Publications of

 

Arpad Horvath

Associate Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of California, Berkeley

215 McLaughlin Hall

Berkeley, CA 94720-1712

Telephone: (510) 642-7300

Fax: (510) 643-8919

horvath at ce.berkeley.edu

http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~horvath

 

Peer-reviewed journal publications

 

Main Research Areas:

 

Life-cycle assessment modeling

Buildings

Transportation and Telecommuting/Telework

Construction materials, Roads, Bridges

Recycling, Reuse, Waste management

 

1.           Vieira, P. and Horvath, A. (2008), “Assessing the End-of-Life Impacts of Buildings.” In print, Environmental Science & Technology, 42(13)

2.           Shehabi, A., Horvath, A, Tschudi, W., Gadgil, A. J., and Nazaroff, W. W (2008), “Particulate Concentrations in Data Centers.” Accepted for publication in Atmospheric Environment.

3.           Murray, A., Horvath, A., and Nelson, K. (2008), “Hybrid Life-cycle Environmental and Cost Inventory of Sewage Sludge Treatment and End-Use Scenarios: A Case Study from China.” Environmental Science & Technology, 42(9), pp. 3163-3169, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es702256w

4.           Kitou, E., and Horvath, A. (2008), “External Air Pollution Costs of Telework.” Int. J. of Life Cycle Assessment, 13(2), pp. 155-165, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/lca2007.06.338

5.           Facanha, C., and Horvath, A. (2007), “Evaluation of Life-cycle Air Emissions Factors of Freight Transportation.” Environmental Science & Technology, 41(20), pp. 7138-7144, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es070989q - Read a news item about this article: Environmental Costs of Shipping

6.           Cicas, G., Hendrickson, C. T., Horvath, A., and Matthews, H. S. (2007), “A Regional Version of a U.S. Economic Input-Output Life-cycle Assessment Model.” Int. J. of Life Cycle Assessment, 12(6), pp. 367-374, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/lca2007.04.318

7.           Humbert, S., Abeck, H., Bali, N., and Horvath, A. (2007), “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED): A Critical Evaluation by LCA and Recommendations for Improvement.” Int. J. of Life Cycle Assessment, , Special Issue, pp. 46-57, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/lca2006.12.291

8.           Masanet, E., and Horvath, A. (2007), “Assessing the Benefits of Design for Recycling of Plastics in Electronics: A Case Study of Computer Enclosures.” Materials & Design, 28(6), pp. 1801-1811, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2006.04.022 

9.           Guggemos, A., and Horvath, A. (2006), “Decision-Support Tool for Assessing the Environmental Effects of Constructing Commercial Buildings.” J. of Architectural Engineering, ASCE, 12(4), pp. 187-195.

10.        Stokes, J., and Horvath, A. (2006), “Life-cycle Energy Assessment of Alternative Water Supply Systems.” Int. J. of Life Cycle Assessment, 11(5), pp. 335-343, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/lca2005.06.214

11.        Facanha, C., and Horvath, A. (2006), “Environmental Assessment of Freight Transportation in the U.S.” Int. J. of Life Cycle Assessment, 11(4), pp. 229-239, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/lca2006.02.244

12.        Kitou, E., and Horvath, A. (2006), “Transportation Choices and Air Pollution Effects of Telework.” J. of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 12(2), pp. 121-134.

13.        Boughton, B., and Horvath, A. (2006), “Environmental Assessment of Shredder Residue Management.” Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 47(1), pp. 1-25, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2005.09.002

14.        Junnila, S., Horvath, A., and Guggemos, A. (2006), “Life-cycle Assessment of Office Buildings in Europe and the U.S.” J. of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 12(1), pp. 10-17.

15.        Guggemos, A., and Horvath, A. (2005), “Comparison of Environmental Effects of Steel- and Concrete-Framed Buildings.” J. of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 11(2), pp. 93-101.

16.        Facanha, C., and Horvath, A. (2005), “Environmental Assessment of Logistics Outsourcing.” J. of Management in Engineering, ASCE, 21(1), pp. 27-37.

17.        Horvath, A. (2004), “Construction Materials and the Environment.” Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 29, pp. 181-204.

