Pyörätiet hiilinieluina

In construction, infrastructure accounts for a large share of climate impacts, and climate change has global impacts. Most of the emission and cost cuttings take place through smart design. Solutions produced to support planning can reduce emissions from construction and, on the other hand, offset those that cannot be eliminated. Solutions are needed to achieve national, EU-level and global climate goals and to find political support.

The immediate goal of our project is to carry out a preliminary study on the possibilities of using biochar as an emissions-reducing and resource-wise planning solution in the implementation of the cycling path network. The pre-feasibility work focuses on the utilisation of biochar in reversing carbon dioxide emissions, and the aim is to study and explore the possibilities of using biochar as part of the structure of the street area by creating biochar storage facilities in underground layers. Significance is examined not only through the environmental impacts of biochar deposits, but also through material cost accumulation. Thus, the aim is, among other things, to investigate the relationship between the costs of biochar production and the resulting reversal of carbon dioxide emissions.

The test structure will serve as the basis for a study that will provide information on the technical suitability of biochar as part of the structural solution, the economy of the solution and, above all, the properties of the method that accelerate carbon neutrality. With the help of the collected data and experiences, it is possible to examine the usability of the solution in much larger construction solutions and to reflect its significance in terms of, for example, minimising and preventing the adverse effects of global warming on Earth in terms of similar construction sites.