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Track 3: Green Transport

Track 3: Green Transport. Green Logistics Nakul Sathaye Life-Cycle Assessment of Passenger Transportation Mike Chester UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport Volvo Center for Excellence Workshop July 24, 2006. Outline. Green Logistics Externalities of Freight Transportation

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Track 3: Green Transport

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  1. Track 3: Green Transport Green Logistics Nakul Sathaye Life-Cycle Assessment of Passenger Transportation Mike Chester UC Berkeley Center for Future Urban Transport Volvo Center for Excellence Workshop July 24, 2006

  2. Outline • Green Logistics • Externalities of Freight Transportation • Methodology • Organization of Options • Life-Cycle Assessment of Passenger Transportation • Problem Statement • Methodology • Application

  3. Green LogisticsExternalities of Freight Transportation Adapted from UK Roundtable on Sustainable Development (1996)

  4. Green LogisticsFreight Emissions in Metropolitan Areas Ang-Olson and Ostria (2005): Assessing the Effects of Freight Movement on Air Quality at the National and Regional Level: Final Report

  5. Green LogisticsModal Considerations Modal split of freight transport volume in Europe Mode split for overall freight transportation by tonnage in the U.S. in 2001 Ang-Olson and Ostria (2005): Assessing the Effects of Freight Movement on Air Quality at the National and Regional Level: Final Report European Environment Agency (2006): Transport and Environment Facing A DIllema

  6. Green LogisticsMethodology Transportation and Environmental Economic Theory Current Green Logistics Schemes Assessment of Environmental Externalities Green Logistics Methods • Impact Analysis (Case Studies) • Air Quality Considerations • Logistics Companies • Implementation Costs Logistics Optimization Methods -Facility Location -Routing -Scheduling and Management

  7. Social & Economic Activities Logistic Activities Negative Impacts Emissions Optimize logistics Reduce emissions Reduce exposure Technological and Policy Options Green LogisticsOrganization of Options Nakul Sathaye, Yuwei Li, Arpad Horvath and Samer Madanat (2006): The Environmental Impacts of Logistics Systems and Options for Mitigation

  8. Table 11 in Nakul Sathaye, Yuwei Li, Arpad Horvath and Samer Madanat (2006): The Environmental Impacts of Logistics Systems and Options for Mitigation

  9. Life-Cycle Assessment of Passenger TransportationProblem Statement • Transportation emissions are typically evaluated from the vehicle tail-pipe • Vehicle life-cycle is ignored (i.e. manufacturing and disposal) • Mode and fuel infrastructure is ignored • Policy is created and decisions are made based on tail-pipe emissions • e.g. CAFE standards • A thorough understanding of human health and environmental impacts requires knowledge of emissions from the mode’s life-cycle

  10. Life-Cycle Assessment of Passenger TransportationMethodology • A life-cycle emissions inventory will be created • Modes: automobile, bus, heavy rail, and light rail • For each mode: inputs and outputs from infrastructure, vehicle, and fuels • Hybrid LCA • Combines the positive aspects of process based LCA and economic input-output based LCA • Goes beyond vehicle tail-pipe; quantifies effects in the supply chain Process-Based Product EIO  Supply Chain

  11. Life-Cycle Assessment of Passenger TransportationEmissions Inventory • Energy Inputs • Electricity and fuel use • Emissions Outputs • Criteria air pollutants (SO2, CO, NOX, VOC, Pb, PM10) • Greenhouse gases (CH4, CO2, N2O) • Quantification and location of inputs/outputs in the supply chain: • Improve decision-making processes • Applicability of abatement technologies

  12. Life-Cycle Assessment of Passenger TransportationInventory Application • Comparison of two major U.S. cities with different modal shares • New York and Los Angeles • Application of life-cycle inventory to existing transportation models to understand full effects Image Source: Google Maps, http://maps.google.com/, Accessed 7/11/2006

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