Life Cycle Assessment of Infrastructure
Dr. Svetlana Pushkar
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Dear Colleagues,
The use of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of infrastructures is a prerequisite for selecting the environmentally best scenario. This can help mitigate the effect of human impact on the environment. For different infrastructure scales, different LCA approaches are used: consequential (cLCA), dynamic (dLCA), emergy-based (emLCA), service and performance adjusted (spaLCA). An analysis of the LCA infrastructure literature identifies two areas of intense study: transportation infrastructure and urban water infrastructure. Transportation infrastructure includes motorway infrastructures, railway Infrastructure, and road pavement infrastructure. Urban water infrastructure includes green versus gray storm water infrastructures, wastewater-treatment infrastructure and control, urban water, and sanitation infrastructures.
However, other research topics are presented only in selected publications, although these topics do have a high potential for development: bio-gas infrastructures on a regional scale, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, low-carbon mobility, seismic-resistant infrastructure, country infrastructure as a whole, and intergenerational risk assessment of civilian infrastructure. Potential authors may submit material related to, but not limited to, the above areas.
Dr. Svetlana Pushkar
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