Climate impact estimation – from feasibility study to handover
Paper in proceeding, 2021

Responsible for 1/5 of the total CO2-equivalents emissions and 50% of the materials resources used globally, the construction industry plays a vital role for a sustainable future. All parties in the construction industry address the challenge from their perspective and national transport administrations are often considered as the driver toward a fossil free industry. In this study, three Swedish infrastructure projects are studied by means of interviews, focusing on the usage and acceptance of the recently implemented climate estimation process. From the interviews, it is found that currently there is a lack of knowledge regarding climate estimations among bridge and environmental specialists as well as project managers. To address this challenge, it is important to educate the industry and increase the knowledge about climate estimations and declarations as well as inform which actions have the largest impact to reduce the CO2-equivalents emissions.

Early design Stages

Climate estimation

Climate declaration

Infrastructure design

Author

Johan Lagerkvist

Swedish Transport Administration

Peter Simonsson

Swedish Transport Administration

Mats Karlsson

Swedish Transport Administration

Rasmus Rempling

Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering

Petra Bosch-Sijtsema

Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Service Management and Logistics

Ola Laedre

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

IABSE Congress, Ghent 2021: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs

622-628

IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs
Ghent, Belgium,

IABSE TG 1.7 - Sustainability-driven Bridge Engineering for Early Design Phases

Swedish Transport Administration, 2019-09-09 -- 2023-09-09.

Industriell konstruktion, upphandling och produktion av byggnadsverk och andra tekniska detaljer

Swedish Transport Administration (2020/65121), 2020-08-01 -- 2025-12-31.

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Subject Categories

Civil Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering

DOI

10.2749/ghent.2021.0622

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