Abstract This paper reports on a study to develop an energy analysis applications manual for environmental benefit/cost analysis of transportation actions. The manual is intended for state and local transportation agency analysts. The analysis procedure evaluates environmental impacts in energy terms. With energy as a common denominator of impact costs or benefits, the severities of different kinds of impacts are compared and the aggregate severity of a group of impacts is evaluated. A technique for evaluating the economic effects of environmental impacts is also suggested. The energy analysis procedure is briefly illustrated by means of a case study. The research findings indicate that the energy analysis procedure may supplement traditional methods of environmental impact assessment by providing: (i) comprehensive quantifications of individual kinds of impacts or the aggregate environmental impact of a transportation action: (ii) quantitative comparisons of the significance of different kinds of environmental impacts, even enabling comparison of government-regulated impacts with non-regulated ones and of any one category of impact with the aggregate environmental impact; and (iii) a basis for determining dollar values of environmental impacts.


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    Title :

    Use of energy analysis for assessing environmental impacts due to transportation


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    Publication date :

    1980-03-13


    Size :

    8 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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