This research proposes an integrated building evaporative cooling assembly using pervious concrete acting as a thermally active system. The proof‐of‐concept prototype demonstrates the capacity of t...

Pervious concrete is widely used in today’s construction industry, e.g.. parking lots, airport runways, etc. However, the durability and strength of the porous concrete remains a challenge, as the binding material proportion is low and the use of fi ne aggregates is nearly 0. Increasing the compressive load, the failure appears fi rst in the weak concrete zone induced by the random distribution...

Portland Cement Pervious Concrete (PCPC) is becoming more utilized across the U.S. due to increased requirements for stormwater management. This paper details the experience of the installation of a PCPC test section/parking area in Sioux City, Iowa. In order to evaluate a large number of mixture designs, the test section incorporated five different mixtures, each placed with and without air en...

Pervious concrete is an environment friendly solution for eliminating imperviousness-related drawbacks of conventional concrete. mixes are predominantly composed cement, coarse aggregate, and water. The partial or complete elimination fine aggregate results in porous structure, which influences performance pervious This article aimed at reviewing major factors involved the design mixes, namely ...