Pavement Life-Cycle Assessment Proceedings of the Symposium on Life-Cycle Assessment of Pavements (Pavement LCA 2017), April 12-13, 2017, Champaign, Illinois, USA
Synopsis
An increasing number of agencies, academic institutes, and governmental and industrial bodies are embracing the principles of sustainability in managing their activities and conducting business. Pavement Life-Cycle Assessment contains contributions to the Pavement Life-Cycle Assessment Symposium 2017 (Champaign, IL, USA, 12-13 April 2017) and discusses the current status of as well as future developments for LCA implementation in project- and network-level applications. The papers cover a wide variety of topics:- Recent developments for the regional inventory databases for materials, construction, and maintenance and rehabilitation life-cycle stages and critical challenges- Review of methodological choices and impact on LCA results- Use of LCA in decision making for project selection- Implementation of case studies and lessons learned: agency perspectives- Integration of LCA into pavement management systems (PMS)- Project-level LCA implementation case studies- Network-level LCA applications and critical challenges- Use-phase rolling resistance models and field validation- Uncertainty assessment in all life-cycle stages- Role of PCR and EPDs in the implementation of LCA
Pavement Life-Cycle Assessment will be of interest to academics, professionals, and policymakers involved or interested in Highway and Airport Pavements.
Book details
- Author:
- Imad L. Al-Qadi & Hasan Ozer and John Harvey
- ISBN:
- 9781351659215
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781315159324, 9781138066052
- Publisher:
- CRC Press
- Pages:
- 300
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2023-09-24
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Copyright by:
- Imad L. Al-Qadi, Hasan Ozer, John Harvey
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Technology