TY - GEN
T1 - Sustainability analysis of earthmoving operations
AU - Ahn, Changburn
AU - Rekapalli, Prasant V.
AU - Martinez, Julio C.
AU - Peña-Mora, Feniosky A.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Emissions from construction equipment are the main contributor of environmental impacts from construction processes, and mitigating these impacts is an important aspect of operations design and planning. To this end, emission estimation models play an important role in environmental management of construction operations. This paper presents an emission model that integrates with discrete-event simulation (DES) for more accurate emission estimates from construction operations compared to existing models. The paper also presents a case study which analyzes sustainability of an earthmoving operation, to demonstrate the application of DES for estimating emissions.
AB - Emissions from construction equipment are the main contributor of environmental impacts from construction processes, and mitigating these impacts is an important aspect of operations design and planning. To this end, emission estimation models play an important role in environmental management of construction operations. This paper presents an emission model that integrates with discrete-event simulation (DES) for more accurate emission estimates from construction operations compared to existing models. The paper also presents a case study which analyzes sustainability of an earthmoving operation, to demonstrate the application of DES for estimating emissions.
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U2 - 10.1109/WSC.2009.5429656
DO - 10.1109/WSC.2009.5429656
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77951571244
SN - 9781424457700
T3 - Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
SP - 2605
EP - 2611
BT - Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2009
T2 - 2009 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2009
Y2 - 13 December 2009 through 16 December 2009
ER -