Aihearkisto: English

Dissertation: Future of energy efficiency and carbon dioxide emissions of Finnish road freight transport

The targets to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions to mitigate climate change are as much applicable to the road freight transport sector as they are to all other sectors of society. The aim of this research is to support the … Lue loppuun

Tallennettu kategorioihin 2013, English, Heikki Liimatainen, julkaisut, väitöskirjat | Avainsanoina , , , , , , , , | Kommentit poissa käytöstä

Visit to Baltic’s most innovative airline

AirBaltic invited our students and researchers for an excursion to Riga, Latvia. Riga is AirBaltic hub that offers good connections to Eastern and Western Europe and CIS countries. Vice President of Communications Mr Janis Vanags gave us a company presentation and took … Lue loppuun

Tallennettu kategorioihin 2013, blogi, English | Kommentit poissa käytöstä

Journal article: Decarbonizing road freight in the future – Detailed scenarios of the carbon emissions of Finnish road freight transport in 2030 using a Delphi method approach

Research on the future of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of road freight transport in Finland is reported in this paper. Delphi method is utilized to forecast the changes of GDP and seven indicators which determine the CO2 emissions of road … Lue loppuun

Tallennettu kategorioihin 2013, English, Erika Kallionpää, Heikki Liimatainen, journal-artikkelit, Markus Pöllänen | Avainsanoina , , , , , , , , , , | Kommentit poissa käytöstä

Journal article: The impact of sectoral economic development on the energy efficiency and CO2 emissions of road freight transport

The branches of economy differ in the amount and characteristics of freight transport services they require and use. Thus, different branches also have different energy efficiencies and carbon dioxide emissions from transport. Previous research has highlighted a serious lack of … Lue loppuun

Tallennettu kategorioihin 2013, English, Heikki Liimatainen, journal-artikkelit, Markus Pöllänen | Avainsanoina , , , , | Kommentit poissa käytöstä

Research report: Mining industry in Finland and Sweden

The Bothnian corridor is a vital  transport infrastructure for the economies of Finland and Sweden connecting them to the European network. This corridor is especially important for heavy industry transportation and the importance is increasing due to the development of mining … Lue loppuun

Tallennettu kategorioihin 2012, English, Erika Kallionpää, Jarkko Rantala, julkaisut, raportit, Tommi Mäkelä | Avainsanoina , , , , , | Kommentit poissa käytöstä

Conference article: Building a national action plan for improving the energy efficiency and reducing the CO2 emissions of road freight transport

ABSTRACT Purpose: Road freight transport is responsible for 24 percent of CO2 emissions from transport in Finland (LIPASTO 2011). Since many projections state that road freight transport will grow in the future, there is a growing need to find solutions … Lue loppuun

Tallennettu kategorioihin 2012, English, Erika Kallionpää, Heikki Liimatainen, julkaisut, konferenssiartikkelit, Markus Pöllänen | Avainsanoina , , , , , | Kommentit poissa käytöstä

Conference article: Who is responsible when it finally happens? – Functional involvement in adopting green initiatives among logistics service providers

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 Purpose: Logistics service providers (LSPs) have started to transform their operations and strategy to be more effective from a green perspective. This transformation can mean opportunities to increase the company’s competiveness, but may also impose challenges and concerns how … Lue loppuun

Tallennettu kategorioihin 2012, English, Heikki Liimatainen, julkaisut, konferenssiartikkelit | Avainsanoina , , | Kommentit poissa käytöstä

Journal article: Energy efficiency practices among road freight hauliers

Abstract The reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) is a highly prevalent public policy goal among European Union member countries. In the new White Paper on transport, the role of road freight transports in this is strongly emphasized. This far, however, … Lue loppuun

Tallennettu kategorioihin 2012, English, Heikki Liimatainen, journal-artikkelit, julkaisut | Avainsanoina , , , , | Kommentit poissa käytöstä

Book: Best European practices in promoting cycling and walking

Order the Book here! European countries are forerunners in promoting cycling and walking. Planners and decision makers from all over the world travel to Europe to study the best practices. Now the best European practices have been gathered to one … Lue loppuun

Tallennettu kategorioihin 2012, English, Jorma Mäntynen, julkaisut, Kaisa Karhula, Kalle Vaismaa, Pasi Metsäpuro, raportit, Terhi Luukkonen, Tuuli Rantala, Verne-julkaisut | Avainsanoina , , , , , , | Kommentit poissa käytöstä

Journal article: Data mining in rail transport delay chain analysis

Railway systems face the demand for efficient, reliable, and low-cost logistic services. Nevertheless, in many countries, punctuality of rail traffic plummet at a poor level. Even though high quality is pursued, there seems to be a lack of broad understanding … Lue loppuun

Tallennettu kategorioihin 2012, English, Jouni Wallander, journal-artikkelit, julkaisut | Avainsanoina , , , , , | Kommentit poissa käytöstä