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StaMoLo - Measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from stationary and mobile processes in logistics companies using the example of Deutsche Post World Net

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  • Simulation and Logistics Engineering
Development of building blocks for a cost-effective and efficient corporate strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Background

As part of the Kyoto Protocol and burden sharing within the European Union, the Federal Republic of Germany has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 21% by 2008/2012 compared to the base year 1990. However, unlike in other sectors, greenhouse gas emissions from transportation increased by a total of 13% between 1990 and 2000. Against this background, it is important to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the logistics sector cost-effectively through technical and non-technical measures.

Approach

The project is divided into five work packages. The starting point for this project is the analysis phase to determine greenhouse gas emissions using the DHL division as an example, taking into account the entire logistics process (mobile and stationary processes). This is followed by an evaluation phase, which identifies the most cost-effective measures for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Once the measures have been selected, an implementation strategy must be developed.

The first three phases conclude the concept phase with an external workshop, followed by the implementation phase, in which short-term measures are implemented and evaluated. The final communication phase serves to transfer the results to other companies in the CEP sector.

Intended results

As part of the research project, building blocks of a cost-effective and efficient corporate strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions were developed in cooperation between research and practice and, based on this, a practice-oriented reduction concept was derived for Deutsche Post World Net (now: Deutsche Post DHL), which can also be transferred to other companies in the CEP sector. Additional experience and findings from science and practice were incorporated in the context of stakeholder workshops to enable the transferability of the developed modules and the practice-oriented implementation concept to other areas of the DPWN Group and other companies in the CEP sector.

The modules developed to minimize greenhouse gas emissions from stationary and mobile operations along the entire logistics process were implemented and evaluated in pilot projects at representative parcel centers.

Contact: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Uwe Clausen

Funding and partners

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