Determining the Environmental Potentials of Urban Pavements by Applying the Cradle-to-Cradle LCA Approach for a Road Network of a Midscale German City

This study used a cradle-to-cradle Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach to evaluate the environmental potentials of urban pavements. For this purpose, road network City Münster (Germany) was selected as case study, and comprehensive data for several phases were collected. The entire is composed flexible pavements designed according specific traffic loads consists main roads (MRs), access (MARs), residential (RSDTs). Asphalt materials, pavement structures, maintenance strategies are predefined each type referred “traditional” herein. Some structures have two possible strategies, denoted by “A” “B”, with distinguished periods intervention. To impact using recycled we considered alternative asphalt materials containing greater amount reclaimed (RAP). carried out considering analysis 20, 50, 80, 100 years indicators: non-renewable cumulative energy demand (nr-CED) global warming potential (GWP). results show that use higher amounts RAP can mitigate negative impacts certain potentially enhance performance article suggests initiatives will facilitate decision-making process city administrators achieve more sustainable constructions provides an essential dataset inventory support future assessment studies, particularly European cities.