TRIP - ALT-MAT - Alternative materials in road construction. Www.eranetroad.org/images/eranet/Downloads/enr2011 energy project description cereal.pdf. Call 2011: ENR - Energy. Tuesday, 08 January 2013 11:34 Lucas Kassmannhuber The overall aim of the joint research programme “Sustainability and Energy Efficient Management of Roads” is to improve the common understanding and performance of sustainable development in the context of the road authorities.
Develop whole life consideration of sustainability and energy efficiency, developing decision making tools with practical application to all stages of road planning, design, construction and maintenance. Addressing the need to assess the effects of operation, safety and durability, which will deliver improvements in the energy efficiency performance of the road asset. The programme is based on three objectives with an expected output: In the Programme Energy 12 proposals with 42 partners from 13 different countries were submitted. After the evaluation of all proposals, 4 projects were selected with 19 partners from 10 different countries.
Www.eranetroad.org/images/eranet/Downloads/liccer_joint meeting 20121120.pdf. Life cycle assessment of hot mix asphalt and zeolite-based warm mix asphalt with reclaimed asphalt pavement. Highlights We build an LCA-based tool to assess the impact of asphalt pavements.
We assess hot mix asphalt (HMA) and warm mix asphalt (WMA) pavements. We assess asphalt mixes with various contents of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP). Life Cycle Assessment of HMA and RAP. General I am interested in creating a comparative life cycle analysis of recycled vs. standard hot mix asphalt or HMA.
In Washington State, up to 20% recycled HMA, called recycled asphalt pavement or RAP, is allowed in large-scale road construction such as state highways and interstate roadways. Researchers are looking onto using up to 100% RAP but the Washington State Department of Transportation uses much more conservative guidelines for how much RAP is acceptable at this time. The use of recycled materials in new construction is obviously beneficial from the viewpoint that the old pavement is taken out of the waste stream and is reused.
However, it is unclear whether the use of recycled pavement material is beneficial from an environmental viewpoint. Goal. Www.ecosmes.net/everdee/downloads/methodTutorialEN.pdf. Eco Smes. Eco Smes - Description of the course. This course gives an introduction to Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) concepts, a basic level of understanding on how to carry out a basic LCA and an understanding of the implied uncertainties, value-choices and trade-offs.
The course aims at giving practical guidance on how to interpret LCA results. Also, an understanding of the benefits of using "standards" should be achieved. The standards for LCA are the ISO 14040-14043 standards and the technical specification ISO/TS 14048. This course is recommended for product designers , purchasers and environmental strategists - who want to have an introduction to Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The course has been produced in the context of the EU-project CASCADE . The main reference document is: Raul Carlson, Ann-Christin Pålsson, " ISO/DEVPRO IRAM LCA training course "; - Chalmers University of Technology.
Eco Smes - Undertaking an LCA study (1 of 2) Eco Smes - FEBE ECOLOGIC: LCA consulting, Carbon Footprint and GaBi LCA software. FEBE ECOLOGIC supports organizations to strengthen and valorize their product and corporate sustainability thanks to experienced consulting and training services, and powerful software solutions.
By the quantification of life cycle impacts related to products and technologies FEBE ECOLOGIC helps to assess, manage, improve and communicate environmental and climate performance. Our partner organizations intend to define innovative sustainability strategies and look for new possibilities to differentiate themselves and to identify new improvement scenarios.
Experts of FEBE ECOLOGIC apply their experience about Life Cycle Assesssment (LCA), Carbon Footrpinting, Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) and ecolabeling: LCA Rome 2013. SETAC Europe is pleased to announce the 19th SETAC LCA Case Study Symposium, which will be held 11-13 November 2013 in Rome, Italy.
The theme of the symposium, jointly organised by SETAC and ISIE, is: Mirroring the SETAC tripartite structure, the purpose of the symposium is to discuss how LCA can support the decision making process at all levels, i.e. industry and policy contexts, and how LCA results can be efficiently communicated and be used for supporting market strategies . After its conception in the ’90s, the standardization process that followed and that has recently given rise to several spin off (e.g. carbon footprint, water footprint, eco-efficiency and others already on the agenda), there is a urgent need to harmonise several methodological developments and conventions that have occurred. At the industrial level, many initiatives are presently under development, aimed at developing sector-specific guidance. Www.reteitalianalca.it/info/documenti/Corso Base LCA- 2013.pdf. Site on LCA Tools, Services and Data - Lca.jrc.ec.europa.eu/lcainfohub/pdf/San Felix_et_al_IJLCA-Policy_Corner-Author_Manuscript.pdf.
- European reference Life-Cycle Database (ELCD 3.0) Since its first release in 2006, the ELCD (European reference Life Cycle Database) comprises Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data from front-running EU-level business associations and other sources for key materials, energy carriers, transport, and waste management.
The respective data sets are officially provided and approved by the named industry association. Focus of the new release of ELCD is laid on data quality, consistency, and applicability. Many ELCD 3.0 datasets have been reviewed against the ILCD entry-level data quality requirements in order to provide quality-assured LCI data. 36 ILCD entry-Level compliant datasets can currently be found in the ELCD 3.0. Many other newly developed data sets on energy, transport and materials) are currently being reviewed against the ILCD Entry-Level requirements and they will be published in next batches of the ELCD 3. Lct.jrc.ec.europa.eu/assessment/LCIA-CF-09-02-2012-def.pdf. Lct.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pdf-directory/pdf-directory/Recommendation-of-methods-for-LCIA-def.pdf.
Home - Ecolabel - EUROPA. The Influence of Different Urban Pavements on Water Chemistry - Road Materials and Pavement Design - Volume 12, Issue 1. Quantifying the Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Associated with Recycling Hot Mix Asphalt - Road Materials and Pavement Design - Volume 12, Issue 1. Market based policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have become increasingly popular in the last decade.
These policies provide economic incentives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. A life-cycle inventory model was developed to evaluate three alternatives for the management of waste hot mix asphalt (HMA) including, (1) recycling as new aggregate, (2) recycling as new HMA, and (3) disposal in a landfill. Global warming potential, environmental emissions, and total energy use were quantified for each management alternative. The recycling of used asphalt into new HMA results in a reduction of 16 kg CO2e compared to landfilling. Recycling used HMA as aggregate reduced GHG emissions by 9 kg CO2e A Monte Carlo analysis on the alternatives showed that the range of reduction for recycling as HMA was 12 to 26 kg CO2e and for recycling as aggregate 6 to 11 kg CO2e. Related articles View all related articles.