Development of Process to Lower GWP of Construction Materials

The objective of this project is to provide technical assistance and support to the concrete ready-mix industry to adapt to well informed environmental product declaration (EPD) related practices. The research will collect, classify and characterize concrete ready-mix EPD data, life cycle assessment (LCA) inventory data and procurement process data.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $260278
• Contract Numbers:

  1036337 WO#1

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Principal Investigators:

  Mukherjee, Amlan

• Start Date: 20221116
• Expected Completion Date: 20241031
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental impacts; Life cycle analysis; Ready mixed concrete
• Subject Areas: Construction; Environment; Highways; Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01836102
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 1036337 WO#1
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Feb 18 2022 12:05PM