@inproceedings{14e271c5d0224308984888b889f35021,
title = "Consideration of greenhouse warming potential in infrastructure planning",
abstract = "Sustainability is getting more and more important also in the construction industry. In the past many research projects focused on sustainability of buildings but not of infrastructure projects and related structures. To understand the greenhouse warming potential of infrastructures, we have calculated the CO2-Equivalents (CO2E) of production processes of road, bridges and tunnels and additionally the traffic induced emissions for a free traffic flow for an example with different alignment options. The effect of longitudinal gradients, cross sections and construction methods have been considered. To allow a better understanding of the relevance of CO2Eemissions of construction processes, the CO2E-emissions have been evaluatedmonetarily. Initial results show a small influence of CO2E-emission costs of production processes in comparison to life cycle costs. But alignment options that would result in fewer emissions (global impact) may have a negative impact on the local environment. Higher costs for compensation of encroachments upon nature resulting therefrom compete with reduced emissions and fuel over the whole life-cycle.",
keywords = "Bridge construction, Environmental life-cycle assessment, Greenhouse warming potential, Infrastructure, Road construction, Sustainability, Tunnel construction",
author = "Julia Sauer and Sonja Xalter and Oliver Fischer and Stephan Freudenstein",
note = "Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2013 by Research Publishing Services.; 7th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference: New Developments in Structural Engineering and Construction, ISEC 2013 ; Conference date: 18-06-2013 Through 23-06-2013",
year = "2013",
doi = "10.3850/978-981-07-5354-2-Su-6-115",
language = "English",
series = "ISEC 2013 - 7th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference: New Developments in Structural Engineering and Construction",
publisher = "Research Publishing Services",
pages = "1721--1726",
editor = "Siamak Yazdani and Amarjit Singh",
booktitle = "ISEC 2013 - 7th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference",
}