The transportation sector accounts for a large share of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Therefore, practitioners and researchers alike are working to find more environmentally friendly solutions. Along with new technologies that increase local efficiency in current road-freight transport, it is also necessary to explore the use of different transport modes and policies. To evaluate such alternative logistics processes, it is necessary to quantify their environmental impact using various tools and methodologies. In this paper, an EN 16258 based tool and the EcoTransIT tool are applied to a real-world case study to evaluate the GHG emissions and energy consumption of the current and alternative modes of transports. The objective of the paper is to assess the two tools applied to different modes of transport, i.e. direct delivery by truck versus intermodal transport with freight villages. The results allow decision-makers to select the most environmentally-friendly routes, implementing then a sustainable supply chain.
Green Logistics and transportation: the estimation of GHG emissions and energy consumptions in a industrial case
Caldarelli V.
Membro del Collaboration Group
;Saetta S. A.Membro del Collaboration Group
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2017
Abstract
The transportation sector accounts for a large share of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Therefore, practitioners and researchers alike are working to find more environmentally friendly solutions. Along with new technologies that increase local efficiency in current road-freight transport, it is also necessary to explore the use of different transport modes and policies. To evaluate such alternative logistics processes, it is necessary to quantify their environmental impact using various tools and methodologies. In this paper, an EN 16258 based tool and the EcoTransIT tool are applied to a real-world case study to evaluate the GHG emissions and energy consumption of the current and alternative modes of transports. The objective of the paper is to assess the two tools applied to different modes of transport, i.e. direct delivery by truck versus intermodal transport with freight villages. The results allow decision-makers to select the most environmentally-friendly routes, implementing then a sustainable supply chain.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
