Life-cycle assessment of pavements Part II: Filling the research gaps

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 55, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 810-818

  Santero, Nicholas J ^a   Masanet, Eric ^b   Horvath, Arpad ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

Asphalt; Climate change; Concrete; Energy; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Pavements

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES; BEST ESTIMATES; CONCRETE CARBONATION; DATA SOURCE; END OF LIVES; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINTS; LEACHATES; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; SCIENTIFIC FIELDS; TRAFFIC DELAYS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; LEACHING; PAVEMENTS; RATING; RESEARCH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

LIFE CYCLE;

ASPHALT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCRETE;

ASPHALT; CLIMATE CHANGE; METHODOLOGY; PAVEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ALBEDO; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FRICTION; LANDFILL; LEACHING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; QUALITY CONTROL; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRAFFIC; URBAN HEAD ISLAND;

EID: 79958091557     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.03.009     Document Type: Review

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