| Title | A study of compiling of Transportation Construction Carbon Emission Evaluation Handbook |
| Dept | Transportation Engineering, Maritime and Air Transport Division |
| Year | 2013 |
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| Summary | A country’s economic and social development is affected by transportation construction projects. However, construction planning and design focused considerably on the technical quality and functional perspectives of a project in the past, and seldom investigated the immense greenhouse gases discharge induced by material use and resource consumption during construction. Focusing on highway constructions, which are included in transportation constructions, this research developed a simple estimation model, as well as a detailed estimation model, to evaluate carbon emissions. However, neither models included vehicle emissions during the operation period. When the detailed design data for highway constructions is available, the detail estimation model can be used to predict the carbon emissions for the design, construction, and maintenance of a single construction project. Conversely, when the detailed design data is not available, the simple estimation model can be employed for evaluations of three basic emission items, specifically, bridges, tunnels, and road work. It can typically be used to evaluate the carbon emissions of selecting alternative projects. Based on the two models, this study also compiles the “Handbook of Energy-conserving and Carbon-reducing Transportation Construction” that can be provided as a reference for the personnel who plan and design highway construction to calculate carbon emissions, further endeavoring to reduce carbon emissions generated by construction and to comply with the global trend of energy conservation and carbon reduction |
| Post date | 2013/06/04 |
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