Paper Title
Eco Friendly Solutions For Geosynthetics Applications by Embodied Energy & Co2 Emission Calculations
Abstract
Geosynthetics are the natural or artificial products used along with soil in geotechnical constructions. They have
provided innovative solutions to solve difficult problems economically. These are put into application without being aware of
their ecological impact. Majority of research in this field is focused on different applications or alternative solutions but there is
no analysis of their impact on environment. This paper emphasizes on this critical issue and provides the best available option
to go for in order to reduce harm being incurred to nature. This has been brought about by calculating (i) Embodied energy (ii)
Carbon dioxide emitted, during manufacture by various methods from several materials.
Index Terms— Geosynthetics, Eco friendly, Embodied energy, CO2 emission.