, M. Frías, M.I. Sánchez de Rojas, I. Vegas, R.García, R. Vigil
Title: Mortero de revestimiento de elementos constructivos con altas prestaciones acústicas
Application Number: P201031335
Country of priority: Nacional
Date of reception: 7-09-2010
Publication Number: ES2392069
Date of publication and award: 11/03/2014
Owner entity: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Fundación TECNALIA. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Highly effective soundproofing coating mortar for construction elements
Inventors: M.I. Sánchez de Rojas, M. Olaya, M. Frías, J. Olmeda, B. Frutos, J. Rivera, J.L. Esteban
Title: Mortero de revestimiento de elementos constructivos con altas prestaciones acústicas
Application Number: P201131115, PCT/ES2012/070486
Country of priority: Nacional e Internacional
Date of reception: 8 marzo de 2011 nacional, 29 de Junio de 2012 Internacional
Publication Number: ES2395660
Date of publication and award: 10/06/2014
Owner entity: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Clay-based waste processing procedures for cement manufacture and cements involved
Inventors: M.I. Sánchez de Rojas, M. Frías, E. Asensio, C. Medina.
Title: Residuo cerámico útil para la elaboración de cementos, procedimiento de obtención y cementos que lo comprende
Application Number: P201330415, PCT/ESC2014/070212
Country of priority: Nacional e Internacional
Date of reception: 22-3-2013
Publication Number: ES2512065
Date of publication and award: 8/12/2015
Owner entity: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Sanitary ware waste processing procedures for cement manufacture and cements involved
Inventors: M.I. Sánchez de Rojas, M. Frías, C. Medina, E. Asensio.
Title: Residuo de sanitarios para la elaboracion de cementos, procedimiento de obtencion y cementos que lo comprenden.
Application Number: P201330715, PCT/ES2014/070406
Country of priority: Nacional e Internacional
Date of reception: 20-5-2013
Publication Number: ES2525416
Date of publication and award: 26/02/2016
Owner entity: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Sieving device
Inventors: P. Palancar, M.I. Sánchez de Rojas, M. Frías, M. Vazquez, E. Asensio.
Title: Dispositivo de tamizado
Application Number. Model of Utility: U201731134
Publication: 11-10-2017
Owner entity: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Processing procedures and use for reversible thermochromic coating mortar
Inventors: G. Pérez, A. Guerrero, V. Rodríguez, MJesús Gavira, MCruz Alonso y A. Pons
Title: Mortero de Revestimiento Termocrómico Reversible, Procedimiento de Obtención y Uso
Application Number: P201731186
Country of priority: ES
Date of priority: 6 de octubre de 2017
Request reference: ES1641.1317
Owner entity: Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Other publications
Title: Sostenibilidad en construcción a través de los materiales.
Publishers: M. Frías y Mª Isabel Sánchez de Rojas.
City and year: Madrid, diciembre 2014
Volume and pages: I, 114
Published: IETcc-CSIC.
ISBN: 978-84-7292-380-5
Título: Investigación en Construcción. El Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja del CSIC (1934-2014)
Publishers: Andrade, C. Azorín, V., Sánchez de Rojas, MI, Sorli, A.
City and year: Madrid, 2014
Published: IETcc-CSIC.
Volume and pages: I, 262
ISBN 978-84-00-09868
Título: Jornadas internacionales conmemorativas del 80 aniversario del IETcc : conservar, rehabilitar, innovar
Publishers: Carmen Andrade, Virtudes Azorín López; María Isabel Sánchez de Rojas; Angela Sorli Rojo (eds).
City and year: Madrid, 2014
Volume and pages: 1, 124 p
Published: IETcc-CSIC.
ISBN 978-84-7292-381-2 Contiene CD: ISBN 978-84-7292-3829
Chapter title: Capítulo 26: Normative review and necessary advances to promote the use of recycled aggregates and by-products in cement-based materials
Book title: Waste and Byproducts in Cement-Based Materials. Innovative Sustainable Materials for a Circular Economy
Editors: Agrela, F; Thomas, C; Median, C.; Brito, J.
