This book highlights the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of LCA in pavements, bridges, and roadways, as presented by leading international researchers at the 6th International Symposium on Pavement, Roadway, and Bridge Life Cycle Assessment (ISPRB LCA2024), held in Arlington, VA, USA, on June 6–8, 2024. It covers a diverse range of topics concerning assessment of environmental impacts of pavements, bridges, and roadways, including environmental product declarations (EPDs) and use of life cycle assessment (LCA) in design, data, and case studies: LCA methodologies for transportation infrastructure, durability and service life assessments, maintenance strategies to enhance performance and minimize environmental impacts, evaluating the environmental impacts of materials and construction, recycling and reuse of materials, carbonation of concrete, pavement vehicle interaction, life cycle thinking in climate change planning, and climate change mitigation. The contributions, which were selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, present a wealth of exciting ideas that will open novel research directions and foster new multidisciplinary collaborations.
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Quantitative Measures of Social Sustainability for Pavements.- Assessing the ecological impact of different asphalt mix designs following a cradle to gate approach.- Effect of Transportation on Environmental Burdens of Blended Cements Made with Imported and Domestic Supplementary Cementitious Materials.- Updates and Demonstration of the FAA Airfield Life Cycle Assessment Tool A Taxiway Case Study.- Recommended to Include Relevant Material Performance in the Construction Material Environmental Product Declarations.- Life Cycle Assessment of Asphalt Concrete Construction Stage and Impacts of Construction Equipment Idling.- Life Cycle Cost and Environmental Impacts of Portland Limestone Cement and Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement as alternative binders in Concrete.- Rol Road LCA a web based application for estimating the excess fuel consumption and environmental impacts due to the rolling resistance of passenger cars.