IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jsusta/v11y2019i24p7218-d298629.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Estimation of Gas and Dust Emissions in Construction Sites of a Motorway Project

Author

Listed:
  • Marinella Giunta

    (DICEAM, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria via Graziella, Feo di Vito, 89100 Reggio Calabria, Italy)

  • Dario Lo Bosco

    (DICEAM, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria via Graziella, Feo di Vito, 89100 Reggio Calabria, Italy)

  • Giovanni Leonardi

    (DICEAM, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria via Graziella, Feo di Vito, 89100 Reggio Calabria, Italy)

  • Francesco Scopelliti

    (DICEAM, University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria via Graziella, Feo di Vito, 89100 Reggio Calabria, Italy)

Abstract

Minimizing the environmental impacts is a challenging task to achieve sustainability in road constructions. Although they are only temporary, the environmental burdens of building activities can have a great impact on the environment and communities, and must be properly assessed and mitigated. A comprehensive evaluation of the impacts requires the consideration of all construction activities, construction sites and the type and operation time of off-road machines and plants that will be used in each site. In this paper, a case study relating to the project of a motorway was carried out with the following objectives: (i) to estimate the dust and gases arising from the whole construction process and identify the most critical pollutants in terms of emitted quantity; (ii) to investigate the worksites, activities and processes with the greatest impact from an emissive standpoint, and (iii) to propose a rational approach for designing and putting in place effective mitigation measures. Carbon oxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NO x ), and fine particulate matter (PM 10 ) emissions have been estimated by applying different models, methodologies and databases, depending on the construction process under analysis, and an emissive balance sheet has been produced. Results showed that CO is the pollutant released in the greatest quantity, followed by NO x . The emission of PM 10 , mainly due to the movement of trucks on unpaved roads, is one order of magnitude less with respect to CO and NO x , but produces the most perceived and undesired effects of the construction process in the interested communities. Tunnels and bridge are the components of a road with the greatest impact in terms of air emissions.

Suggested Citation

  • Marinella Giunta & Dario Lo Bosco & Giovanni Leonardi & Francesco Scopelliti, 2019. "Estimation of Gas and Dust Emissions in Construction Sites of a Motorway Project," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(24), pages 1-14, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:11:y:2019:i:24:p:7218-:d:298629
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/24/7218/pdf
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/24/7218/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Dongyoun Lee & Goune Kang & Chulu Nam & Hunhee Cho & Kyung-In Kang, 2019. "Stochastic Analysis of Embodied Carbon Dioxide Emissions Considering Variability of Construction Sites," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(15), pages 1-12, August.
    2. Jinding Xing & Kunhui Ye & Jian Zuo & Weiyan Jiang, 2018. "Control Dust Pollution on Construction Sites: What Governments Do in China?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-17, August.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Marco Huymajer & Matthias Woegerbauer & Leopold Winkler & Alexandra Mazak-Huemer & Hubert Biedermann, 2022. "An Interdisciplinary Systematic Review on Sustainability in Tunneling—Bibliometrics, Challenges, and Solutions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-33, February.
    2. Marinella Giunta, 2020. "Assessment of the Impact of CO, NO x and PM 10 on Air Quality during Road Construction and Operation Phases," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(24), pages 1-14, December.
    3. Janusz Kulejewski & Jerzy Rosłon, 2023. "Optimization of Ecological and Economic Aspects of the Construction Schedule with the Use of Metaheuristic Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-26, January.
    4. Antonija Ana Wieser & Marco Scherz & Alexander Passer & Helmuth Kreiner, 2021. "Challenges of a Healthy Built Environment: Air Pollution in Construction Industry," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-29, September.
    5. Iran Rocha Segundo & Behzad Zahabizadeh & Salmon Landi & Orlando Lima & Cátia Afonso & Jaffer Borinelli & Elisabete Freitas & Vítor M. C. F. Cunha & Vasco Teixeira & Manuel F. M. Costa & Joaquim O. Ca, 2022. "Functionalization of Smart Recycled Asphalt Mixtures: A Sustainability Scientific and Pedagogical Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(1), pages 1-19, January.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Aylin Ece Kayabekir & Zülal Akbay Arama & Gebrail Bekdaş & Sinan Melih Nigdeli & Zong Woo Geem, 2020. "Eco-Friendly Design of Reinforced Concrete Retaining Walls: Multi-objective Optimization with Harmony Search Applications," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(15), pages 1-30, July.
    2. Muhammad Khan & Numan Khan & Miroslaw J. Skibniewski & Chansik Park, 2021. "Environmental Particulate Matter (PM) Exposure Assessment of Construction Activities Using Low-Cost PM Sensor and Latin Hypercubic Technique," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-20, July.
    3. Muhandiramge Nimashi Navodana Rodrigo & Srinath Perera & Sepani Senaratne & Xiaohua Jin, 2021. "Review of Supply Chain Based Embodied Carbon Estimating Method: A Case Study Based Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-20, August.
    4. Víctor Yepes & José V. Martí & José García, 2020. "Black Hole Algorithm for Sustainable Design of Counterfort Retaining Walls," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-18, April.
    5. Mekhala Kaluarachchi & Anuradha Waidyasekara & Raufdeen Rameezdeen & Nicholas Chileshe, 2021. "Mitigating Dust Pollution from Construction Activities: A Behavioural Control Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(16), pages 1-19, August.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:11:y:2019:i:24:p:7218-:d:298629. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.