Authors: Alaejos, P.; Rueda, J; Silva, RV; Moreno-Juez, J; Sanjuán, MA; Brito, J.; Sánchez de Rojas, MI
Published: Elsevier
Total pages: 808
Chapter pages: vol. 1, 2021, p.735-776
ISBN: 978-0-12-820549-5 (print) ISBN: 978-0-12-820895-3 (online)
Chapter title: Future eco-efficient cements prepared with kaolinite-based industrial wastes (vol. 2)
Book title: Encyclopedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials
Editors: Hashmi, Saleem and Choudhury, Imtiaz Ahmed
Authors: Moisés Frías, Laura Caneda, M.I. Sánchez de Rojas, Cesar Medina
Published: Elsevier
City and year: Oxford, 2020
Pages: 398-404
ISBN: 978-0-12-803581-8.11436-5
Chapter title: Recycled ceramic in concrete (vol.2)
Book title: Encyclopedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials
Editors: Hashmi, Saleem and Choudhury, Imtiaz Ahmed
Authors: Cesar Medina, I.F. Sáez del Bosque, Eloy Asensio, Laura Caneda, Moisés Frías, M.I. Sánchez de Rojas
Published: Elsevier
City and year: Oxford, 2020
Pages: 483-489
ISBN: 978-0-12-803581-8.10740-4
Chapter title: Meso-structural modelling in recycled aggregate concrete (Chapter 15)
Book title: ECO-EFFICIENT CONCRETE Subtitle: New trends in concrete with Recycled Aggregates.
Editors: Jorge de Brito and Francisco Agrela.
Authors: C. Medina, J. Sánchez, I.F. Sáez del Bosque, M. Frías, M.I. Sánchez de Rojas
Published: Elsevier S&T Books
City and year: 2019 (in press)
Total pages:
ISBN: 978-0-08-102480-5
Chapter title: Thermochromic cement based materials-Chapter 16
Book title: Smart Nanoconcretes and Cement-Based Materials-Properties, Modelling and Application.
Editors: Mohd Shahir Liew Phuong Nguyen-Tri Tuan Anh Nguyen Saeid Kakooei
Authors: G. Pérez and A. Guerrero
Published: Elsevier.
City and year: 2019
Total pages: 724
ISBN: 978-0-12-817854-6
Chapter title: The effect of nanoparticles on the self-healing capacity of high performance concrete-Chapter 3
Book title: Nanotechnology in eco-efficient construction-2nd edition
Editors: Fernando Pacheco-Torgal Maria Vittoria Diamanti Ali Nazari Claes Goran-Granqvist Alina Pruna Serji Amirkhanian
Authors: J.L. García Calvo, G. Pérez, P. Carballosa, E. Erkizia, J.J. Gaitero and A. Guerrero
Published: Woodhead Publishing, ELSEVIER
City and year: 2018
Total pages: 896
ISBN: 9780081026410
Chapter title: New Trends for Non-conventional Cement-based Materials Industrial and Agricultural Waste
Book title: Sustainable and Nonconventional Construction Materials Using Inorganic Bonded Fiber Composites.
Editors: Holmer Savastano Junior, Juliano Fiorelli and Sergio Francisco dos Santos.
Authors: M. Frías, MI Sánchez de Rojas, C. Medina, E. Villar
Published: Elsevier.
City and year: Duxford, UK, 2017
Total pages: 496
ISBN: 978-0-08-102001-02
Chapter title: Prospective of the technology level in cosntruction and demolition waste management plants in Spain
Book Title: III Progress of Recycling in the Built Environment
Editor: I. Martins, C. Ulsen and S. C. Angulo
Author(s): Rodríguez, G.; Medina, C.; Asensio, E.; Sánchez de Rojas, MI.
