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
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Contract Numbers:
1036337 WO#1
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Sponsor Organizations:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
395 John Ireland Boulevard
St Paul, MN United States 55155 -
Managing Organizations:
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Office of Research & Innovation
395 John Ireland Boulevard, MS 330
St. Paul, MN United States 55155-1899 -
Performing Organizations:
Michigan Technological University, Houghton
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI United States 49931 -
Principal Investigators:
Morse, Audra
- Start Date: 20221116
- Expected Completion Date: 20250915
- 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