Predicting fuel energy consumption during earthworks

Autor: Marta Gangolells, Miquel Casals, Benedetta Bossi, Marco Lorenzo Agostino Trani
Přispěvatelé: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria de Projectes i de la Construcció, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GRIC - Grup de Recerca i Innovació de la Construcció
Rok vydání: 2016
Předmět:
Engineering
Construcció -- Aspectes ambientals
020209 energy
Strategy and Management
Strategy and Management1409 Tourism
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
Moviments de terres -- Aspectes ambientals
01 natural sciences
Civil engineering
Edificació::Impacte ambiental [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC]
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
Environmental impact assessment
Renewable Energy
Duration (project management)
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
General Environmental Science
Consumption (economics)
Sustainability and the Environment
Construction process
Renewable Energy
Sustainability and the Environment
business.industry
Leisure and Hospitality Management
Earthworks
Energy consumption
Load factor
Construction equipment
Construction site
Fuel consumption
2300
Strategy and Management1409 Tourism
Leisure and Hospitality Management
Excavator
Earthwork--Environmental aspects
Fuel efficiency
business
Construction projects--Environmental aspects
Zdroj: Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
instname
UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
ISSN: 0959-6526
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.08.027
Popis: This research contributes to the assessment of on-site fuel consumption and the resulting carbon dioxide emissions due to earthworks-related processes in residential building projects, prior to the start of the construction phase. Several studies have been carried out on this subject, and have demonstrated the considerable environmental impact of earthworks activities in terms of fuel consumption. However, no methods have been proposed to estimate on-site fuel consumption during the planning stage. This paper presents a quantitative method to predict fuel consumption before the construction phase. The calculations were based on information contained in construction project documents and the definition of equipment load factors. Load factors were characterized for the typical equipment that is used in earthworks in residential building projects (excavators, loaders and compactors), taking into considering the type of soil, the type of surface and the duration of use. We also analyzed transport fuel consumption, because of its high impact in terms of pollution. The proposed method was then applied to a case study that illustrated its practical use and benefits. The predictive method can be used as an assessment tool for residential construction projects, to measure the environmental impact in terms of on-site fuel consumption. Consequently, it provides a significant basis for future methods to compare construction projects.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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