Abstract: Environmental awareness is increasingly important to society, government, and industry, and there is a strong demand for sustainable development practices. The importance of supply chain management is critical, as it ...

Abstract: This paper quantifies the significant environmental aspects of a new high-end office building over 50 years of service life. A comprehensive environmental life-cycle assessment—including data quality assessment—was conducted ...

Abstract: Bridge material selection has traditionally been based on engineering and economic criteria. With the increasing interest of the public, industry, and government in sustainable development, environmental assessment in ...

Abstract: To meet greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for the transportation sector, the United States is expected to expand infrastructure for producing and distributing lignocellulosic biofuels over the next decade. To compare the ...

Abstract: The exploration of life-cycle energy use and environmental effects from U.S. water infrastructure has been limited in spite of the strong connection between energy and water use. This research presents a methodology for ...

Abstract: Telework has emerged as a possible solution to transportation-related air pollution problems. This paper analyzes, both deterministically and probabilistically, a California-based 1-day telework scenario, and explores how ...

Abstract: Reducing the environmental effects of construction is a continuing professional and social concern to promote sustainable development. In this paper, we estimate the major commodity and service inputs, resource requirements, ...

Abstract: Buildings use large amounts of materials and produce much waste. Some building materials are recycled, but most become waste. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policies require producers to be responsible for their ...

Abstract: In order to create an environmentally-conscious building, the environmental impacts of the entire service life must be known. Life-cycle assessment (LCA), which evaluates the impacts from all life-cycle phases, from “cradle ...