Sustainability concept of design of concrete bridges based on LCA

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68407700:21720/23:00373996

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003323020-448" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003323020-448</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003323020-448" target="_blank" >10.1201/9781003323020-448</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Sustainability concept of design of concrete bridges based on LCA

Original language description

Sustainability should become a basic concept for efficient/high quality design and operation of any structure through entire life cycle. Concrete is gradually becoming a building material with a high potential for such new technical solutions that meet new requirements, leading to the necessary reduction of environmental impacts and consequent improvement of social and economic conditions. The specific type of structures are bridges, where traditionally dominant requirements are efficiency of structural performance connected with cost efficiency, and due to a visual exposure to their architectural form and aesthetics. However, environmental quality is not usually considered. The need for an environmental assessment of different alternatives is becoming increasingly important due to the need to reduce environmental impacts, especially the carbon footprint. Environmental assessment could be done using existing standard methodologies of LCA in line with the concept of implementation of sustainability principles of concrete structures in the new fib ModelCode 2020. The paper presents a LCA case study focusing on concrete footbridge over the Labe river in Čelákovice, Czech Republic. One alternative is traditional design, and the second two represent advanced design using precast elements from UHPC. The detailed LCA analysis performed compares all three alternatives from an environmental impact point of view.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20101 - Civil engineering

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Life-Cycle of Structures and Infrastructure Systems

ISBN

9781003323020

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

3656-3663

Publisher name

CRC Press

Place of publication

London

Event location

Miláno

Event date

Jul 2, 2023

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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