ISCOWA
HISTORY[edit]
HISTORY In 1991 ISCOWA, the International Society for application of mineral WAste materials in Construction (Waste) was founded in Maastricht The Netherlands. Directly after the first international conference on the application of mineral waste materials in construction (known as the international conference WASCON) (recyclingwaste management), the need for an organization was identified by a lot of attendants. This led to the foundation of an internal society according to Dutch Law and ISCOWA is noted in the Dutch Chamber of Commerce. A board, consisting out of three persons was established, and it got the task to get the work started. From the foundation of ISCOWA until 2009 the Chairman of the board was Dr. J.M. (Hans) Goumans. (The Netherlands) From 2009 the Chairman is Prof. dr. C. Vandecasteele (Belgium). The first Treasurer was Ir. J. de Castro (Portugal),from 1997 Ir. J.M. Heynen (The Netherlands)is the Treasurer. As of 2015 the board consists of 9 persons from 5 countries. Members from ISCOWA come from over 40 countries and subscribe on a personal basis. The goal of ISCOWA, as stated in the statutes of the organization, is to gain and to distribute knowledge and know-how in the field of recycling and application of mineral waste materials in construction. The environmental aspects of materials for construction, both virgin materials and re-use and recycled materials are investigated. Background information can be found on the webpage of the society www.iscowa.org.
Conferences[edit]
CONFERENCES Starting with the first international conference in 1991 in Maastricht, The Netherlands, a series of conferences in various countries was initiated. WASCON '91 had over 200 attendants from 40 countries. The proceedings were published in the Elsevier series Studies in Environmental Science.[1][2][3][4]
Topics[edit]
TOPICS of ISCOWA There are several main topics with which ISCOWA is active. These include: cement and concrete, powder coal fly ash, artificial gravel, leaching, waste management and modelling. Circular economy is a newly added field of research.[5]
Scientific articles[edit]
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1. Waste materials in construction, "J.J.J.M. Goumans, H.A.van der Sloot, Th.G. Aalbers, in Studies in Environmental Science 48, Elsevier 1991"
- ↑ 2. Environmental aspects of construction with waste materials, "J.J.J.M. Goumans, H.A. van der Sloot, Th.G. Aalbers in Studies in Environmental Science, Elsevier 1994"
- ↑ 3. Waste materials in construction; Putting theory into practice, ″J.J.J.M. Goumans, G.J. Senden. H.A. van der Sloot, in Studies in Environmental Science, Elsevier 1997
- ↑ 4. Waste materials in Construction; Science and engineering of recycling for environmental protection, "G.R. Woolley, J.J.J.M. Goumans, P.J. Wainwright in Waste Management Series, volume 1, Elsevier 2000"
- ↑ Materials recycling in construction: a review of the last two decades illustrated by Wascon conferences. C. Vandecatseele, J. Heynen, H. Goumans; Waste Biomass Valor (2013)4: 695-701
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