Fact Sheets

Greenroads

Greenroads is the first rating system for sustainable road design and construction. It awards points for a list of sustainable choices and practices and can be applied to new, reconstructed, and rehabilitated roads. The rating system evaluates sustainability tradeoffs and decisions, encourages greener practices and innovation, and confers marketable recognition on projects.

The goals of Greenroads are threefold: to recognize companies already using sustainable methods; to provide a catalog of ideas for greener practices; and to offer an incentive for agencies and companies to build more environmentally friendly roads. According to its developers, the University of Washington and CH2M Hill, the Greenroads standard helps show the public that the construction industry can become more sustainable.

Download the TERRA fact sheet on Greenroads (160 KB PDF)

For further reading:

• Greenroads Rating System v1.0 (University of Washington and CH2M HILL, 2010)
• The Greenroads Roadway Sustainability Performance Metric

Related Web sites:

• Green Highways Partnership
• GreenLITES