18.        Toffel, M. W., and Horvath, A. (2004), “Environmental Implications of Wireless Technologies: News Delivery and Business Meetings.” Environmental Science & Technology, 38(12), pp. 2961-2970.

19.        Suh, S., Lenzen, M., Treloar, G. J., Hondo, H., Horvath, A., Huppes, G., Jolliet, O., Klann, U., Krewitt, W., Moriguchi, Y., Munksgaard, J., and Norris, G. (2004), “System Boundary Selection in Life-cycle Inventories using Hybrid Approaches.” Environmental Science & Technology, ACS, 38(3), pp. 657-664.

20.        Boughton, B., and Horvath, A. (2004), “Environmental Assessment of Used Oil Management Methods.” Environmental Science & Technology, 38(2), pp. 353-358.

21.        Junnila, S., and Horvath, A. (2003), “Life-cycle Environmental Effects of an Office Building.” J. of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 9(4), pp. 157-166.

22.        Kitou, E., and Horvath, A. (2003), “Energy-related Emissions from Telework.” Environmental Science & Technology, 37(16), pp. 3467-3475.

23.        Guggemos, A., and Horvath, A. (2003), “Strategies of Extended Producer Responsibility for Buildings.” J. of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 9(2), pp. 65-74.

24.        Pacca, S., and Horvath, A. (2002), “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Building and Operating Electric Power Plants in the Upper Colorado River Basin.” Environmental Science & Technology, ACS, 36(14), pp. 3194-3200.

25.        Matthews, H. S., Hendrickson, C. T., and Horvath, A. (2001), “External Costs of Air Emissions from Transportation.” J. of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 7(1), pp. 111-117.

26.        Rosenblum, J., Horvath, A., and Hendrickson, C. T. (2000), “Environmental Implications of Service Industries.”

 Environmental Science & Technology, 34(22), November 15, pp. 4669-4676.

27.        Hendrickson, C. T., and Horvath, A. (2000), “Resource Use and Environmental Emissions of U.S. Construction Sectors.” J. of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, 126(1), pp. 38-44.

28.        Horvath, A. and Hendrickson, C. T. (1998), “Steel vs. Steel-Reinforced Concrete Bridges: Environmental Assessment.” J. of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 4(3), pp. 111-117.               

29.        Horvath, A., and Hendrickson, C. T. (1998), “A Comparison of the Environmental Implications of Asphalt and Steel-Reinforced Concrete Pavements.” Transportation Research Record, NRC, No. 1626 (Environmental and Social Effects of Transportation), pp. 105-113.

30.        Hendrickson, C. T., Horvath, A., Joshi, S., and Lave, L. B. (1998), “Economic Input-Output Models for Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment.” Environmental Science & Technology, 32(4), pp. 184A-191A.

31.        Horvath, A., Hendrickson, C. T., Lave, L. B., McMichael, F. C., and Wu, T-S. (1995), “Toxic Emissions Indices for Green Design and Inventory.” Cover article, Environmental Science & Technology, 29(2), pp. 86-90.

 

By research areas:

 

Life-cycle assessment modeling

§         Cicas, G., Hendrickson, C. T., Horvath, A., and Matthews, H. S. (2007), “A Regional Version of a U.S. Economic Input-Output Life-cycle Assessment Model.” Int. J. of Life Cycle Assessment, 12(6), pp. 367-374, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/lca2007.04.318

§         Suh, S., Lenzen, M., Treloar, G. J., Hondo, H., Horvath, A., Huppes, G., Jolliet, O., Klann, U., Krewitt, W., Moriguchi, Y., Munksgaard, J., and Norris, G. (2004), “System Boundary Selection in Life-cycle Inventories using Hybrid Approaches.” Environmental Science & Technology, ACS, 38(3), pp. 657-664.

§         Hendrickson, C. T., Horvath, A., Joshi, S., and Lave, L. B. (1998), “Economic Input-Output Models for Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment.” Environmental Science & Technology, ACS, 32(4), pp. 184A-191A.

§         Horvath, A., Hendrickson, C. T., Lave, L. B., McMichael, F. C., and Wu, T-S. (1995), “Toxic Emissions Indices for Green Design and Inventory.” Cover article, Environmental Science & Technology, ACS, 29(2), pp. 86-90.

