Life cycle climate impacts of the US concrete pavement network

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 72, Issue , 2013, Pages 76-83

  Loijos, Alexander ^a,b   Santero, Nicholas ^a   Ochsendorf, John ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b not available   (United States)

^c PE International   (United States)

Author keywords

Concrete; Global warming potential (GWP); Greenhouse gases (GHGs); Life cycle assessment (LCA); Pavements; Road network; Urban infrastructure

Indexed keywords

CEMENT INDUSTRY; CEMENTS; CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; CONCRETES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; PAVEMENTS;

EMBODIED EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MATERIALS PRODUCTION; PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; ROAD NETWORK; URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE;

LIFE CYCLE;

CEMENT; CONCRETE;

CONCRETE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PAVEMENT; ROAD;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EXHAUST GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; THICKNESS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873801478     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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