Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Siksha Swaroopa Kar

Publications

• Research Article
  Estimation of Carbon Footprints of Bituminous Road Construction Process
  Author(s): Siksha Swaroopa Kar, Ambika Behl, Anuradha Shukla and Pramod Kumar JainSiksha Swaroopa Kar, Ambika Behl, Anuradha Shukla and Pramod Kumar Jain
  
  Carbon footprint is a term used to describe the total amount of carbon dioxide and other green house gas (GHG) emissions for which an individual/process/organization/activity is responsible. The challenge of global climate change has motivated state transportation agencies involved in the construction and maintenance of transportation infrastructure to investigate strategies that reduce the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the construction and rehabilitation of highway infrastructure. The road sector is coming under pressure to review current practice and the potential to reduce carbon emissions. To reduce GHG emission, different approaches are adopted for road construction and maintenance such as Warm Mix and Cold Mix Technologies. Warm mix asphalt is produced at temperatures 20 to 40ºC lower than hot mix asphalt (HMA). Cold Mix Asphalt is produced and p.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-784X.1000198

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