Life Cycle CO₂ Analysis of Low Rolling Resistance Asphalt Pavements
Reducing rolling resistance of pavement surfaces contributes to improved fuel efficiency for automobiles and reduced CO₂ emissions in exhaust gases. The authors have developed actual low-rolling-resistance asphalt pavements and shown that such pavements can reduce CO₂ emissions from automobiles by 1.3–6.6% through a driving test. In contrast, in order to evaluate the CO₂ emissions of pavement technologies, which will contribute to the realizing of a sustainable society in the future, it is important to conduct the life cycle assessment of these pavement technologies, including CO₂ emissions, due to the production and transportation of pavement materials, pavement construction work, and the recycling as well as the reconstruction of pavements. Thus, for the purpose of clarifying the environmental improvement effect of low-rolling-resistance asphalt pavements, this research paper reports on the life cycle CO₂ emissions assessment conducted for studying not only CO₂ emissions due to the production and transportation of pavement materials, pavement construction work, and reconstruction but also reductions in CO₂ emissions through the improvement in fuel efficiency of automobiles by the low-rolling-resistance asphalt pavements. As a result of the life cycle CO₂ emissions assessment, it is clarified that the low-rolling-resistance asphalt pavements can reduce CO₂ emissions by 70% compared to conventional pavement (porous asphalt pavement).
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- © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.
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Corporate Authors:
Springer International Publishing
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Authors:
- Kawakami, A
- Yabu, M
- Nitta, H
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Conference:
- 9th International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements (MAIREPAV9)
- Location: Zurich , Switzerland
- Date: 2020-7-1 to 2020-7-3
- Publication Date: 2020-6
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: References;
- Pagination: pp 143-153
- Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements—Mairepav9
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Serial:
- Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
- Volume: 76
- Publisher: Springer Singapore
- ISSN: 2366-2557
- EISSN: 2366-2565
- Serial URL: https://www.springer.com/series/15087
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Asphalt pavements; Carbon dioxide; Environmental impacts; Life cycle analysis; Rolling resistance
- Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Pavements;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01898427
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 9783030486785
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Nov 7 2023 4:08PM