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Life Cycle Assessment of Pavements through PaLATE

Tomas Erich Tisberger Ibanez

Life Cycle Assessment of Pavements through PaLATE.

Rel. Ezio Santagata, Lucia Tsantilis, Eldho Choorackal Avirachan. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Civile, 2020

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Abstract:

Sustainability concepts are becoming more and more popular over the years. In the transportation field, pavement´s construction plays a leading role regarding environmental issues and impacts; hence, different tools and methodologies are arising to handle them. The aim of this work is to critically analyze the possibility of employing one of these tools called PaLATE (Pavement Life-cycle Assessment Tool for Environmental and Economic Effects) in Europe. This tool works within a “Life Cycle Assessment” (LCA) methodology, which takes into account the whole process of a pavement construction, making emphasis principally in sustainability and giving an estimation of environmental burdens (emissions and resources´ consumption) useful for decision-makers, companies, governmental and non-governmental organizations. To achieve the goal of this thesis two case studies were considered; the first one is the construction of the “Torre del Colle” viaduct located in the Piedmont region of Italy a few kilometers away from Turin in which the pavement is composed by two bituminous mixture layers. The second one, is that of an Italian extra-urban road also located in the Piedmont region and it is a traditional pavement composed by three bituminous mixture layers and one made of crushed granular material. Finally, with these cases, it was possible to highlight advantages, drawbacks and limitations of PaLATE.

Relatori: Ezio Santagata, Lucia Tsantilis, Eldho Choorackal Avirachan
Anno accademico: 2019/20
Tipo di pubblicazione: Elettronica
Numero di pagine: 146
Soggetti:
Corso di laurea: Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Civile
Classe di laurea: Nuovo ordinamento > Laurea magistrale > LM-23 - INGEGNERIA CIVILE
Aziende collaboratrici: NON SPECIFICATO
URI: http://webthesis.biblio.polito.it/id/eprint/13715
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