Document Status
Current
Supplement
Civil & Structural Supplement
Series
Fact Sheet
Abstract
Looks at the carbon footprint associated with producing concrete box culverts, exploring the embodied carbon impacts in the supply of raw materials and in the manufacturing process. Establishes where hotspots have been identified, the calculations used and breaks them down into the production of aggregates, transport of aggregates, production of cement and transport of cement to factory, production and use of reinforcement steel, box culvert factory emissions, excluding temporary CO2 emissions and the final calculations for reinforced box culvert sizes.
History
Replaces FAS Understanding the carbon footprint of box culverts (BOXC, 2014). Transcribed in August 2018 from a Box Culvert Association document last revised in 2014.
Subjects
- Assessment/Certification
- Environmental assessment
- Roads
- Culverts
- Green issues/sustainability/green buildings
- Civil engineering, infrastructure and public utilities
- Transport facilities
- Special subject areas
- Environmental issues/energy
Publisher History
BPDA is formed from the integration of the Concrete Pipeline Systems Association (CPSA) and the Box Culvert Association (BCA). Provides information and advice on concrete pipes, manholes, box culverts, and other precast concrete drainage systems, including sustainable drainage systems (SuDS). BPDA was formed in 2017 and is a product group of the British Precast Concrete Federation Limited.