Optimal recycling of asphalt from roads with low traffic volumes
The Upper Rhine region has a dense road network, and road repairs generate large quantities of reclaimed asphalt. This tri-national project is developing a self-binding surface made from 100% reclaimed asphalt without the addition of bituminous binders and without heating. The Institute for Ecopreneurship is conducting a risk analysis to ensure the environmental compatibility of the new surface. The Institute is also determining the environmental impact and costs and the best use of the new pavement in the Swiss context.
Project details
- Type
- Research project
- Research areas
- Environmental and water technologies
- University
- FHNW School of Life Sciences / Institute for Ecopreneurship
- Partner
INSA Strasbourg, EMPA, CEREMA, Tiefbauamt - Kanton Basel Landschaft, Hochschule Karlsruhe, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (NRP), Kanton Aargau, Collectivité européenne d'Alsace, Stadt Karlsruhe, Landkreis Karlsruhe, LABINFRA (Groupe Hydro-géotechnique), Société Alsacienne de Recyclage des Matériaux, Colas Est, Deutsches Asphaltinstitut (DAI), Südwest Asphalt GmbH & Co KG, Ziegler AG - Bauunternehmung, Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen, Regionalverband Mittlerer Oberrhein- Funding
- Interreg V A Oberrhein
Contact
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Wintgens
Lecturer in environmental and water technologies
- Phone
- +41 61 228 55 31
- thomas.wintgens@fhnw.ch