LowEmissionAsphalt-136pg-WhitePaper-May2023

P a g e | 2 Low Emission Asphalt & Concrete Pathway to Negative Carbon Road Systems Michael Durante, ENV SP Table of Contents Tackling Air Pollution & Climate Change 4 Two Budget Paradigm 9 Pavement Environmental Value Chain 12 Damage Function Approach 16 Carbon Pricing – Get Prepared 17 Carbon Offsetting – Rapidly Evolving 19 Transportation Industry Emissions 31 Asphalt Paving Industry Emissions 35 Asphalt Paving Industry Solutions 40 Preservation Treatments Save Embodied & Use Phase Emissions 47 Concrete Paving Industry Emissions & Solutions 49 Airports 53 Carbon Budgeting 55 Environmental Product Declarations 58 Use Phase Environmental Impacts & Opportunities Traffic Pollution 68 Heat Islands 87 Ride Quality 90 Microplastic Pollution 93 Do No Harm! 98 Forever Chemicals 99 Environmental Justice 100