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Life-Cycle Assessment of Diesel-Electric Hybrid and Conventional Diesel Trucks for Deliveries
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Purolator is a Canadian courier company that recently introduced hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) into their fleets. This paper estimates the fuel savings and greenhouse gas reductions for Purolator’s hybrid trucks using a ...
Evaluating the Potential Impact of Building Design Strategies on Material Recovery during Deconstruction
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Construction accounts for 11% of embodied carbon and generates around half of the solid waste in our economy. Recovering materials from deconstructed buildings at the end of their life cycles can reduce embodied carbon and ...