2012.4-2013.3 Yearbook of NILIM
Research Summary
Environment Department
| Reference Number | Y120108 |
| Title | Life Cycle Assessment of road project |
| Start-End Date | 2011.4-2013.3 |
| Division | Road Environment Division |
| Author | Head, Katsunori KADOYU Researcher, Taro KANDA Guest Research Engineer, Keita SUGABAYASHI |
| Summary | Carbon footprint of shield tunneling method was estimated. CO2 emissions intensities of segment and shield tunneling machine were calculated based on field survey. The estimation suggested most of the CO2 is emitted from primary lining and shield machine manufacturing, and their emissions intensities are similar between different construction methods. |