Development of Carbon Dioxide Absorbing Concrete for Urban Pavements—An Experimental Study

Academic researchers, policymakers, and other professionals are paying increasing attention to climate change, which is one of the world’s greatest challenges. Global climate change has been attributed primarily to carbon dioxide emissions. In this context, carbon emission monitoring has been recognized through reference to carbon mitigation strategies and policies at different levels (product, organization, city, and national). Consequently, researchers have begun calculating global carbon emissions based on this increasing attention. It has been found that avoiding high amounts of CO₂ emission from construction will probably reduce the overall CO₂ emission. We have investigated the utilization of zeolite as a substitute for cement that will consequently absorb CO₂. This will reduce the amount of CO₂ in the environment without hampering the characteristic properties of concrete. In this study, the addition of zeolite-blended concrete has been applied to rigid pavement blocks to test the various properties for heavy traffic load.