Program

Registration
Room: Pre-Function AB

• Nametags, proceedings book, program

1.1. Welcome Note – VDOT/VTRC, FHWA, RILEM (5-10 minutes)
Moderator: Gerardo Flintsch | Room: Fitzgerald ABC

1.2. Keynote

• US Environmental Protection Agency Address (35 minutes) – Peter Bacas
• Social Life Cycle Assessment methodology: Its Standardization and Application to Construction Sector (35 minutes) – Marzia Traverso

Panel Discussion (20 minutes)

Coffee Break
Room: Pre-Function ABC

1.3. Panel Session: FHWA Efforts on Setting GWP Thresholds: Current Status and Future Outlook
Moderator: Joep Meijer | Room: Fitzgerald ABC

Part A – Invited Presentations (60 minutes)

1. FHWA – Migdalia Carrion/Brian Dobling
2. Asphalt – Joseph Shacat (NAPA)
3. Concrete – Brian Killingsworth (NRMCA)
4. Steel – Max Puchtel (AISC)
5. Agency Perspective – Hailey Goodale (CDOT)
6. Academia – John Harvey (UC Davis)

Part B – Panel Discussion (45 minutes)

1.4. Poster Session & Reception
Room: Fitzgerald ABC + Pre-Function CDE

• LCA Perspective and Biogenic: A Comprehensive Analysis of Environmental Impact in Infrastructure Construction | A-77 | R. A. Mehraban, L. Tsantilis, P. P. Riviera and E. Santagata
• The Use of Belitic Calcium Sulfoaluminate (BCSA) Cement as a Mineral Admixture in Portland Limestone Cement (PLC) | A-78 | Fabian Paniagua and Eric P. Bescher
• From Road's End to Rebirth: Analyzing End-of-Life Allocation Approaches in Asphalt Mixtures | A-96 | P. D. R. Peguero, D. L. Presti and M. Traverso
• Considering performance in cradle-to-gate LCA studies – Do reference service lives provide a good proxy or should predicted service lives be used instead? | B-76 | Ben Moins, David Hernando, Wim Van den Bergh and Amaryllis Audenaert
• Sustainability-Informed Decision of Asphalt Pavement Overlay | B-86 | P. Xie and H. Wang
• Incorporation of Embodied Carbon of Concrete into Durability Design of Concrete Bridge Deck | B-90 | J. Zhang and L. Ahmadi
• Life Cycle Assessment of Pavement Preservation Techniques Using the LTPP Database | B-91 | Chukwunwike Okwuenu, M. Elwardany, H. Dylla, M. El-Hakim, A. Kelly and O. Elbagalati
• Life-Cycle Assessment & Life-Cycle Cost Analysis of Heavy-Duty Trucks Using Alternative Fuels | B-99 | Q. Zhou, A. Khan, E. Okte, I. Al-Qadi
• Quantitative Measures of Social Sustainability for Pavements | C-73 | E. Okte, J. Boakye and M. Behrend
• Modern road infrastructures implications: case studies in Bari, Italy | C-75 | Stefano Coropulis
• Towards the assessment of social sustainability – Identifying social hotspots for road pavement materials | C-103 | G. Buttitta, P. D. Rosario, D. L. Presti and M. Traverso
• A Digital and Comprehensive Tool for Sustainable and Climate Resilient Transport Network | D-79 | Danilo Ebbinghaus, Koji Negishi, Renaud De Montaignac
• Life Cycle Assessment of Coastal Pavements Incorporating Flood Responsive Maintenance Strategies | D-88 | W. Anwar, E. Dave and J. Sias
• Optimizing Concrete Pavement Designs to Reduce LCCA and LCA | E-74 | T. Speakmon
• Environmental Impacts of RAP Recycling in Asphalt Pavements Using Life Cycle Assessment: A Saudi Arabian Case Study | E-80 | I. Shatnawi and A. Ali
• Sustainability-oriented business models for highway concessions in Brazil: a case study of maintenance strategies with reclaimed asphalt pavement | E-81 | M. R. Gracez, K. Y. Suzuki, S. M. Palu, C. Merighi, G. B. Colpo and L. A. T. Brito
• Methods to Benchmark the Global Warming Potentials of Asphalt Mixes and Strategies to Reduce Carbon Footprint: A Life Cycle Assessment Case Study | E-83 | A. Gbolade, D. Vivanco and D. Mishra
• Implementing Reduced Temperature Chemical Warm Mix Asphalt into Practice Can Lead to Reduced Environmental Impacts: A Claim Backed by Life Cycle Assessment | E-84 | A. Gbolade, R. Steger, J. Bausano and D. Mishra
• Combined Implementation of Balanced Mix Design and Warm-Mix Technology: Impact Assessment Considering both Performance and Environmental Aspects | E-85 | A. R. Moshfeghi, A. Gbolade, D. Vivanco, R. Steger, J. Bausano and D. Mishra
• Improving the Carbon Footprint of West Virginia Pavements | E-89 | Md Reasad Samrat, Jacob Kubasiak and James Bryce
• Overcoming the Educational Barrier to Cement and Concrete Carbon Reduction | E-92 | S. Lopez, T. V. Dam, L. Sutter, R. D. Hooton, A. Innis and K. Senn
• Life Cycle Assessment of Next-Generation Flexible Pavements at the FHWA Pavement Testing Facility | E-93 | Y. Zhao, J. A. Rivera, M. S. Sakhaeifar, A. Nadkarni and M. Carrion
• Life Cycle Assessment of Asphalts Containing Recycled Marine Debris in Hawaii | E-94 | C. Megill and J. Lynch

