Track: Environmental Engineering

Abstract

Environmental impact of the cement industry is fast becoming a great concern with increase in population. Different studies have been carried out to understand this impact and potential damage but more concrete results are required. The objective of this study is to verify the damage caused by a cement industry to areas of significance to life (AoSL). The tool used for this evaluation is life cycle assessment (LCA) to Ordinary Portland cement (OPC). The outcome of the evaluation shows that the clinker proproduction phase has the highest damage to both human health and ecosystem because of high CO2 gas emission and the resources that are prone to scarcity are natural gas, coal, clay and most importantly petroleum. With this evaluation, the life expectancy, the species loss, and economic value loss of result extraction because of damage caused by environmental impacts from the cement industry can be calculated annually in every country and globally.