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Reducing the Embodied Carbon of Bridge Substructures

A case study on bridge substructures finds strong embodied-carbon differences between alternative types of substructure, as well as a strong correlation between embodied-carbon savings and cost savings.
Thursday, 3 October 2024

The following Q&A discussion is based on a case study carried out by Jimmy Barratt-Thorne, Technical Director, WSP in the United Kingdom, at the University of Cambridge in 2023. The research evaluated how different types of substructure affect the embodied carbon of a bridge.

Read the approach of the case study and the main findings, as well as the most surprising result and the main takeaway—all toward helping engineers, designers and other influential project stakeholders reduce the embodied carbon within designs and advance decarbonization.

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Jimmy Barratt-Thorne
United Kingdom

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