Journal
COATINGS
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/coatings12020236
Keywords
sustainability; Envision framework; credits; guidelines; road; design
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In this study, the Envision framework is used to evaluate the sustainability and resilience of road projects in Italy. The authors have upgraded the framework to comply with the Italian regulatory framework for road infrastructures. The evaluation considers not only pavement analysis but also the complete project process.
In Italy, resilience and sustainability concepts are generally applied to road infrastructures (mainly in terms of pavements) in order to minimize the environmental impacts of their construction and maintenance. In this paper the Envision framework has been adopted to evaluate the sustainability of a road project, optimizing its resilience for both short-term and long-term impacts. The rating approach has been applied considering not only pavements analysis but also the complete project process. The authors have upgraded the original Envision framework to road infrastructures, in compliance with the Italian regulatory framework. Four scenarios have been considered. The first allowed us to understand which credits can be evaluated with the available project documentation. The second represents a snapshot of the state of the project. The third evaluates the effect of the improvement in the performance level obtained by analyzing the potential increases. Finally, the last considers also for pending credits.
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