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http://dx.doi.org/10.7782/JKSR.2011.14.3.271

The Evaluation of GHG Emissions in Railroad Construction Sector  

Lee, Jae-Young (한국철도기술연구원 철도환경연구실)
Jung, Woo-Sung (한국철도기술연구원 철도환경연구실)
Hwang, In-Hwan (한국철도시설공단 KR 연구원 정책연구소)
Kim, Yong-Ki (한국철도기술연구원 철도환경연구실)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Railway / v.14, no.3, 2011 , pp. 271-275 More about this Journal
Abstract
According to governmental policies for green growth, the increase in the traffic volume of railroad is a representative method to reduce total greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted from transport. Comprehensive assessment for the GHG emission of railroad has been studied to compare the difference of transport modes just in the operating step excluded the construction step. The purpose of this study was to evaluate GHG emissions in railroad construction sector. The targets were some construction works for civil, track, building, and electric system in A line. The GHG emission source of constructing railroad infrastructure was mainly the energy consumption of heavy equipments. As a result, the civil construction sector showed more than 96% of total GHG emissions and its specific GHG emission was 2.191 ton $CO_2e/m$. Also, the specific GHG emissions of civil construction works were of the order: earthworks > tunnels > bridges > station. In future, it will be required to calculate the overall GHG emission of railroad through life cycle approaches including operation, maintenance and disposal step.
Keywords
Greenhouse gas (GHG); Climate Change; Railroad Construction;
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