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The article deals with the utilization of renewable energy sources in the construction and maintenance of transport infrastructure. In the introduction of the article, the authors present a brief introduction to this issue. The authors present a system that utilizes renewable energy sources, specifically solar energy, called the Solar Road System. The article describes the functionality of this system and selected advantages and disadvantages over conventional methods of winter road maintenance. In the third chapter, the authors point out the possible use of the solar road system in the wider scope of transport infrastructures, specifically the chapter focuses on the possibilities of using the system in airport construction, where the authors show this principle using a conceptual model of the airport. This chapter briefly describes the winter maintenance of airport operating areas. At the end of the article, the authors point out the possible directions that the development in this area will take and the issues that will need to be addressed in the future.
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Šváb, P., Korba, P., Hovanec, M., Lukáč, J., Hura, J., Al-Rabeei, S.A.S. (2021). The Utilization of Renewable Energy Sources in the Construction and Maintenance of Transport Infrastructure. In: Perakovic, D., Knapcikova, L. (eds) Future Access Enablers for Ubiquitous and Intelligent Infrastructures. FABULOUS 2021. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 382. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78459-1_27
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