Carbon Footprinting
Carbon footprinting of construction materials is anticipated to become ever more important in future with client bodies increasingly requesting this type of information from contractors and product manufacturers. In anticipation of this industry development the RSTA instigated and part funded the development of new Carbon Footprinting tools for Road Surface Treatments at the University of Nottingham in 2009, forming part of a three year Ph.D. This work was guided by an active management committee chaired by RSTA and comprising representatives from key industry stakeholders including; ADEPT, Transport Scotland, MPA and RSTA member companies.
New Pavement Treatment Embodied Carbon Tools (PROTECT tools) have now been developed for six surface treatments;
- Surface Dressing
- Slurry Surfacing incorporating microsurfacing
- High Friction Surfacing
- Velocity Patching
- Thermal Road Repairs
- Re-texturing
The PROTECT tools are currently being tested by RSTA members to ensure they are accurate and robust before being made more widely available to industry.
ProTECT (Pavement Treatment Embodied Carbon Tools)
Training seminars on how to use these tools have been developed by RSTA in partnership with the University of Nottingham and part funded by Construction Skills Management and Leadership Development Programme (MSDP).
The next training seminar is planned for Spring 2012. Details when available will be shown on the Calendar page.
For further information contact enquiries@rsta-uk.org