Comparative “from Cradle to Gate” Life Cycle Assessments of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Materials
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Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00184, Italy
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Tecnoprove, Monterodondo 00015, Italy
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Cra. 1 #18a-12, Bogotá, Colombia
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Sustainability 2017, 9(3), 400; https://doi.org/10.3390/su9030400
Received: 3 February 2017 / Revised: 19 February 2017 / Accepted: 3 March 2017 / Published: 8 March 2017
(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Engineering and Science)
The objective of this work is to compare the environmental impact of two different hot mix asphalt (HMA) materials used for road construction in Italy. The analyses used a “from cradle to gate” Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) boundary system and the methodology included considerations about raw materials and fuel supply, as well as transport and manufacturing processes. Primary data provided by the producers and secondary data available in the literature were used as part of the analyses. The results suggest that the proposed method offers rigorous criteria for a comprehensive assessment of the environmental impact of HMA materials, which could be used, among others, as an evaluation parameter in public bids.
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Moretti, L.; Mandrone, V.; D’Andrea, A.; Caro, S. Comparative “from Cradle to Gate” Life Cycle Assessments of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Materials. Sustainability 2017, 9, 400. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9030400
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Moretti L, Mandrone V, D’Andrea A, Caro S. Comparative “from Cradle to Gate” Life Cycle Assessments of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Materials. Sustainability. 2017; 9(3):400. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9030400
Chicago/Turabian StyleMoretti, Laura, Vittorio Mandrone, Antonio D’Andrea, and Silvia Caro. 2017. "Comparative “from Cradle to Gate” Life Cycle Assessments of Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Materials" Sustainability 9, no. 3: 400. https://doi.org/10.3390/su9030400
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