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Title: | Integration of Carbon Emissions Estimates into Climate Resilience Frameworks for Transport Asset Recovery |
Authors: | Mitoulis, S Bompa, D Argyroudis, S |
Keywords: | sustainability;climate resilience;circularity;metrics;transport |
Issue Date: | 26-May-2024 |
Publisher: | Springer Nature |
Citation: | Mitoulis, S.,Bompa, D. and Argyroudis, S. (2024) 'Integration of Carbon Emissions Estimates into Climate Resilience Frameworks for Transport Asset Recovery', in: Ungureanu, V., et al. (eds.) 4th International Conference "Coordinating Engineering for Sustainability and Resilience" & Midterm Conference of CircularB “Implementation of Circular Economy in the Built Environment”. CESARE 2024. (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 489), pp. 39 - 49. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-57800-7_3. |
Series/Report no.: | Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering;vol 489 International Conference "Coordinating Engineering for Sustainability and Resilience" |
Abstract: | This study describes a framework for optimizing environmental sustainability, climate resilience, and cost in post-hazard transport asset recovery. Particular focus is given to the environmental impact assessment component and its conceptual integration with resilience metrics. After describing the workflow adopted in the complete framework, the environmental impact modelling assumptions, system boundaries, and life cycle inventories for materials, on-site activities and transportation are detailed. Carbon equivalent emissions are evaluated for various restoration tasks for a bridge subjected to nine flood scenarios and represented through a sustainability index. A baseline environmental impact analysis is initially conducted, considering conventional materials, construction techniques, and procedures for each restoration task. Additional sensitivity studies are carried out to evaluate the influence of low-carbon solutions and task duration on carbon emissions. These are weighted based on the probability of the bridge being in a specific damage state. The results demonstrate that low-carbon solutions can provide carbon savings to varying degrees depending on the hazard intensity. Normalised sustainability, resilience, and cost metrics are combined into a unique global index, which can be adopted to prioritise the recovery of the asset. Suggestions on adopting circularity indicators and waste hierarchy levels into such frameworks are also given. |
URI: | https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/29240 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57800-7_3 |
ISSN: | 2366-2557 978-3-031-57799-4 (print) 978-3-031-57800-7 (ebk) |
Other Identifiers: | ORCiD: Stergios A. Mitoulis https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7201-2703 ORCiD: Dan V. Bompa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7738-6130 ORCiD: Sotirios Argyroudis https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8131-3038 489 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Papers |
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