Reducing the Carbon Footprint in Road Construction
New Dehli (India), 17-19 February 2011
The Seminar is organized jointly by the PIARC Technical Committee A.1 "Preserving the environment" and the Indian Roads Congress with the support of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India.
Seminar proceedings
Theme 1: Road development programme in India |
Development of Road Infrastructure in India |
Theme 2: Determination of the carbon footprint of road works Chair persons: |
Review of a Toolkit for GHG Emissions Mitigation in Road Construction and Rehabilitation in East Asian Developing Countries |
A Review of Worldwide Road Construction Carbon Accounting Practices and Outstanding Challenges |
Impact of Highway widening on carbon foot print |
Assessing Greeenhouse Gas Emissions in Road Construction: an example of Calculation Tool for Road Projects |
Theme 3: Road design for reduction of the carbon footprint Chair persons: |
Carbon Footprint in Road Construction - A Comparative Study of some Alternate Type Constructions |
Environmental Assessment of Road Pavements - the French Experience |
Applying the Concept of Sustainable Development to the Construction of New Pavements and Optimization of Subgrade and Pavement Design |
"StrataWeb" Geocells: a Three Dimensional Cellular Confinement System |
Theme 4: Innovative bituminous techniques to reduce energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions Chair persons: |
Warm Bituminous Mixes |
Bitumen Emulsions and the Environment |
High Temperature Solar Thermal Energy for Asphalt Plants |
Warm mix asphalt - Production of Low-Energy Asphalt with Continuous and/or Batch Mix Production Plants |
Introduction to warm mix asphalt (WMA) |
Indian Experiences on Microsurfacing: An Innovative Technology for Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
WMA a New Coating Method to give the same Performances as HMA, but with Low Temperature |
Theme 5: Use of local materials Chair persons: |
Application of Geo-naturals in Highway Construction for Mitigation of Carbon Footprint |
Sustainable Blended Cement for Reduction of Carbon Footprint derived from Leather Fleshing as a Constituent Material for Road Construction |
Earthworks and Environmental Monitoring - A case study |
Main Road RN7 between La Pacaudière and Changy (France) : A High Performance Treated Capping Layer at the Limit of the Specifications |
An Enzyme based Solution for Reducing the Carbon Footprint in Road Construction in India |
Application of the Vetiver Grass for Erosion Control |
Use of Local Materials - State of Practise in USA |
Theme 6: Recycling and preservation of fossil resources Chair persons: |
Asphalt Preservation as a Means of Reducing Carbon Footprint in the Road Construction Industry |
Hot-In-Situ Recycling of Bituminous Roads In Delhi - A Case Study |
Typology of Hot Mix and Warm Mix Recycling Solutions in Batch Mix and Continuous Production Plants |
Saving Non-Renewable Resources Using Recycling Processes |
The Benefits of Reclaimed Materials |
Panel discussion |
Green Contracts |