Study shows Trail Bridges from Blades offer Economic and Environmental Benefits

A new publication from Re-Wind USA, Georgia Tech, uses techno-economic and lifecycle analysis to determine the costs and environmental performance of trail bridges made from repurposed blades.

The results of the analysis are published in the peer-reviewed journal Sustainability and the work was carried out by Aeva Silverman as well as other graduate students and faculty of Georgia Tech, Virginia Polytechnical Institute and Fiberglass Trusses, Inc. Trail bridges fabricated from blades were determined to have lower equivalent CO2 emissions and lower costs than conventional structures and also have a high Technological Readiness Level (TRL) indicating the maturity of repurposing solutions for blades.