Publisher: RILEM Publications SARL
Publication year: 2015
Total Pages: 285
Language: English
e-ISBN: 978-2-35158-158-2
Chapter title: Uso integral de residuos en la fabricación de nuevos cementos: Parte 1.
Book title: Sostenibilidad en construcción a través de los materiales.
Editors: M. Frías y Mª Isabel Sánchez de Rojas.
Authors: MI Sánchez de Rojas, M. Frías
Published: IETcc-CSIC.
City and year: Madrid, 2014
Total pages: 113
ISBN: 978-84-7292-380-5.
Chapter title: Uso integral de residuos en la fabricación de nuevos cementos: Parte 2.
Book title: Sostenibilidad en construcción a través de los materiales.
Editors: M. Frías y Mª Isabel Sánchez de Rojas.
Authors: M. Frías , MI Sánchez de Rojas,
Published: IETcc-CSIC.
City and year: Madrid, 2014
Total pages: 113
ISBN: 978-84-7292-380-5.
Chapter title: La divulgación científica, las publicaciones y el archivo del IETcc: 80 años de historia
Book title: Investigación en construcción: el Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja del CSIC (1934-2014)
Authors: Sánchez Verdasco, R. Monje, r. Garralón, A. García Escribano, R. Azorín, V. Sorli, A.
Editors: Carmen Andrade; Virtudes Azorín López; María Isabel Sánchez de Rojas; Ángela Sorli Rojo
Published: IETcc-CSIC.
Vol. Y año: 1, 2014
ISBN 978-84-00-09868-1
Authors: L. Caneda, M. Frías, C. Medina, M.I. Sánchez de Rojas.
Editor: CSIC
Title: Aprovechamiento de los residuos procedentes de la minería del carbón como puzolanas para la fabricación de nuevos cementos.
City and year: Madrid, 2021
Editorial: CSIC
Number: 433
Pages: 70
ISBN: 978-84-00-10795-6
Authors: E. Asensio, C. Medina, M. Frías, M.I. Sánchez de Rojas
Editor: CSIC
Title: Valorización de los residuos de construcción y demolición (RCD) como puzolanas alternativas en la fabricación de Cementos Eco-eficientes
City and year: Madrid, 2018
Editorial: CSIC
Volumen: Materiales 427
Pages: 64
ISBN:
Authors: E. Asensio, M. Frías, I. Sánchez de Rojas, C. Medina, G. Rodríguez
Editor: Revista Técnica de Cemento y Hormigón
Title: Monográfico sobre Economía circular, clave del desarrollo sostenible.
City and year: Madrid 2016
Number: 976, Pages:52-53
ISBN: 0008-8919
Authors: C. Medina, M.I. Sánchez de Rojas, M. Frías.
Editor: CSIC
Title: Valorización de árido cerámico de sanitarios como árido reciclado en la fabricación de hormigones estructurales eco-eficientes.
City and year: Madrid 2015
Number: 422, Pages: 69
ISBN: 978-84-00-10000-1
Authors: Ana Guerrero; Ivelisse Jiménez; Raúl Peña; Gloria Pérez; Sara Goñi
Title: “Valorización de cenizas mediante tratamiento hidrotermal para su aplicación en materiales de construcción”.
Ref. revista / Libro: Monografías del IETcc – Materiales. 420,
Editorial CSIC, 2014.
Tipo de producción: Libro o monografía científica
- Books
-
Title: Sostenibilidad en construcción a través de los materiales.
Publishers: M. Frías y Mª Isabel Sánchez de Rojas.
City and year: Madrid, diciembre 2014
Volume and pages: I, 114
Published: IETcc-CSIC.
ISBN: 978-84-7292-380-5Título: Investigación en Construcción. El Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja del CSIC (1934-2014)
Publishers: Andrade, C. Azorín, V., Sánchez de Rojas, MI, Sorli, A.
City and year: Madrid, 2014
Published: IETcc-CSIC.
