08-06-2012 sustainability at rijkswaterstaat (rws) road pavements (and contracts) jan van der zwan
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08-06-2012
Sustainability at Rijkswaterstaat (RWS)
Road Pavements (and contracts)
Jan van der Zwan
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Strategic targets RWS
• “Rijkswaterstaat aims to be in 2012 thé leading, public orientated and sustainable (execution) organisation of the government.”
• Focus sustainability:– Reduction energy use and production of green energy– Sustainable (green) procurement– Sustainable spatial planning
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We do not start from scratch
RWS is already for decades working on sustainability:
• Large scale re-use of secondary materials: >95%• Life-cycle cost management• Design for recycling• Porous asphalt: safer and quiet• Destruction of tar containing asphalt• Dynamic public lighting• Ecological management of verges• RWS manages 70% of the Dutch Ecological Main structure in the
Netherlands• Environmental impact studies
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Market approach RWS
– Give functional specifications and design
freedom for the market
– Do not prescribe solutions (unless…)
– So, do not prescribe recycling, low energy
asphalt, sustainable materials.
– Challenge the market to come forward with
innovations (techniques, materials, processes)
u s e rd e m a n d s
c o n s t r u c t io nd e m a n d se le m e n t a r y m a t e r ia lp r o p e r t ie sd e m a n d s o n r a w m a t e r ia lsa n d b u i ld in g m a t e r ia ls
f u n c t io nd e m a n d s
P y r a m i d o f d e m a n d s
M o d e l s d e fi n e r e l a t i o n b e t w e e nl e v e l s
sa f e t y, c o m f o r t , a c c e ss ib i l i t yt r a v e l t im e , e t c .f r ic t io n , e v e n n e s s , n o ise r e d u c t io n ,n u m b e r o f la n e s , e t c .s t r e n g t h , b e a r in g c a p a c it y ,d u ra b i l i t y , e t c .r e s is t a n c e a g a in s t f a t ig u e ,d e f o r m a t io n , c r a c k in g ,t h i c k n e ss , e t c .c o m p o s it io n , g r a d in g , v o id s ,d e g r e e o f c o m p a c t io n , P S V , p e n , , e t c . T R & B
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General preconditions
• Market in needed for achieving goals• Market only invests in economical sound solutions• Government is not always reliable (changing political views)• Investment in:
– Clear and unambiguous stable policy– Knowledge (performance of materials in time)– Hard technology– Standards– Image (champions needed)– Economical conditions (price performance, value based
procurement)
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Instruments for GPP and value procurement
• National minimum criteria
• RWS has a higher ambition:– CO2 performance ladder– Dubocalc
• Value procurement– What are we willing to pay for sustainability
(We=RWS/society/Service level agreement)
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Focus RWS GPP Road Pavements
• Focus sustainability:– Reduction RWS carbonfootprint
Aim: 50% reduction in 5 year
(note: besides aspects as noise, fine dust, recycling, ecological green maintenance et cetera)
– Sustainable materials
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Rijkswaterstaat Carbon Footprint 2010:912 Kton
12%
12%
8%26%
3%4% 2%
28%
4%
Anchorstone
Dredging + "room for rivers"
Coastal sand suppletion
scope 1 and 2 energy use
Groundworks roadbuilding
Asphalt
Road base materials
Concrete construction
Steel construction
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All in perspective
• CO2 reduction: – pavements =28 % (of Carbonfootprint)– earth works =30 % ,,– dredging =21 % ,,– public lighting =<0,5 % ,,
• CO2 emission traffic 30 Mton
• Carbonfootprint RWS total 0,9 Mton
• Carbonfootprint RWS pavements 0,3 Mton
• Carbon footprint electricity use RWS 0,009 Mton
Life is never simple
• Conflicting requirements.– Safety– Environment– Noise– Comfort (e.g. water drainage)– Hindrance to road users– Speed of execution– Costs
• Technique is not the problem, problems are always political and managerial
• What is possible with pavements
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Carbonfootprint Asphalt
Globale CO2 footprint asfaltconstructie
7%
18%
31%
44%
Asphaltproduction
Production and transport raw materials
Transport, laying compaction
Maintenance (excl. materials)
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Conclusions CO2 reduction pavements
• Applied instrument Dubocalc, Life Cycle Approach; CO2 emission over 30 years so incl. maintenance.
• RWS applies eternal life strategy, so in principle only wearing course to replace and after 20-30 years strengthening
• Reduction of number of tons is dominant– Thinner construction/ thin inlays instead replacing PA– Longer life time (increase quality)– Elongation life time existing infrastructure (sealing)– High recycling percentages
• Low temperature asphalt– Circle of influence of asphalt producer
• Concrete for road: use blast furnace cement instead of Portland cement
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Conclusions CO2 reduction pavements
• In figures– Maintenance :Thin inlay (- 8%)
Remix (-9%)Seal techniques (LVO -15%)
– New Roads: Thinner constructions (EME - 20%)Blast furnace cement (-22%)
– General: Recycle PA in PA(-10%???)Low temperature asphalt (-5/-10 %only with same amount of recycling
and same functional properties (life time)
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Attention points
• Always needed same functional properties and durability
• Technical quality (durability) has an great effect but is easily neglected
• Take in consideration the inflexibility of the market (blast furnace cement, recycling)
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Sustainable use of materials
• Is sustainability =CO2 reduction? Not per definition
• Road construction: materials and energy are dominating dominant
• Nature of materials determine possibilities to recycle but also management and control aspects.
• Dubocalc is LCA based. LCA does not give all answers.– Recycling is a fine goal– But not all forms of recycling is desirable
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Recycling: Netherlands at the top of the world
– Use of raw materials (mostly aggregates) app 150-180 million ton– Use of secondary materials app. 30-40 million ton annually– Main streams concrete and masonry (>95% recycled)– Asphalt (4 million ton, 3 million hot mix recycling, 1 million tar containing
incinerated) average 50% in base course mixes
– Netherlands on the top of the world in recycling– Tar incineration unique in the world
– Why• Netherlands densely populated• Scarcity of raw materials and space• Prosperous country• Recycling is made economic feasible
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Sustainable use of materials
• Market is looking at financial possibilities• Some waste materials have a negative market value• Reusing/ recycling can therefore be very financially attractive• Who takes the long term risks• Example: Waste incineration bottom ash
– Does not fulfil environmental criteria– Reuse under strict conditions– Or immobilisation?
• Advantages/disadvantages??
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Integral material
chain approach
Health and safety
Spatial quality and environment
Control (traceability, spread, retake ability)
Social acceptance
Economical value
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Discussion ???
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Superior pavementsuser
demands
constructiondemands
elementary materialproperties
demands on raw materialsand building materials
functiondemands
Pyramid of demands
M odels define relation between
levels
safety, comfort, accessibilitytravel time, etc.
friction, evenness, noise reduction,number of lanes, etc.
strength, bearing capacity,durability, etc.
resistance against fatigue,deformation, cracking,
thickness, etc.
composition, grading, voids,degree of compaction,
PSV,pen, , etc. TR&B