Our Research

We've written a number of articles for various scholarly journals and conferences. Here is a short list of some of our favorites.

Note: Most of these are cited in TRB format and would need to be adjusted to match APA or MLA styles for references.

Refereed Publications

• Muench, S.T.; Anderson, J.L. and Bevan, T.(2010). Greenroads: A Sustainability Rating System for Roadways. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, Vol. 3, No. 5, pp. 270-279.
• Muench, S.T.; Anderson, J.L. and Soderlund, M. (2010). Greenroads: a sustainability performance metric for roadways. Journal of Green Building, Vol. 5, No. 2. pp. 114-128.

Refereed Publications in Conference Proceedings or Other Articles

• Anderson, J.L. (2011). Applying the Greenroads Rating System in 42 Case Studies. Presentation at the Transportation Research Board’s 2011 Annual Meeting, 23-37 January 2011, Washington, DC.
• Muench, S.T.; Anderson, J.L. and Bevan, T. (2010). Greenroads: A Sustainability Performance Metric for Roadways. 16th International Road Federation (IRF) World Road Meeting, 25-28 May 2010, Lisbon, Portugal.
• Muench, S.T.; Anderson, J.L. and Bevan, T. (2010). Greenroads: A Sustainability Performance Metric for Roadways. Presentation at the Transportation Research Board’s 2010 Annual Meeting, 10-14 January 2010, Washington, DC.
• Muench, S.T.; , Anderson, J.L.; Soderlund, M.; Developmenet of a Sustainability Rating System for Roadways. Presentation at the Transportation Research Board's 2009 Annual meeting, 11-15 January 2009, Washington, DC.
  

Related Research

Here are some of the topics on which we have written that we used for developing some of the Greenroads credits, background and philosophy.

• Weiland, C.D. and Muench, S.T. (2010). Life Cycle Assessment of Interstate Highway Pavement Reconstruction Options in Seattle, Washington. Transportation Research Record 2170, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., pp. 18-27.
  
• Muench, S.T. (2010). Roadway Construction Sustainability Impacts: A Life Cycle Assessment Review. Transportation Research Record 2151, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., pp. 36-45.
• Kristjansdottir, O.; Muench, S.T.; Michael, L. and Burke, G. (2007). Assessing the Potential for Warm Mix Asphalt Technology Adoption. Transportation Research Record 2040, TRB, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., pp. 91-99.
• Muench, S.T.; Mahoney, J.P.; Wataru, W.; Chong, L. and Romanowski, J. (2007). Best Practices for Long-Lasting Low-Volume Pavements. Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Vol. 13, No. 4. pp. 311-320.
• Muench, S.T.; Mahoney, J.P.; Pierce, L.M.; Uhlmeyer, J. and Anderson, K. (2006). The Evolution of Long-Life Concrete Pavements in Washington State. Proceedings of the International Conference on Long-Life Concrete Pavements, 24-27 October 2006, Chicago, IL.