Sustainability Planning Framework for Reducing Ground-level Ozone Formation in Construction Activities

Many metropolitan areas struggle to meet the EPA standard for ozone. These areas need to realistically assess all potential pollutant emitting sources to comply. One pollution source that needs close examination is construction activities that employ nonroad diesel equipment that emit ozone-forming...

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Published inProcedia engineering Vol. 118; pp. 766 - 773
Main Authors Lewis, Phil, Shan, Yongwei, Hazzard, Elizabeth
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 2015
Subjects
air quality
emissions
ozone
scheduling
sustainability
scheduling
equipment
emissions
sustainability
ozone
air quality
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Summary:Many metropolitan areas struggle to meet the EPA standard for ozone. These areas need to realistically assess all potential pollutant emitting sources to comply. One pollution source that needs close examination is construction activities that employ nonroad diesel equipment that emit ozone-forming pollutants, including nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds. Furthermore, days exceeding the ozone standard typically occur between May and September, the same time of year when construction activity is at its peak; thus, a sustainable construction planning framework is needed to minimize conflicts between high pollutant emissions activities and forecasted high ozone days. This paper presents a framework for leveraging schedule float and allocating equipment resources for activities that may have the greatest impact on the formation of ground-level ozone. This scheduling approach will sustain good air quality by reducing ozone-forming emissions from construction activities.
ISSN:1877-7058
1877-7058
DOI:10.1016/j.proeng.2015.08.512