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Environmental Potentials of Asphalt Materials Applied to Urban Roads: Case Study of the City of Münster

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Department of Structural Engineering and Material Sciences, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Department of Infrastructure, University of Innsbruck, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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Department of Mobility and Civil Engineering, 48155 Münster, Germany
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The World Bank, Washington, DC 20433, USA
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Sustainability 2020, 12(15), 6113; https://doi.org/10.3390/su12156113
Received: 6 July 2020 / Revised: 21 July 2020 / Accepted: 27 July 2020 / Published: 29 July 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Solutions for Sustainable Transport Infrastructure)
Life cycle assessment (LCA) tools have been used by governments and city administrators to support the decision-making process toward creating a more sustainable society. Since LCA is strongly influenced by local conditions and may vary according to various factors, several institutions have launched cooperation projects to achieve sustainable development goals. In this study, we assessed the potential environmental enhancements within the production of road materials applied to the road network of Münster, Germany. We also compared traditional pavement structures used in Münster and alternative options containing asphalt mixtures with larger amounts of reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP). Although the case study was conducted in Münster, the data collected and the results obtained in this study can be used for comparison purposes in other investigations. In the analysis, we considered all environmental impacts from raw material extraction to the finished product at the asphalt plant. Two environmental indicators were used: non-renewable cumulative energy demand (nr-CED) and global warming potential (GWP). The results show that using RAP increases the consumption of energy but potentially decreases the environmental impacts in terms of the nr-CED and GWP associated with the production of asphalt materials. View Full-Text
Keywords: life cycle assessment; asphalt mixtures; reclaimed asphalt pavement; environmental impact life cycle assessment; asphalt mixtures; reclaimed asphalt pavement; environmental impact
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Siverio Lima, M.S.; Hajibabaei, M.; Hesarkazzazi, S.; Sitzenfrei, R.; Buttgereit, A.; Queiroz, C.; Tautschnig, A.; Gschösser, F. Environmental Potentials of Asphalt Materials Applied to Urban Roads: Case Study of the City of Münster. Sustainability 2020, 12, 6113. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12156113

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Siverio Lima MS, Hajibabaei M, Hesarkazzazi S, Sitzenfrei R, Buttgereit A, Queiroz C, Tautschnig A, Gschösser F. Environmental Potentials of Asphalt Materials Applied to Urban Roads: Case Study of the City of Münster. Sustainability. 2020; 12(15):6113. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12156113

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Siverio Lima, Mayara S., Mohsen Hajibabaei, Sina Hesarkazzazi, Robert Sitzenfrei, Alexander Buttgereit, Cesar Queiroz, Arnold Tautschnig, and Florian Gschösser. 2020. "Environmental Potentials of Asphalt Materials Applied to Urban Roads: Case Study of the City of Münster" Sustainability 12, no. 15: 6113. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12156113

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