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Developing a Carbon Footprint of Urban Stormwater Infrastructure
Concerns over global climate change have spurred interest in accounting for carbon emissions from human activities. Most of this effort has focused on emissions from vehicles and energy use within buildings. However, relatively little is known about how the urban landscape, and particularly stormwater management, contributes to the carbon footprint of urban areas. The objective of this work was to present a method by which carbon emissions attributable to the construction and maintenance of stormwater control measures (SCMs) and conveyances could be predicted. This method was then applied to present a comparison of the carbon footprint of eight common SCMs and three conveyance practices. The carbon embodied in construction materials represented a prominent part of the carbon footprint for green roofs, permeable pavement, sand filters, rainwater harvesting systems, and reinforced concrete pipes while material transport and construction dominated that of bioretention systems, ponds, wetlands, level spreader-grassed filter strips and concrete-lined swales. Despite accounting for sequestration by vegetation in these systems, only stormwater wetlands and grassed swales were predicted to store more carbon than was released through construction and maintenance.
Developing a Carbon Footprint of Urban Stormwater Infrastructure
Concerns over global climate change have spurred interest in accounting for carbon emissions from human activities. Most of this effort has focused on emissions from vehicles and energy use within buildings. However, relatively little is known about how the urban landscape, and particularly stormwater management, contributes to the carbon footprint of urban areas. The objective of this work was to present a method by which carbon emissions attributable to the construction and maintenance of stormwater control measures (SCMs) and conveyances could be predicted. This method was then applied to present a comparison of the carbon footprint of eight common SCMs and three conveyance practices. The carbon embodied in construction materials represented a prominent part of the carbon footprint for green roofs, permeable pavement, sand filters, rainwater harvesting systems, and reinforced concrete pipes while material transport and construction dominated that of bioretention systems, ponds, wetlands, level spreader-grassed filter strips and concrete-lined swales. Despite accounting for sequestration by vegetation in these systems, only stormwater wetlands and grassed swales were predicted to store more carbon than was released through construction and maintenance.
Developing a Carbon Footprint of Urban Stormwater Infrastructure
Moore, Trisha L. C. (author) / Hunt, William F. (author)
World Environmental And Water Resources Congress 2012 ; 2012 ; Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
2012-05-17
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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