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EPDs IN FOCUS
Environmental product declarations (EPDs) are not new, but those letters have likely never been spoken more often than in 2022! Anticipating the rise of EPDs, NAPA invested in developing our Emerald Eco-Label software for asphalt EPDs more than five years ago. This year, the product category rules (PCR) received a required five-year update, and we launched Emerald Eco-Label version 2 with Optimizer functionality.
- 400
published EPDs - 70
plants
2022 saw the enactment of new EPD policies and requirements, from the state of Oregon, GSA, and USDOT. Additionally, FHWA held an Industry Listening Session on EPDs, where NAPA provided input to inform FHWA’s policy recommendations and activities.
HELPING MEMBERS MANAGE ENERGY CONSUMPTION
In September, NAPA became an ENERGY STAR® partner to encourage NAPA members to reduce energy consumption and costs at plants by using proven energy-saving technologies and practices.
7
NAPA members
signed on as new
ENERGY STAR® partners
22
NAPA members took part in
the Asphalt Plant Energy Performance
Peer Exchange (APEX) Program
PROMOTING SUSTAINABILITY
NAPA presented at both in-person meetings of FHWA’s Sustainable Pavements Technical Working Group (SPTWG), helping to develop the roadmap for the next five years of the SPTWG program.
2021 RAP/RAS/WMA SURVEY RESULTS
261
companies
1,388
production plants
participated in the survey
94.6
million tons of RAP
used in asphalt
mixes in 2021
21.9%
RAP content
national average, up from
21.3% in 2020
432.4
million tons of
asphalt mix
produced in the U.S.
2020-2021, a 6% increase
AAPTP TAKES FLIGHT
Funded research managed by NAPA through a Cooperative Agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to advance multiple focus areas involving asphalt pavements and associated asphalt materials
$9.5M
Funded Amount
CURRENT PROJECTS
Updating the Asphalt Paving Handbook (2000)
Improving guidance for proper selection of asphalt binder grades
Developing a Balanced Mix Design system for implementation in FAA specifications
Study to improve longitudinal joint performance of airfield asphalt pavements
Creating mitigation solutions for pavement performance concerns that can develop at runway high speed exits
Feasibility study for using Cold Central Plant Recycling (CCPR) for airport pavements
BMD RESOURCE GUIDE EXPANDS
NAPA added several items on Balanced Mix Design (BMD) including videos from the 2021 national conference, an agency business case two-pager, a calculator that helps mix designers determine specimen weights to achieve target densities on specified height samples, and several performance test videos.
PEOPLE, PLANTS, AND PAVING EDUCATION PROGRAM
AT 2022 WORLD OF ASPHALT
64
sessions
4,700
attendees
4.71/5
satisfaction
In Every Day Counts (EDC), FHWA works with state DOTs, local governments, tribes, private industry, and stakeholders like NAPA to identify new innovations that merit accelerated deployment. Each cycle runs for two years. In the current cycle, EDC6, efforts included e-ticketing and targeted overlays. In preparation for EDC7, NAPA provided an overview of EPDs.
MEDIA HIGHLIGHT
AUDREY COPELAND
Audrey Copeland talked with Greg Nadeau about the e-ticketing revolution on the InfraTalk podcast.