 

Buildings

§         Vieira, P. and Horvath, A. (2008), “Assessing the End-of-Life Impacts of Buildings.” Accepted for publication in Environmental Science & Technology, ACS.

§         Shehabi, A., Horvath, A, Tschudi, W., Gadgil, A., and Nazaroff, W. W (2008), “Particulate Concentrations in Data Centers.” Accepted for publication in Atmospheric Environment

§         Humbert, S., Abeck, H., Bali, N., and Horvath, A. (2007), “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED): A Critical Evaluation by LCA and Recommendations for Improvement.” Int. J. of Life Cycle Assessment, Special Issue 12(1), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/lca2006.12.291

§         Guggemos, A., and Horvath, A. (2006), “Decision-Support Tool for Assessing the Environmental Effects of Constructing Commercial Buildings.” J. of Architectural Engineering, ASCE, 12(4), pp. 187-195.

§         Junnila, S., Horvath, A., and Guggemos, A. (2006), “Life-cycle Assessment of Office Buildings in Europe and the U.S.” J. of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 12(1), pp. 10-17.

§         Guggemos, A., and Horvath, A. (2005), “Comparison of Environmental Effects of Steel and Concrete Framed Buildings.” J. of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 11(2), pp. 93-101.

§         Junnila, S., and Horvath, A. (2003), “Life-cycle Environmental Effects of an Office Building.” J. of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 9(4).

§         Guggemos, A., and Horvath, A. (2003), “Strategies of Extended Producer Responsibility for Buildings.” J. of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 9(2), pp. 65-74.

§         Hendrickson, C. T., and Horvath, A. (2000), “Resource Use and Environmental Emissions of U.S. Construction Sectors.” J. of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, 126(1), pp. 38-44.

 

Transportation and Telecommuting/Telework

§         Facanha, C., and Horvath, A. (2007), “Evaluation of Life-cycle Air Emissions Factors of Freight Transportation.” Environmental Science & Technology, ACS, 41(20), pp. 7138-7144, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es070989q

§         Kitou, E., and Horvath, A. (2007), “External Air Pollution Costs of Telework.” Int. J. of Life Cycle Assessment, 13(2), pp. 155-165, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/lca2007.06.338

§         Facanha, C., and Horvath, A. (2006), “Environmental Assessment of Freight Transportation in the U.S.” Int. J. of Life Cycle Assessment, 11(4), pp. 229-239, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/lca2006.02.244

§         Kitou, E., and Horvath, A. (2006), “Transportation Choices and Air Pollution Effects of Telework.” J. of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 12(2), pp. 121-134.

§         Facanha, C., and Horvath, A. (2005), “Environmental Assessment of Logistics Outsourcing.” J. of Management in Engineering, ASCE, 21(1), pp. 27-37.

§         Kitou, E., and Horvath, A. (2003), “Energy-related Emissions from Telework.” Environmental Science & Technology, ACS, 37(16), pp. 3467-3475.

§         Matthews, H. S., Hendrickson, C. T., and Horvath, A. (2001), “External Costs of Air Emissions from Transportation.” J. of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 7(1), pp. 111-117.

 

Construction materials, Roads, Bridges

§         Horvath, A. (2004), “Construction Materials and the Environment.” Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 29, pp. 181-204.

§         Guggemos, A., and Horvath, A. (2003), “Strategies of Extended Producer Responsibility for Buildings.” J. of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 9(2), pp. 65-74.

§         Pacca, S., and Horvath, A. (2002), “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Building and Operating Electric Power Plants in the Upper Colorado River Basin.” Environmental Science & Technology, ACS, 36(14), pp. 3194-3200.

§         Hendrickson, C. T., and Horvath, A. (2000), “Resource Use and Environmental Emissions of U.S. Construction Sectors.” J. of Construction Engineering and Management, ASCE, 126(1), pp. 38-44.

§         Horvath, A. and Hendrickson, C. T. (1998), “Steel vs. Steel-Reinforced Concrete Bridges: Environmental Assessment.” J. of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 4(3), pp. 111-117.   

