Building a Climate-responsive Road Sector – IRF & ORIS Workshop at PIARC World Congress 2023
October 4 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am CEST
About the Event
The use of digital solutions based on data science and artificial intelligence, shows promising results in being able to anticipate, adapt, and mitigate the impact of road construction on climate. Road construction is a materials-intensive sector that participates in global carbon emissions. Measuring and optimising the carbon impact of road networks at the pavement design stage is essential for the sector to participate in the low-carbon transition.
Climate change and its extreme weather events – floods, heat waves, etc. – are exposing our road networks to greater risks. Anticipating those risks will be essential to build climate-ready roads.
In the framework of the PIARC World Congress 2023, the International Road Federation (IRF) together with Oris will hold the workshop “Building a climate-responsive Road Sector” on 4 October at 9:30 – 11:00, in room Klub E (1st floor). The workshop will explore how new approaches – in particular digital solutions – support the road sector to both mitigate its carbon footprint and anticipate climate change impacts to avoid early repairs. Discussions will focus on digitalisation and its contribution to building a climate-responsive sector and on the role of digital twins in reducing carbon footprint and anticipating resilient road networks.
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