Greenhouse gas emissions reduction opportunities for concrete pavements

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 859-868

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

^a San Francisco International Airport   (United States)

^b Lighting Research Solutions   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Cost effectiveness; Global warming potential (GWP); Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle costing (LCC)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONCRETE AGGREGATES; CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EMISSION CONTROL; FLY ASH; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; HIGHWAY PLANNING; LIFE CYCLE; TRANSPORTATION;

EMBODIED EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE COSTING; RECYCLED CONCRETE AGGREGATES; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

ALBEDO; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; FLY ASH; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PAVEMENT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890314365     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12053     Document Type: Article

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