ENERGY CONSERVATION AND COST SAVINGS RELATED TO HIGHWAY ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. FINAL REPORT

This research was conducted in three phases. The first two phases were presented in two interim reports. This report includes a summary of the first two phases and a detailed discussion of the final phase. The final phase of the study focused on a trend analysis of energy use in routine maintenance and development of an optimization approach that can be used to determine the optimal assignment of various equipment types to different activities. The use of the approach was illustrated through an example application. A set of energy conservation guidelines was then outlined for possible implementation.

• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Saito, M
  • Sharaf, E A
  • Sinha, K C
• Publication Date: 1986-7-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 154 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Energy conservation; Guidelines; Highway maintenance; Maintenance equipment; Maintenance management; Optimization; Savings; Traffic assignment
• Uncontrolled Terms: Maintenance costs
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Energy; Environment; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00458354
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/IN/JHRP-85/18
• Contract Numbers: 1(20) Part II
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 30 1987 12:00AM