TY - GEN
T1 - RoadCO2
T2 - 2019 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2019
AU - Alzard, Mohammed H.
AU - Maraqa, Munjed A.
AU - Chowdhury, Rezaul
AU - Sherif, Mohammad
AU - Mauga, Timur Ibrahim
AU - De Albuquerque, Francisco Benicio
AU - Aljunadi, Khaled Nazmi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/5/14
Y1 - 2019/5/14
N2 - A number of countries have recognized the need to quantify the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by road transportation. As a result, several estimation tools have been developed during the last decade. However, the available tools do not capture all activities contributing to GHG emissions during the life cycle of road projects. This paper describes the development of a comprehensive web-based tool that can be used to quantify direct and embodied emissions from all activities associated with different phases of road projects. The tool, called RoadCO2, accounts for all possible activities that may be encountered during the pre-construction, construction, operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation phases of a road project. Although RoadCO2 currently uses emission factors established by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the tool has the flexibility to accommodate country-specific emission factors, if available.
AB - A number of countries have recognized the need to quantify the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by road transportation. As a result, several estimation tools have been developed during the last decade. However, the available tools do not capture all activities contributing to GHG emissions during the life cycle of road projects. This paper describes the development of a comprehensive web-based tool that can be used to quantify direct and embodied emissions from all activities associated with different phases of road projects. The tool, called RoadCO2, accounts for all possible activities that may be encountered during the pre-construction, construction, operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation phases of a road project. Although RoadCO2 currently uses emission factors established by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the tool has the flexibility to accommodate country-specific emission factors, if available.
KW - GHGs
KW - RoadCO
KW - carbon footprint
KW - road projects
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U2 - 10.1109/ICASET.2019.8714341
DO - 10.1109/ICASET.2019.8714341
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85066945749
T3 - 2019 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2019
BT - 2019 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 26 March 2019 through 10 April 2019
ER -