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    Quantifying the carbon dioxide emissions resulting from awareness-raising actions of sustainable mobility

    TitleQuantifying the carbon dioxide emissions resulting from awareness-raising actions of sustainable mobility
    Publication TypeCommunications in International Conferences
    Year of Publication2019
    AuthorsSouza P., Paiva F., Silva L. T., and Pereira P.
    Abstract

    Currently, the transport sector is a major contributor to global green-house gases emissions. The evaluation of projects that promote the decarboniza-tion in cities is mainly focused on calculating the reduction of CO2 emissions. The calculation methodology takes into account the characteristics of the city car fleet where these projects are implemented. In the case of the “SchoolBus” pro-ject, promoted by the Braga Municipal Council during the 2018-2019 school year, the average value of reduction was of 34.9 tonCO2eq/year. The number of vehicles circulating in the study area, the emission factor related to the type of vehicle and its fuel and the distance traveled by them were the main parameters used to calculate CO2 emissions. The impacts of the “SchoolBus” project on stakeholders and awareness-raising actions of sustainable mobility can be quan-tified in terms of CO2, by analyzing the population’s interest in joining more sus-tainable modes of transport. Thus, it is possible to evaluate the potential of the awareness-raising actions, applied in the study area, in the decarbonization in a larger area (i.e. the whole municipality). At the same time, it is possible to com-pare and analyze the calculated values in relation to the quantified potential range of effects of policy measures on CO2 emissions using transport demand for the year 2030, indicated by the European Commission and adapted to the area of study, by introducing measures of sustainable mobility in the territory.

    Conference NameSC4Life
    Pagination1-17
    Date Published2019-12-30
    Conference LocationBraga
    URLhttp://smartcity360.org/2019/demos/
    KeywordsCities decarbonization, Public partici-pation., Sustainable urban mobility
    RightsopenAccess
    Peer reviewedyes
    Statuspublished
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    The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.

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