LCA Pave: A Tool to Assess Environmental Impacts of Pavement Material and Design Decisions––Underlying Methodology and Assumptions

This report documents the underlying basis and foundation used in the development of LCA Pave, a tool for the assessment of environmental impacts of pavement material and design decisions. The purpose of this document is to describe the general methodology employed, the key assumptions made, and the type and sources of data used in the tool, while also disclosing its overall boundaries and limitations and the type of analyses that it can support. The report provides details on the following topics: (1) goal and scope of the tool; (2) procedures used for inventory analysis, impact assessment, and interpretation; (3) data quality assessment; (4) incorporating environmental product declarations (EPD) into the tool; (5) allocation procedures; and (6) assumptions, limitations, and data gaps.

• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62728
• Corporate Authors:

  Applied Pavement Technology, Incorporated

  115 West Main Street, Suite 400
  Urbana, IL  United States  61801

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Meijer, Joep
  • Harvey, John
  • Butt, Ali
  • Kim, Changmo
  • Ram, Prashant
  • Smith, Kurt
  • Saboori, Arash
• Publication Date: 2021-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Glossary; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 49p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Life cycle analysis; Methodology; Pavement design; Paving materials; Software
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Environment; Highways; Pavements; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01851766
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-HIF-22-033
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-15-D-00005-0005
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 18 2022 4:48PM