Registration
Room: Pre-Function AB

2.1. Keynote
Moderator – Imad Al-Qadi | Room: Fitzgerald ABC

• Pathways for CO₂ Reduction from Cement-Based Materials until 2050 (35 minutes) – Karen Scrivener
• The Real Potential of Biogenic Binders in Reducing CO2 Emissions and Meeting Differing Expectations for LCA (35 minutes) – Erik Denneman

Panel Discussion (20 minutes)

Coffee Break
Room: Pre-Function ABC

2.2.1. Workshop Session
Moderator – Joseph Shacat | Room: Fitzgerald D

Emerald Eco-Label EPD Simulator: A New Web-Based Software Tool for Research and Education Related to Asphalt Mixture EPDs – Ben Ciavola
(Attendees are encouraged to bring laptops for a first-hand experience with the tool.)

2.2.2. Lectern Session
Moderator – Austin Jarell | Room: Fitzgerald E

• Permeable Pavement Systems: Sustainable Case Studies | I. Qamhia, I. L. Al-Qadi, H. Ozer and A. Golalipour
• Towards The Assessment of Social Sustainability – Identifying Social Hotspots for Road Pavement Materials | Pamela Del Rosario, G. Buttitta, D. L. Presti and M. Traverso
• Quantitative Measures of Social Sustainability for Pavements | E. Okte and J. Boakye
• A Methodology for the Life Cycle Management of European Road Pavements | Davide Lo Presti, A. J. D. B. Carrión, G. Buttitta, A. A. Butt and J. Harvey

Lunch
Room: Fitzgerald ABC

2.3.1. Young Member Committee Working Tables Session
Moderator – Heather Dylla | Room: Fitzgerald ABC

• Discussion of Topics/Themes from Poster Session

2.3.2. Lectern Session
Moderator – Eugene Amarh | Room: Fitzgerald D

• Data Specificity of Concrete Mixture Environmental Product Declarations | M. Cooper and A. Mukherjee
• Study on the Mechanical Behavior and Environmental Product Declarations of Road Base Layers Incorporating Anhydrous Calcium Sulphate | A. Serpi, J. Rombi, M. Coni and F. Maltinti
• Environmental Product Declarations: Effects of Scope of Consideration and Design Approach on the Results of Life Cycle Assessments | P. Schmitz and B. Gee
• Recommended to Include Relevant Material Performance in the Construction Material Environmental Product Declarations | A. A. Butt, R. Wu and J. Harvey

Coffee Break
Room: Pre-Function ABC

2.4.1. Lectern Session
Moderator – Joao Santos | Room: Fitzgerald D

• Life Cycle Cost and Environmental Impacts of Portland Limestone Cement and Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement as alternative binders in Concrete | I. Filani, A. A. Butt and J. Harvey
• Life Cycle Assessment of Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement Overlay of Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement | H. Li, M. Zhang, H. Azarijafari and R. Kirchain
• Effect of Transportation on Environmental Burdens of Blended Cements Made with Imported and Domestic Supplementary Cementitious Materials | A. A. Butt and S. Nassiri
• Capital Goods Data in Asphalt Products | O. Tokede, S. Mahlan, R. Mankaa and M. Traverso

2.4.2. Lectern Session
Moderator – Hasan Ozer | Room: Fitzgerald E

• Assessing the Ecological Impact of Different Asphalt Mix Designs Following a Cradle to Gate Approach | P. Schönauer, M. Gruber and B. Hofko
• Life Cycle Assessment of Rubber Modified Asphalt Pavement in Michigan: A Case Study | K. Xin, D. Jin, Z. You and R. Handler
• Toward Sustainability – Life Cycle Perspective in Green Hydrogen and By-products Material in Asphalt Production: A Case Study for Road Pavement | M. Shokri, M. Traverso and R. N. Mankaa

