A critical review of the life cycle assessment studies on road pavements and road infrastructures

Y Aryan, AK Dikshit, AM Shinde - Journal of environmental management, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, there has been a sharp rise in the number of life cycle assessment (LCA)
studies related to road pavements and road infrastructures. The main aim of this study is to …

Energy consumption and environmental impact of rubberized asphalt pavement

T Wang, F **ao, X Zhu, B Huang, J Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
The focus of this paper is to evaluate the energy consumption and environmental impact of
rubberized asphalt pavement during the life cycle. Reducing the environmental influences of …

Recycling waste vehicle tyres into crumb rubber and the transition to renewable energy sources: A comprehensive life cycle assessment

Q Tushar, J Santos, G Zhang, MA Bhuiyan… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study conducts a comprehensive life cycle assessment (LCA) on converting waste
vehicle tyres into recycled crumb rubber (CR) granules as an alternative polymer for …

Life cycle assessment of road construction alternative materials: A literature review

A Balaguera, GI Carvajal, J Albertí… - Resources …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Research on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was initially performed to analyze
specific products; however, it evolved to assess environmental impacts of more complex …

Asphalt mixtures emission and energy consumption: A review

LP Thives, E Ghisi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is to assess carbon dioxide emissions and energy consumption
for the production of road pavements by means of a literature review. The construction of the …

Understanding and minimizing environmental impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative

AC Hughes - Conservation Biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) sets to create connections and build
infrastructure across Eurasia, Asia, and parts of the African continent in its initial phase and …

Life cycle assessment of buildings: a review

A Sharma, A Saxena, M Sethi, V Shree - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2011 - Elsevier
Sustainable development requires methods and tools to measure and compare the
environmental impacts of human activities for various products (goods and services) …

Comparative life cycle assessment of asphalt pavements using reclaimed asphalt, warm mix technology and cold in-place recycling

MI Giani, G Dotelli, N Brandini, L Zampori - Resources, Conservation and …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this work the environmental sustainability of asphalt pavement is analyzed, from material
production and maintenance strategy point of view. The work consists of an analysis of the …

Life-cycle assessment of pavements. Part I: Critical review

NJ Santero, E Masanet, A Horvath - Resources, Conservation and …, 2011 - Elsevier
The rapidly expanding set of pavement life-cycle assessments (LCAs) available in the
literature represents the growing interest in improving the sustainability of this critical …

Performance of warm mix asphalt containing Sasobit®: State-of-the-art

A Jamshidi, MO Hamzah, Z You - Construction and Building Materials, 2013 - Elsevier
Warm Mix Asphalt (WMA) technology has become increasingly popular in pavement
construction because of its environmental benefits and its ability to improve the engineering …