Volume and pages: I, 262
ISBN 978-84-00-09868Título: Jornadas internacionales conmemorativas del 80 aniversario del IETcc : conservar, rehabilitar, innovar
Publishers: Carmen Andrade, Virtudes Azorín López; María Isabel Sánchez de Rojas; Angela Sorli Rojo (eds).
City and year: Madrid, 2014
Volume and pages: 1, 124 p
Published: IETcc-CSIC.
ISBN 978-84-7292-381-2 Contiene CD: ISBN 978-84-7292-3829 - Book chapters
-
Chapter title: Capítulo 26: Normative review and necessary advances to promote the use of recycled aggregates and by-products in cement-based materials
Book title: Waste and Byproducts in Cement-Based Materials. Innovative Sustainable Materials for a Circular Economy
Editors: Agrela, F; Thomas, C; Median, C.; Brito, J.
Authors: Alaejos, P.; Rueda, J; Silva, RV; Moreno-Juez, J; Sanjuán, MA; Brito, J.; Sánchez de Rojas, MI
Published: Elsevier
Total pages: 808
Chapter pages: vol. 1, 2021, p.735-776
ISBN: 978-0-12-820549-5 (print) ISBN: 978-0-12-820895-3 (online)Chapter title: Future eco-efficient cements prepared with kaolinite-based industrial wastes (vol. 2)
Book title: Encyclopedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials
Editors: Hashmi, Saleem and Choudhury, Imtiaz Ahmed
Authors: Moisés Frías, Laura Caneda, M.I. Sánchez de Rojas, Cesar Medina
Published: Elsevier
City and year: Oxford, 2020
Pages: 398-404
ISBN: 978-0-12-803581-8.11436-5Chapter title: Recycled ceramic in concrete (vol.2)
Book title: Encyclopedia of Renewable and Sustainable Materials
Editors: Hashmi, Saleem and Choudhury, Imtiaz Ahmed
Authors: Cesar Medina, I.F. Sáez del Bosque, Eloy Asensio, Laura Caneda, Moisés Frías, M.I. Sánchez de Rojas
Published: Elsevier
City and year: Oxford, 2020
Pages: 483-489
ISBN: 978-0-12-803581-8.10740-4Chapter title: Meso-structural modelling in recycled aggregate concrete (Chapter 15)
Book title: ECO-EFFICIENT CONCRETE Subtitle: New trends in concrete with Recycled Aggregates.
Editors: Jorge de Brito and Francisco Agrela.
Authors: C. Medina, J. Sánchez, I.F. Sáez del Bosque, M. Frías, M.I. Sánchez de Rojas
Published: Elsevier S&T Books
City and year: 2019 (in press)
Total pages:
ISBN: 978-0-08-102480-5Chapter title: Thermochromic cement based materials-Chapter 16
Book title: Smart Nanoconcretes and Cement-Based Materials-Properties, Modelling and Application.
Editors: Mohd Shahir Liew Phuong Nguyen-Tri Tuan Anh Nguyen Saeid Kakooei
Authors: G. Pérez and A. Guerrero
Published: Elsevier.
City and year: 2019
Total pages: 724
ISBN: 978-0-12-817854-6Chapter title: The effect of nanoparticles on the self-healing capacity of high performance concrete-Chapter 3
Book title: Nanotechnology in eco-efficient construction-2nd edition
Editors: Fernando Pacheco-Torgal Maria Vittoria Diamanti Ali Nazari Claes Goran-Granqvist Alina Pruna Serji Amirkhanian
Authors: J.L. García Calvo, G. Pérez, P. Carballosa, E. Erkizia, J.J. Gaitero and A. Guerrero
Published: Woodhead Publishing, ELSEVIER
City and year: 2018
Total pages: 896
ISBN: 9780081026410Chapter title: New Trends for Non-conventional Cement-based Materials Industrial and Agricultural Waste
Book title: Sustainable and Nonconventional Construction Materials Using Inorganic Bonded Fiber Composites.
Editors: Holmer Savastano Junior, Juliano Fiorelli and Sergio Francisco dos Santos.
