Ranesi, AlessandraFaria, PaulinaFreire, Maria TeresaGonçalves, MargaridaRosário Veiga, M.2024-01-302025-12-042023-11-100950-0618PURE: 81712807PURE UUID: 85a2d82a-cde5-43de-b6be-fe59b10aaba6Scopus: 85172903394WOS: 001077789100001ORCID: /0000-0003-0372-949X/work/151887062ORCID: /0000-0002-0940-519X/work/151887498http://hdl.handle.net/10362/162855Funding Information: The authors would like to thank the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering of Portugal (LNEC) for the laboratory equipment and the support provided through the projects REuSE - Wall coverings for Rehabilitation: Safety and Sustainability; the Departments of Civil Engineering and Chemistry of the NOVA School of Science and Technology of the NOVA University of Lisbon, and the Department of R&D of SIVAL-Gessos Especiais, Lda. Publisher Copyright: © 2023Hemihydrate gypsum is a very eco-efficient binder. Gypsum plasters were commonly used in the past and should be still chosen nowadays for being an eco-efficient choice. However, their hygroscopicity and contribution to act as moisture buffer are not very high. The present study analyses the hygrothermal behaviour of mortars based on gypsum and modified with the addition of residual biomass of A. dealbata, an invasive species in Portugal. Five different fractions of the plant were tested as additions for mortars, at incorporation levels of 5% and 10% by volume, with the purpose of enhancing the moisture buffering of the plasters without jeopardizing other properties. The study found that the addition of A. dealbata increases their hygroscopic behaviour. In some cases (bark fraction) the Moisture Buffering Value of the reference mortar is triplicated, and the behaviour is comparable with high hygroscopic plasters as clay-based ones. However, biological colonization must be controlled.151115785engAgro-industrial wastesBio-based plastersInvasive speciesMoisture adsorptionMoisture bufferingPhysical characterizationCivil and Structural EngineeringBuilding and ConstructionGeneral Materials Sciencejournal article10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.133283https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85172903394