Using Life Cycle Assessments to Reduce Embodied Carbon in Pavement Infrastructure at MnDOT

Status: Active
Project Start Date: 09/19/2023

Summary:

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 MnDOT.

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Project Personnel:

Principal Investigator: Zhanping You
Co-Principal Investigator: Amlan Mukherjee
Technical Liaison: Curt Turgeon
Project Coordinator: Jackie Jiran
Panel Members:
    Abbey Bryduck - MN Asphalt Pavement Association
    Anna Pierce - Sustainability & Public Health
    Benjamin Ciavola - WAP Sustainability
    Dan Labo - Concrete Paving Association of Minnesota (CPAM)
    Emil Bautista - Materials & Road Research
    Jacob Gave - Materials & Road Research
    John Cunningham - Aggregate & Ready Mix Association of Minnesota
    Lianna Miller - Trisight LLC
    Peter Eakman -
    Thomas Calhoon - Materials & Road Research
    Tom Van Dam - WJE