§         Horvath, A., and Hendrickson, C. T. (1998), “A Comparison of the Environmental Implications of Asphalt and Steel-Reinforced Concrete Pavements.” Transportation Research Record, NRC, No. 1626 (Environmental and Social Effects of Transportation), pp. 105-113.

§         Hendrickson, C. T., Horvath, A., Joshi, S., and Lave, L. B. (1998), “Economic Input-Output Models for Environmental Life-Cycle Assessment.” Environmental Science & Technology, ACS, 32(4), pp. 184A-191A.

 

Recycling, Reuse, Waste management

§         Murray, A., Horvath, A., and Nelson, K. (2008), “A Hybrid Life-cycle and Cost Analysis Approach to Assessing Sewage Sludge Treatment and End-Use Scenarios: A Case Study of Chengdu, China.” In print, Environmental Science & Technology

§         Masanet, E., and Horvath, A. (2007), “Assessing the Benefits of Design for Recycling of Plastics in Electronics: A Case Study of Computer Enclosures.” Materials & Design, 28(6), pp. 1801-1811, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2006.04.022

§         Boughton, B., and Horvath, A. (2006), “Environmental Assessment of Shredder Residue Management.” Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 47(1), pp. 1-25, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2005.09.002

§         Boughton, B., and Horvath, A. (2004), “Environmental Assessment of Used Oil Management Methods.” Environmental Science & Technology, ACS, 38(2), pp. 353-358.

§         Guggemos, A., and Horvath, A. (2003), “Strategies of Extended Producer Responsibility for Buildings.” J. of Infrastructure Systems, ASCE, 9(2), pp. 65-74.

 

Editor-reviewed journal publications

§         Borg, R. F., Gambatese, J., Haines, Jr., K., Hendrickson, C. T., Hinze, J., Horvath, A., Koehn, E., Moritz, S. L. (2003), “Rebuilding the World Trade Center.” Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, ASCE, 8(3), pp. 137-145.

§         Hendrickson, C. T., Horvath, A., Lave, L. B., and McMichael, F. C. (1996), “New Markets for Old Materials.” TR News, NRC, No. 184, pp. 32-35.

 

Peer-reviewed conference publications

§         Horvath, A. (2005), “Incorporating External Cost Valuation into Life-cycle Costing of Office Buildings.” Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability (ICOSSAR), Rome, Italy.

§         Guggemos, A., and Horvath, A. (2005), “Decision Support Tool for Environmental Analysis of Commercial Building Structures.” Proceedings of the 2005 Construction Research Congress, ASCE, San Diego, CA.

§         Stokes, J., and Horvath, A. (2004), “Life-cycle Assessment of Alternative Water Supply Systems in California.” Proceedings of the 2004 A&WMA Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN.

§         Guggemos, A., and Horvath, A. (2003), “Framework for Environmental Analysis of Commercial Building Structures.” Proceedings of the 2003 Construction Research Congress, ASCE, Honolulu, HI.

§         Kitou, E., Horvath, A., and Masanet, E. (2002), “Putting in Perspective the Contribution of Transportation to the Environmental Effects of Telework.” 81st Transportation Research Board Conference, Washington, D.C.

§         Horvath, A. (2000), “Alternative Fuel Vehicles: Environmental and Economic Effects of Infrastructural Requirements.” Proceedings of the 2000 SAE Total Life Cycle Conference, Detroit, MI.

§         Lave, L., MacLean, H., Lankey, R., Joshi, S., Horvath, A., and Hendrickson, C. (2000), “Life Cycle Inventories of Conventional and Alternative Automobile Fuel/Propulsion Systems: Summary & Conclusions.” Proceedings of the 2000 SAE Total Life Cycle Conference, Detroit, MI.

§         Hendrickson, C. T., Horvath, A., and Matthews, H. S. (1999), “External Environmental Costs of Transportation Equipment, Materials and Services.” 78th Transportation Research Board Conference, Washington, D.C.

§         Klausner, M., Grimm, W., and Horvath, A. (1999), “Life Cycle Inventory Combining Input-Output Techniques and Conventional Process Models – A Case Study of a Fuel-Injection System.” 1999 SAE Conference & Exposition, Detroit, MI.

