Life cycle assessment of construction phase of monorail project in Qom, Iran

Document Type : Original Research Paper

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Civil Engineering Department, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

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Transportation is an important part of modern community life as well as one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in urban communities, the population growth of which can increase transportation capacity. Monorail systems are relatively new rail transportation systems which are currently being designed and constructed in different countries. We have applied the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to deal with global warming and Center of Environmental Science of Leiden University (Centrum voor Milieukunde Leiden), CML 2001, to evaluate the potential of acid raining. In order to analyze both mentioned methods, Sima Pro7.1 has been used. Initially the research-related data have been prepared from Qom Monorail workplace. Moreover the sensitivity analysis has been performed on the results, which indicated that the potential of causing global warming in the construction phase for a period of 100 years was equal to 26875.07 kg CO2eq. /km. person. The reinforcement bar with 32%, concrete with 30%, and diesel fuel with 15% enjoyed the lion’s share in terms of global warming creation. The likelihood of acid raining formation was equal to 101.876 kg SO2eq. /km. person. Diesel fuel contributed the most portion to the formation of acid raining (31%) with reinforcement bar and concrete in the second (30%) and third (13%) places. For result validation, the BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) software has applied with the sensitivity analysis, indicating that the first and second effective parameters on the results were the amount of reinforcement bar and diesel fuel. Hence, reduction of reinforcement bars, concrete, and diesel (respectively) have the most influence on mitigation of global warming and acid raining effects of Qom monorail project.

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Volume 3, Issue 1
January 2017
Pages 81-99

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