Inclusion of Environmental Impacts in Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of bridge structures
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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 51578490], [grant number 51278459], [grant number 51638013]; the Traffic Engineering Research Plan of Zhejiang Department of Transportation [grant number 2015J20]; National Key Research and Development Program of China [grant number 2016YFC0701406];and the US National Science Foundation Award [grant number CMMI-1537926].
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Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure
Document Type
Citation
Publication Date
2020
Subjects
Environmental Impacts -- Bridges
Abstract
Civil engineering structures can induce various environmental problems during their lifetime. In this paper, the life-cycle environmental impacts of structures, including the emissions to air, water and land, are quantified by environmental cost, and are considered as a part of indirect cost in the life-cycle cost (LCC) model. The computation of environmental cost based on the pollution prevention measures is presented. Using the environmental fines and taxes on various pollutants the environmental costs of construction materials, energy, transportation, and construction equipment are calculated. Structural type selection of a bridge structure is carried out based on the environmental cost-incorporated initial cost. The environmental cost-incorporated LCC model is applied in the life-cycle cost analysis (LCCA) of steel bridge girders. Hurdle discount rates are implemented on future environmental costs. Uncertainties arising from the direct cost and environmental cost are analyzed. The effects of different types of environmental cost discount rates are discussed.
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DOI
10.1080/23789689.2018.1542212
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https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/34804
Citation Details
Wang, Z., Yang, D. Y., Frangopol, D. M., & Jin, W. (2020). Inclusion of environmental impacts in life-cycle cost analysis of bridge structures. Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 5(4), 252-267.