Skip to main content
Book cover

International Heinz Nixdorf Symposium

IHNS 2010: Advanced Manufacturing and Sustainable Logistics pp 263–268Cite as

Methods for the Calculation of CO2 Emissions in Logistics Activities

  • Conference paper

Part of the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing book series (LNBIP,volume 46)

Abstract

This paper outlines general methods, calculation models and some available software for the calculation of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in logistics activities. General calculation formulas are presented mostly for transportation by truck, but by train as well. Listed are CO2 emission factors (EFs) for the different types of fuels and partially average numbers for the various transport carriers. The relevance of the calculation of CO2 emissions in the logistics sector is described to show the growing importance of sustainability in the world of logistics.

Keywords

  • sustainability
  • Carbon dioxide (CO2)
  • emission factors (EFs)
  • CO2 equivalents
  • CO2 emissions
  • CO2 balance
  • life cycle assessment (LCA)
  • fuel-based method
  • distance-based method

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution.

Chapter
USD   29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12494-5_24
  • Chapter length: 6 pages
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
  • Exclusive offer for individuals only
  • Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout
eBook
USD   84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • ISBN: 978-3-642-12494-5
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
  • Exclusive offer for individuals only
  • Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout
Softcover Book
USD   109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
Learn about institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

References

  1. International Energy Agency: Transport, Energy and CO2: Moving Toward Sustainability. OECD Publishing (2009)

    Google Scholar 

  2. World Business Council for Sustainable Development, World Resource Institute: The Greenhouse Gas Protocol - A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard. Washington (2004)

    Google Scholar 

  3. Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative: Calculating CO2 Emissions from Mobile Sources, guidance, http://www.ghgprotocol.org/calculation-tools/all-tools

  4. Departments for Environment of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland: Handbook emission factors for road transport (HBEFA), http://www.hbefa.net/

  5. Oekoinstitut Darmstadt, Germany, http://www.oeko.de/service/gemis/en/index.htm

  6. Knörr, W., Reuter, C., et al.: Daten- und Rechenmodell: Schadstoffemissionen aus dem motorisierten Verkehr in Deutschland 1980 - 2020. Heidelberg/Dessau (2005)

    Google Scholar 

  7. EcoTransIT, http://www.ecotransit.org/railion/index.en.phtml

  8. Rundschau, V.: CO2 Berechnung (42-48), Verlag Heinrich Vogel. Springer, Munich (2009)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Chair of Logistics, Institute of Logistics and Material Handling Systems, University Magdeburg “Otto-von-Guericke”, Universitaetsplatz 2, 39106, Magdeburg, Germany

    Hartmut Zadek & Robert Schulz

Authors
  1. Hartmut Zadek
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Robert Schulz
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Heinz Nixdorf Institut, Universität Paderborn, Fürstenallee 11, 33102, Paderborn, Germany

    Wilhelm Dangelmaier, Alexander Blecken, Robin Delius & Stefan Klöpfer, ,  & 

Rights and permissions

Reprints and Permissions

Copyright information

© 2010 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

Zadek, H., Schulz, R. (2010). Methods for the Calculation of CO2 Emissions in Logistics Activities. In: Dangelmaier, W., Blecken, A., Delius, R., Klöpfer, S. (eds) Advanced Manufacturing and Sustainable Logistics. IHNS 2010. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 46. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12494-5_24

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12494-5_24

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-642-12461-7

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-642-12494-5

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)