2.5 Symposium Banquet
Room: Pre-Function ABC & Fitzgerald ABC

Registration
Room: Pre-Function AB

3.1. Panel & Plenary Session
Moderator – Amlan Mukherjee | Room: Fitzgerald ABC

• Integrating LCA into a Future of Digital Innovation (or, where EDC-6 meets EDC-7) – Amlan Mukherjee

Panel Discussion:

• CDOT – Hailey Goodale
• MN DOT – Emil Bautista
• DE DOT – Jim Pappas
• NIST – Joshua Kneifel

Plenary Session:

• Plenary Paper 1 – Piloting Life Cycle Assessment: Experiences from Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Virginia Departments of Transportation Case Studies | E. Amarh, B. Bowers, S. Cooper III, B. Diefenderfer, H. Dylla, G. Flintsch, S. Gatiganti, L. Mohammad and N. Tran
• Plenary Paper 2 – Summary of the FHWA Climate Challenge or Symposium | Brian Dobling

Coffee Break
Room: Pre-Function ABC

3.2.1. Lectern Session
Moderator – Davide Lo Presti | Room: Fitzgerald D

• Life Cycle Assessment of Asphalt Concrete Construction Stage and Impacts of Construction Equipment Idling | S. C. Gatiganti, B. Bowers and N. Tran
• LCA and LCCA for the Use of Low-Quality Local Aggregates in Stone Matrix Asphalt in Illinois | L. Diab and I. Al-Qadi
• Renewable Fuel for Asphalt Concrete Production to Reduce Carbon Emissions | E. Coleri, J. Hickey and Z. Heck
• A Graphene-Enhanced Recycled-Plastic Asphalt Mixture Modifier: Two Case Studies in the United Kingdom and the United States of America | B. Allen, S. D. Diefenderfer, J. Habbouche, S. Eskandarsefat and L. Venturini

3.2.2. Lectern Session
Moderator – Maria Mutuc | Room: Fitzgerald E

• Case Study: Implementation of Buy Clean Colorado for I-76 Highway Construction Project | D. Donado and C. Senseney
• Integrating Corporate GHG Protocols Scope 1, 2, and 3 into Product Life Cycle Assessments | P. Bacas and H. Dylla
• Strategies for Reducing CO2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Flexible Pavements Life Cycle | A. Saeed, J. Tingle and C. Williams
• Rethinking Concrete Pavements with RAP Aggregates Based on Materials Performance and LCA | Alex Brand

Lunch
Room: Pre-Function ABC

3.3.1. Lectern Session
Moderator – Ben Moins | Room: Fitzgerald D

• Evaluation of Life Cycle Assessment Tools for Road Construction and Operation Purposes: A Case Study in Nordic Europe | T. D. Gebre, D. Wang, N. Eklöf and A. C. Falchetto
• Updates and Demonstration of the FAA Airfield Life Cycle Assessment Tool: A Taxiway Case Study | A. A. Butt, N. Titterton, J. Harvey, I. Filani and N. Garg
• RolRoad –LCA: A Web-Based Application for Estimating the Excess Fuel Consumption and Environmental Impacts Due to the Rolling Resistance of Passenger Cars | I. Uva, J. Santos, V. Cerezo and S. Miller

3.3.2. Lectern Session
Moderator – Ali Rajab | Room: Fitzgerald E

• Assessment of Lifecycle Impacts of Steel and Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Infrastructure Components | John Schweitzer
• Evaluate and Document Production and Reduction Methods for CO2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Flexible Pavements Life Cycle | A. Saeed, J. Tingle and C. Williams
• Optimizing Network-Level Pavement Treatment for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction | M. Zhang, H. Li, H. Azarijafari and R. Kirchain
• A Systematic Digitalization for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Measures in Long-Term Road Planning | K. Negishi, L. Fischer and R. D. Montaignac

Coffee Break

3.4 Panel Discussion
Moderator – John Harvey | Room: Fitzgerald ABC

Theme: Key Challenges & Opportunities in Life Cycle Assessment in Two to Three Years (60 minutes)

• Daniel Hoenig – Climate Leadership Council (US)
• Colleen K. Moss – ClearPath (US)
• Monica Regina Garcez – UFRGS (Brazil)
• Jieying Zhang – NRC (Canada)
• Davide Lo Presti – University of Palermo (Italy)

3.5 Awards + Closeout Session (45 minutes)

• Best Paper Award
• Best Poster Award