READ ME File For 'Thesis data README TANN 180525' Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/XXXXXX Date that the file was created: May, 2025 ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- ReadMe Author: Tracey Anne Najafpour Navaei, University of Southampton, ORCID ID : 0000-0002-7348-5761 This dataset supports the thesis entitled 'Carbon Footprinting of Railway Embankments and Cuttings: Assessing Potential for Carbon Reduction and Carbon Offsetting to Reach Net Zero' AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton DATE OF AWARD: 2025 DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA This is a thesis document saved as a pdfa/3 for accessible viewing. This dataset contains: Thesis Chapters V11.0 080525 - PDFA Relationship between files, if important for context: List of Accompanying Materials • A to Z NR Carbon Calculation Data FINAL 50 CASE STUDIES Rev 1 DOI :10.5258/SOTON/D3242 The above DOI links to the 6 data sets described below. • A to Z Case Study Descriptions FINAL 50 CASE STUIDES Rev 1 • A to Z NR Carbon Calculation Data Completed Forms FINAL 50 CASE STUDIES Rev 1 • A to Z NR Carbon Calculation Data Queries and Responses FINAL 50 CASE STUDIES Rev 1 • A to Z NR Case Study Assumptions FINAL 50 CASE STUDIES Rev 1 • A to Z NR Case Study CSV Download FINAL 50 CASE STUDIES BAU Rev 1 • A to Z NR Case Study CSV Download FINAL 50 CASE STUDIES ER SCENARIO Rev 1 • User Manual for Footprint Creation in RSSB RCT Using PAS2080 Template and Carbon Calculation Data Form Rev 1 DOI :10.5258/SOTON/D3243 • NR Carbon Data Calculation Form Rev 3 DOI:10.5258/SOTON/D3127 If data was derived from another source, list source: Date of data collection: January 2021-April 2023 Related projects/Funders: EPSRC, Network Rail -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- Licence: CC BY Recommended citation for the data: Tracey Anne Najafpour Navaei (2025) "Carbon Footprinting of Railway Embankments and Cuttings: Assessing Potential for Carbon Reduction and Carbon Offsetting to Reach Net Zero", University of Southampton, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, PhD Thesis, 637 pages. This dataset supports the thesis: Tracey Anne Najafpour Navaei (2025) "Carbon Footprinting of Railway Embankments and Cuttings: Assessing Potential for Carbon Reduction and Carbon Offsetting to Reach Net Zero", University of Southampton, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, PhD Thesis, 637 pages. Links/relationships to ancillary or related data sets: This data set links with other supplementary data sets listed below "A to Z NR Carbon Calculation Data FINAL 50 CASE STUDIES Rev 1" Available at: DOI:10.5258/SOTON/xxxx which contains the following 6 data sets: "A to Z NR Case Study Descriptions FINAL 50 CASE STUDIES Rev 1" Summary description of each case study in a standardised format detailing the name, region, earthwork type, intervention level and lifetime, volume, brief works description, photo of the works (if available). "A to Z NR Carbon Calculation Data Completed Forms FINAL 50 CASE STUDIES Rev 1" Raw completed data collection form for each case study, completed by the contractor. "A to Z NR Carbon Calculation Data Queries and Responses FINAL 50 CASE STUDIES Rev 1" Document trail of queries and subsequent responses from contractors for each case study. "A to Z NR Case Study Assumptions FINAL 50 CASE STUDIES Rev 1" Assumptions made for each case study against each section of the footprint. "A to Z NR Case Study CSV Download FINAL 50 CASE STUDIES BAU Rev 1" Download of Footprint from RSSB RCT in .csv format, for each BAU A1-5 case study. "A to Z NR Case Study CSV Download FINAL 50 CASE STUDIES ER SCENARIO Rev 1" Download of Footprint from RSSB RCT in .csv format, for each ER A1-5 case study. "User Manual for Footprint Creation in RSSB RCT Using PAS2080 Template and Carbon Calculation Data Form Rev 1" Available at: DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/xxxx Manual for creation of footprints using RSSB RCT from data collected on the novel data collection form and subsequently aligned to the RSSB RCT format. "NR Carbon Data Calculation Form Rev 3" Available at: DOI:10.5258/SOTON/D3127 Blank copy of novel carbon data calculation form. Related publication: Navaei, T. et al. (2022) 'Carbon Footprinting of Railway Embankments and Cuttings: A Circular Framework', Energy Reports, 8 (11), pp. 8-13. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.05.051.Elsevier Najafpour Navaei, Tracey Anne, Blainey, Simon, Powrie, William and Preston, John (2022) Carbon accounting in mainline railway geotechnical solutions: Reducing embodied carbon in conjunction with offsetting to reach net zero. In, Conference Proceedings of the World Congress on Railway Research 2022. World Congress on Railway Research 2022 (06/06/22 - 10/06/22) (In Press) Tracey Najafpour Navaei, Simon Blainey, John Preston & William Powrie (2024) Carbon footprinting of railway infrastructure: a standardized, consistent data collection method, Carbon Management, 15:1, 2368839, DOI: 10.1080/17583004.2024.2368839 Accompanying data set: Najafpour Navaei, Tracey Anne (2024) Dataset supporting the publication "NR: Carbon Calculation Data form Rev 3". University of Southampton doi:10.5258/SOTON/D3127 [Dataset] Najafpour Navaei, T., Blainey, B., Powrie, P., Preston, J. (2024) Decarbonisation of Small-Scale Railway Earthwork Interventions Using PAS 2080 Life-Cycle Methodology in Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics (ICTG) 2024, Volume 7, DOI: 10.1007/978-981-97-8237-6_20