Using LCA to Reduce Embodied Carbon in Pavement Infrastructure at MnDOT

The goal of this project is to investigate the use of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and life cycle assessment (LCA) as a standard practice in project procurement for pavement infrastructure at the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT).

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Contract Numbers:

  1036337 WO#4

• 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

  University Transportation Center for Materials in Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure (UTC-MiSTI)
  1400 Townsend Drive, 301 Dillman Hall
  Houghton, MI  United States  49931
• Principal Investigators:

  You, Zhanping

• Start Date: 20230919
• Expected Completion Date: 20260131
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decarbonization; Environmental impacts; Life cycle analysis; Paving materials
• Identifier Terms: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Geographic Terms: Minnesota
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01961157
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 1036337 WO#4
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 18 2025 11:20AM