Digital Library on Green Mobility

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Reports
Product life cycle accounting and reporting standard

2011

Author(s): Bhatia P, Cummis C, Draucker L, Rich D, Lahd H, Brown A

This standard provides requirements and guidance for companies and other organizations to quantify and publicly report an inventory of GHG emissions and removals associated with a specific product.

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Reports
Measuring and Managing CO2 Emissions of European Chemical Transport

2011

Author(s): McKinnon A, Piecyk M

This report examines the options for measuring and reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from transporting chemicals produced in Europe.

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Books
Low Carbon Transport in Asia Strategies for Optimizing Co-benefits

2011

Author(s): Zusman E, Srinivasan A and Dhakal S (Ed)

This book is essential reading for transport policy makers, planners, and researchers concerned with low carbon transport, climate change and development in Asia and the wider world.

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Research Papers/Articles
Electric Vehicles and their Effects in Low-Voltage Grids

2011

Author(s): Teuscher J, Götz A, Schufft W

Currently the requirements to be met by the low-voltage grid are increasing. In addition to the growth of the distributed power supply the starting e-mobility is the main cause for this change. The study shows that electric vehicles would be the first parts of a smart grid.

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Journals
IET Electrical Systems in Transportation

2011

Publisher/Organisation: The Institution of Engineering and Technology

IET Electrical Systems in Transportation is aimed at all aspects of electrical power systems in modern transport applications including generation, storage, distribution and utilisation. It covers all topic of transportation: aerospace, marine (including sub-sea), automotive or land-based and rail.

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Research Papers/Articles
Planning Sustainable E-Mobility

2011

Author(s): Schwedes O

E-mobility is a popular current topic for urban as well as for transport planning. In the foreseeable future, the electro vehicle will be used mainly for short distances making it particularly interesting for urban mobility.

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Research Papers/Articles
Triggering the Development of Electric Mobility: A Review of Public Policies

2011

Author(s): Leurent F, Windisch E

The main purpose of the article is to identify the targets and instruments of such a policy, through an international review of policy briefs, implementation plans and practical experiences. This paper analyses public policies and projects in favour of electric mobility based on private or shared vehicle usage.

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Journals
Sustainable Cities and Society

2011

Publisher/Organisation: Elsevier BV

Sustainable Cities and Society (SCS) is an international journal focusing on fundamental and applied research aimed at designing, understanding, and promoting environmentally sustainable and socially resilient cities. 

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Journals
International Journal of Electronic Transport

2010

Publisher/Organisation: Inderscience Enterprises Limited

IJET envisages innovation and improvements in applications of information and communication technology (ICT), RFID technology, global positioning systems (GPS), electronic road pricing (ERP) and barcode technologies in the logistics and transport sector, thereby improving supply chain efficiency by reducing carbon footprint, inventories and costs.

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This report provides key findings and lessons learned from a comprehensive review of major bus improvements in 13 Latin American and Asian cities.