Carbon-Neutral Infrastructure

Dear Colleagues,

Currently, achieving carbon neutrality is a common goal worldwide. Transportation infrastructure is characterized by high resource demand and energy consumption. Road infrastructure requires a large amount of non-renewable resources during the construction phase, and asphalt and cement pavements, as the most important components of road transportation infrastructure, generate high levels of carbon emissions during their construction and maintenance phases. Therefore, reducing the dependence of road infrastructure on non-renewable resources, upgrading the level of construction and maintenance, increasing the level of recycling of infrastructure materials, and developing low-carbon materials or related technologies are very important for the sustainable development of transportation and the goal of carbon neutrality. Based on the principle of conserving non-renewable resources and energy, some attempts have been made to construct low-carbon emission transportation infrastructure, such as using typical solid waste to replace natural resources in concrete, developing warm-mix asphalt and cold-mix asphalt technologies for asphalt pavements, and improving the recycling efficiency of infrastructure by optimizing processes and equipment. To help achieve the goal of carbon neutrality in transportation infrastructure, this topic aims to attract articles on new materials or innovative technologies for carbon neutral transportation infrastructure. We welcome original research or review articles with a clear application focus in these areas.

Dr. Wentong Wang
Dr. Dongdong Yuan
Dr. Augusto Cannone Falchetto
Dr. Fucheng Guo
Guest Editors

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