§         McMichael, F. C., Hendrickson, C. T., Horvath, A., and Lave, L. B. (1998), “A Comparison of Direct and Indirect Environmental Effects of Critical Industries.” Proceedings of the 1998 A&WMA Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

§         Lave, L. B., Joshi, S., MacLean, H., Horvath, A., Hendrickson, C. T., and McMichael, F. C. (1998), “Environmental Input-Output Life Cycle Analysis: A Summary of Results Including a Comparison with the SETAC Approach.” Proceedings of the 1998 SAE Total Life Cycle Conference, Graz, Austria.

§         Garrett, J. H., Hendrickson, C. T., Horvath, A., Joshi, S., Juarez, O., and McMichael, F. C. (1997), “General Purpose Computer-Aided Engineering Tools for Environmental Software Systems.” IFIP TC5 WG5.11 Second International Symposium on Environmental Software Systems, Whistler, BC, Canada, published in “Environmental Software Systems Vol. 2,” Denzer, R., Swayne, D. A., and Schimak, G., Eds., Chapman & Hall, London.

§         Lave, L. B., Cobas-Flores, E., McMichael, F. C., Hendrickson, C. T., Horvath, A., and Joshi, S. (1997), “Measuring the Environmental Impacts and Sustainability of Automobiles.” Proceedings of the Sustainable Individual Mobility - Critical Choices for Government and Industry Conference, Zurich, Switzerland.

§         Horvath, A., Hendrickson, C. T., Lave, L. B., and McMichael, F. C. (1995), “Performance Measurement for Environmentally-Conscious Manufacturing.” Proceedings of the 1995 ASME International Congress and Exposition, Manufacturing Science and Engineering MED-Vol. 2-2/MH-Vol. 3-2, San Francisco, CA.

§         Hendrickson, C. T., Horvath, A., Lave, L. B., and McMichael, F. C. (1994), “Green Design.” National Academy of Engineering Conference “Engineering within Ecological Constraints,” Washington, D.C.

 

Conference publications where full paper was reviewed by chair

§         Weisskoff, R., Englehardt, J. D., Lave, L. B., and Horvath, A. (1998), “An Input-Output Analysis of Ecosystem Restoration: The Missing Piece.” Plenary paper, 12th International Input-Output Conference, New York, NY.

§         Lave, L. B., and Horvath, A. (1996), “The Market for Recyclables: Prospects and Problems.” Proceedings of Market Tools for Green Goals Conference, Chicago, IL.

 

Conference publications where abstract was reviewed, full paper was published

§         Masanet, E., and Horvath, A. (2006), “Modeling and Reducing the Greenhouse Gas ‘Footprint’ of Personal Computers.” Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, San Francisco, CA.

§         Masanet, E., and Horvath, A. (2004), “A Decision-Support Tool for Environmental Planning of Take-Back Strategies for Plastics from End-of-Life Electronics.” Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, Scottsdale, AZ.

§         Dubberley, M., Agogino, A., and Horvath, A. (2004), “Life Cycle Assessment of Intelligent Lighting System Using a Distributed Wireless “Mote” Network.” Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, Scottsdale, AZ.

§         Junnila, S., and Horvath, A. (2003), “Environmental Sensitivity Analysis of the Life-cycle of an Office Building.” 2nd International Symposium “Integrated Life Cycle Design of Materials and Structures – ILCDES,” Kuopio, Finland.

§         Kitou, E., Masanet, E., and Horvath, A. (2001), “Web-based Tool for Estimating the Environmental Impacts of Telework.” Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, Denver, CO.

§         Kitou, E., Horvath, A., and Blazek, M. (2000), “Environmentally Preferable Purchasing: A Survey of the Telecommunications Industry.” Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, San Francisco, CA.

§         Horvath, A. (1999), “Supply Chain Environmental Assessment of the Telecommunications Sectors.” Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, Danvers, MA.

§         Klausner, M., Grimm, W., and Horvath, A. (1999), “Integrating Product Takeback and Technical Service.” Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, Danvers, MA.

§         Klausner, M., Grimm, W., Hendrickson, C. T., and Horvath, A. (1998), “Sensor-based Data Recording of Use Conditions for Product Takeback.” Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, Oak Brook, IL.