The Role of Life Cycle Assessment in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Road Construction and Maintenance

John Harvey, Alissa Kendall and Arash Saboori

Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series from Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis

Abstract: This white paper summarizes the state-of-knowledge and state-of-the-art in pavement life cycle assessment (LCA) modeling, with particular emphasis on life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and on interpretation and analysis that lead to GHG reductions from the on-road transportation sector. The paper synthesizes research from a number of previous and current projects, highlighting both broadly agreed upon methods and findings, and those that are emerging or currently debated. It lists a number of recommendations for applying LCA to policy. View the NCST Project Webpage

Keywords: Engineering; Environmental impacts; Greenhouse gases; Life cycle analysis; Methodology; Pavement maintenance; Pavement management systems; Road construction; Sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-07-01
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