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Abstract
Application of fly ash in the construction industry is particularly significant in the terms
of environmental protection and in the terms of improvement opportunities of certain
properties of cement mortar and concrete. In addition to this, it is possible to perform the
recultivation of significant area of agricultural land. Concrete production precedes the
production of lightweight aggregate which is then used as an aggregate. Calculated costs
of concrete production using lightweight aggregate were 70.52 €/m3. Most of these costs
are energy costs in the sum of 85% of total costs. In the situation when the costs of concrete
production using lightweight aggregate are compared to the concrete price at the market,
or produced with the use of construction gravel, estimation of the economic viability gives
a negative result. This result is caused by the high cost of the aggregate. The observed
calculation did not include an improved thermal-insulating property of concrete and reduce
pollution through binding of waste ash. According to this, final assessment can only be
made after extensive technological, macroeconomic and environmental analysis. Economic
analysis should be primarily based on the value of land that can be recultivation in this way.