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Combined Life Cycle Assessment Analysis
Introduction
Infrastructure serves as the backbone of modern society, facilitating economic growth, urban development, and an enhanced quality of life. Essential components such as tunnels, warehouses, and sewer systems support transportation, logistics, and sanitation. However, as infrastructure expands, concerns about energy consumption and environmental pollution also grow. The construction and operation of these systems contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, resource depletion, and air pollution. With increasing global awareness of climate change and sustainability, it is essential to assess and mitigate the environmental impacts of infrastructure projects. This can be achieved by optimizing design choices, material selections, and maintenance strategies.
In this project, we integrated a tunnel, warehouse, and sewer system into a single computational framework to evaluate their lifecycle performance. By employing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodologies, we calculated emissions, including SO₂, NOx, and CO₂, as well as energy consumption. Our approach considered maintenance schedules, material choices, and repair intervals to determine the overall environmental and economic costs. By modeling these parameters in R, we analyzed various design options and intervention strategies to optimize performance while minimizing emissions and costs. This provided a data-driven foundation for sustainable infrastructure planning.
Julian Keller – TUB-ID 375045
Lennard Janßen – TUB-ID 409427
SeyedNima Mobasseri – TUB-ID 508028