publications: reports

Life Cycle Assessment for Residential Buildings:

A Literature Review and Gap Analysis

What is the environmental impact of a house throughout its lifetime? This report summarizes recent research on life cycle assessment of residential buildings in order to identify gaps in understanding as well as best practices for LCA methodology. more>>

Where the Rubber Meets the Road:

Estimating the Impact of Deflection-Induced Pavement-Vehicle Interaction on Fuel Consumption

A brief overview of pavement-vehicle interaction and deflection-based modeling geared towards practitioners, policy-makers, and the general public.
executive summary>> [updated May 2013]
full report>>

Model Based Pavement-Vehicle Interaction Simulation for Life Cycle Assessment of Pavements

CSHub releases comprehensive research report on the impact of deflection induced PVI for life cycle assessment of pavements. It includes a detailed description of model development and application to the US roadway Network. Read the full report here>>

Industry Day August 11 - CSHub@MIT

Full Reports

Methods, Impacts, and Opportunities in the Concrete

• Building Life Cycle
• Pavement Life Cycle

Inflation and its Volatility on Construction

Life Cycle Assessment- December 2010

Interim Report

Because of the enormous environmental and economic impact of infrastructure in the United States, there is a growing need to better understand the life cycle performance of structures and to investigate methods of reducing their global warming potential (GWP). Over the last year, MIT researchers have created new models to quantify the life cycle carbon emissions from manufacturing to disposal for a variety of structures. The reports are here presented [updated header and footer January 25, 2013]:

• Life Cycle Assessment of Buildings [PDF]
• Life Cycle Assessment of Pavements [PDF]