A Sustainability-Based Approach for Geotechnical Infrastructure
Urban growth needs large cities, and the current emphasis on landscape preservation makes using underground spaces an opportunity and a significant necessity. However, underground construction techniques significantly impact the sustainability of the built environment, including infrastructure syste...
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| author | Pettinaroli Andrea Susani Stefano Castellanza Riccardo Collina Elena Maria Pierani Matteo Paoli Riccardo Romagnoli Francesco |
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| description | Urban growth needs large cities, and the current emphasis on landscape preservation makes using underground spaces an opportunity and a significant necessity. However, underground construction techniques significantly impact the sustainability of the built environment, including infrastructure systems and their entire supply chains. Nowadays, there is a shortage of quantitative methodologies to assess and measure the sustainability of construction and underground building processes towards the three sustainable pillars, i.e. environmental, social, and economic. Thus, this study aims to cover this gap by explaining how to appropriately incorporate sustainability goals into geotechnical projects to address measure-driven strategies and eco-design-based solutions. This study illustrates a novel methodology based on the Life Cycle Thinking approach, with an emphasis on geotechnical ground improvement techniques. The proposed method incorporates the concept of the EU Taxonomy, following the EU Green Deal, with the Envision framework to guide decision-makers toward a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable infrastructure design. The proposed method will incorporate a cradle-to-site Life Cycle Assessment perspective, improving the quantitative estimation of the environmental performance of construction processes and providing guidelines to systematically assess the sustainability of geotechnical infrastructures. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1d69356700b04aec8ae7abfba29261302024-01-02T11:36:05ZengSciendoEnvironmental and Climate Technologies2255-88372023-01-0127173875210.2478/rtuect-2023-0054A Sustainability-Based Approach for Geotechnical InfrastructurePettinaroli Andrea0Susani Stefano1Castellanza Riccardo2Collina Elena Maria3Pierani Matteo4Paoli Riccardo5Romagnoli Francesco6Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, DISAT, Piazza della Scienza, 1, 2026 Milano, ItalyUniversità degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, DISAT, Piazza della Scienza, 1, 2026 Milano, ItalyUniversità degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, DISAT, Piazza della Scienza, 1, 2026 Milano, ItalyUniversità degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, DISAT, Piazza della Scienza, 1, 2026 Milano, ItalyTecne Gruppo Autostrade per l’Italia S.p.A, Viale Fulvio Testi, 280, 20126Milano, ItalyRiga Technical University, Institute of Energy Systems and Environment, Faculty of Electrical and Environmental Engineering, 12/1 Azenes iela, Riga, LV1048, LatviaRiga Technical University, Institute of Energy Systems and Environment, Faculty of Electrical and Environmental Engineering, 12/1 Azenes iela, Riga, LV1048, LatviaUrban growth needs large cities, and the current emphasis on landscape preservation makes using underground spaces an opportunity and a significant necessity. However, underground construction techniques significantly impact the sustainability of the built environment, including infrastructure systems and their entire supply chains. Nowadays, there is a shortage of quantitative methodologies to assess and measure the sustainability of construction and underground building processes towards the three sustainable pillars, i.e. environmental, social, and economic. Thus, this study aims to cover this gap by explaining how to appropriately incorporate sustainability goals into geotechnical projects to address measure-driven strategies and eco-design-based solutions. This study illustrates a novel methodology based on the Life Cycle Thinking approach, with an emphasis on geotechnical ground improvement techniques. The proposed method incorporates the concept of the EU Taxonomy, following the EU Green Deal, with the Envision framework to guide decision-makers toward a more sustainable, resilient, and equitable infrastructure design. The proposed method will incorporate a cradle-to-site Life Cycle Assessment perspective, improving the quantitative estimation of the environmental performance of construction processes and providing guidelines to systematically assess the sustainability of geotechnical infrastructures.https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2023-0054built environmenteco-designgeotechnicslcalife cycle thinkingsustainabilitytransportation infrastructure |
| spellingShingle | Pettinaroli Andrea Susani Stefano Castellanza Riccardo Collina Elena Maria Pierani Matteo Paoli Riccardo Romagnoli Francesco A Sustainability-Based Approach for Geotechnical Infrastructure Environmental and Climate Technologies built environment eco-design geotechnics lca life cycle thinking sustainability transportation infrastructure |
| title | A Sustainability-Based Approach for Geotechnical Infrastructure |
| title_full | A Sustainability-Based Approach for Geotechnical Infrastructure |
| title_fullStr | A Sustainability-Based Approach for Geotechnical Infrastructure |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Sustainability-Based Approach for Geotechnical Infrastructure |
| title_short | A Sustainability-Based Approach for Geotechnical Infrastructure |
| title_sort | sustainability based approach for geotechnical infrastructure |
| topic | built environment eco-design geotechnics lca life cycle thinking sustainability transportation infrastructure |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2023-0054 |
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