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 Research Article
												Estimation of Carbon Footprints of Bituminous Road Construction Process 						
Author(s): Siksha Swaroopa  Kar, Ambika  Behl, Anuradha  Shukla and Pramod Kumar  JainSiksha Swaroopa  Kar, Ambika  Behl, Anuradha  Shukla and Pramod Kumar  Jain             
						
												
				 Carbon footprint is a term used to describe the total amount of carbon dioxide and other green house gas (GHG) emissions for which an individual/process/organization/activity is responsible. The challenge of global climate change has motivated state transportation agencies involved in the construction and maintenance of transportation infrastructure to investigate strategies that reduce the life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the construction and rehabilitation of highway infrastructure. The road sector is coming under pressure to review current practice and the potential to reduce carbon emissions. To reduce GHG emission, different approaches are adopted for road construction and maintenance such as Warm Mix and Cold Mix Technologies. Warm mix asphalt is produced at temperatures 20 to 40ºC lower than hot mix asphalt (HMA). Cold Mix Asphalt is produced and p.. Read More»
				  
												DOI:
												 10.4172/2165-784X.1000198 
																	  
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