Abstract

This project develops a standardised data model that can be employed for consistent carbon calculation, assessment, and optimisation by future road developers. A mixed research method with interviews, organisational archival analysis, and ontology modelling is used. Four research objectives are outlined: (1) to review existing carbon management theories and practices, attainable advanced technologies for carbon sensing and monitoring, data analysing, sharing, and visualisation; (2) to develop a standardised data model for carbon management; (3) to develop a set of interoperable protocols for data collection, storage, analysis, sharing, and visualisation; and (4) to prepare the data model in a way that is adaptable to the foreseeable adoption of new technologies in the next five years. A carbon data trustworthy framework and an intelligent carbon data management system architecture are developed.