Authors: M. Frías, MI Sánchez de Rojas, C. Medina, E. Villar
Published: Elsevier.
City and year: Duxford, UK, 2017
Total pages: 496
ISBN: 978-0-08-102001-02Chapter title: Prospective of the technology level in cosntruction and demolition waste management plants in Spain
Book Title: III Progress of Recycling in the Built Environment
Editor: I. Martins, C. Ulsen and S. C. Angulo
Author(s): Rodríguez, G.; Medina, C.; Asensio, E.; Sánchez de Rojas, MI.
Publisher: RILEM Publications SARL
Publication year: 2015
Total Pages: 285
Language: English
e-ISBN: 978-2-35158-158-2Chapter title: Uso integral de residuos en la fabricación de nuevos cementos: Parte 1.
Book title: Sostenibilidad en construcción a través de los materiales.
Editors: M. Frías y Mª Isabel Sánchez de Rojas.
Authors: MI Sánchez de Rojas, M. Frías
Published: IETcc-CSIC.
City and year: Madrid, 2014
Total pages: 113
ISBN: 978-84-7292-380-5.Chapter title: Uso integral de residuos en la fabricación de nuevos cementos: Parte 2.
Book title: Sostenibilidad en construcción a través de los materiales.
Editors: M. Frías y Mª Isabel Sánchez de Rojas.
Authors: M. Frías , MI Sánchez de Rojas,
Published: IETcc-CSIC.
City and year: Madrid, 2014
Total pages: 113
ISBN: 978-84-7292-380-5.Chapter title: La divulgación científica, las publicaciones y el archivo del IETcc: 80 años de historia
Book title: Investigación en construcción: el Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja del CSIC (1934-2014)
Authors: Sánchez Verdasco, R. Monje, r. Garralón, A. García Escribano, R. Azorín, V. Sorli, A.
Editors: Carmen Andrade; Virtudes Azorín López; María Isabel Sánchez de Rojas; Ángela Sorli Rojo
Published: IETcc-CSIC.
Vol. Y año: 1, 2014
ISBN 978-84-00-09868-1 - Monografías
-
Authors: L. Caneda, M. Frías, C. Medina, M.I. Sánchez de Rojas.
Editor: CSIC
Title: Aprovechamiento de los residuos procedentes de la minería del carbón como puzolanas para la fabricación de nuevos cementos.
City and year: Madrid, 2021
Editorial: CSIC
Number: 433
Pages: 70
ISBN: 978-84-00-10795-6Authors: E. Asensio, C. Medina, M. Frías, M.I. Sánchez de Rojas
Editor: CSIC
Title: Valorización de los residuos de construcción y demolición (RCD) como puzolanas alternativas en la fabricación de Cementos Eco-eficientes
City and year: Madrid, 2018
Editorial: CSIC
Volumen: Materiales 427
Pages: 64
ISBN:Authors: E. Asensio, M. Frías, I. Sánchez de Rojas, C. Medina, G. Rodríguez
Editor: Revista Técnica de Cemento y Hormigón
Title: Monográfico sobre Economía circular, clave del desarrollo sostenible.
City and year: Madrid 2016
Number: 976, Pages:52-53
ISBN: 0008-8919Authors: C. Medina, M.I. Sánchez de Rojas, M. Frías.
Editor: CSIC
Title: Valorización de árido cerámico de sanitarios como árido reciclado en la fabricación de hormigones estructurales eco-eficientes.
City and year: Madrid 2015
Number: 422, Pages: 69
ISBN: 978-84-00-10000-1Authors: Ana Guerrero; Ivelisse Jiménez; Raúl Peña; Gloria Pérez; Sara Goñi
Title: “Valorización de cenizas mediante tratamiento hidrotermal para su aplicación en materiales de construcción”.
Ref. revista / Libro: Monografías del IETcc – Materiales. 420,
Editorial CSIC, 2014.
Tipo de producción: Libro o monografía científica