E-Laas (NCN – JPI Urban Europe)
Energy-optimised urban logistics as a service
Acronym:
E-LaaS
Programme name:
Institution financing the Polish part of the project:
National Science Centre (NCN)
International consortium:
- Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden, leader),
- Shanghai University (China, leader),
- Tsinghua University (China),
- Warsaw University of Technology
Cooperating partners:
- Stockholms stad, Trafikkontoret (Sweden),
- ParkUnload (Spain),
- Metropolis GZM (Poland),
- Shanghai Urban-Rural Construction and Transportation Department (China),
- Volvo Group Trucks Technology and Operations (Sweden)
Total project value:
551 809,01 € (ca. 2 593 500 PLN)
National Science Centre (NCN) funding value:
878 107,00 PLN
Project duration:
2023 - 2026
Project manager at the Warsaw University of Technology:
Emilian Szczepański, Ph.D., Associate professor, Department of Transport Systems Engineering and Logistics
Description:
The E-Laas project proposes an innovative and integrated approach to energy usage by a multimodal urban logistics system. Urban delivery systems will be compared in terms of energy consumption, modal shift with micro distribution platforms, and innovative approaches to combine freight vehicle charging and parking. An assessment framework based on energy estimation enables a systematical and natural definition of sustainability targets. The primary goal of the E-Laas project is to create an innovative platform for minimising energy consumption in the distribution process from consolidation centres to customers' doors, facilitating energy savings at every distribution level. Furthermore, energy as a quantitative indicator enables the juxtaposition of different modular solutions through an interwoven energy footprint.
The project's objectives include the development of substantive contributions to sustainable urban and community development, new universal logistics methods, digital and physical infrastructure concepts for sustainable transport solutions, and methodologies for developing sustainable and climate-policy-compliant urban logistics systems.
The following results are presumed:
- development of energy-optimal urban logistics solutions with their quantitative characterisation by energy consumption,
- development of intelligent multimodal and energy-optimised micro-delivery systems,
- analysis of disturbances in city logistics tasks and proposals for reconfiguration solutions to regain energy optimality,
- co-organisation of delivery services and unloading zones through the infrastructure of charging stations and the energy grid, taking into account innovative charging principles and the impact of energy prices on delivery costs,
- quantification of freight transport demand and analysis of customer behaviour, analysis of digital and physical components and the holistic concept of logistics as a service,
- concepts for scalable, multimodal and energy-optimal distribution systems,
- development of new ways for E-Laas to enhance social responsibility.
Project co-funded by the National Science Centre within the framework of the ERA-NET Cofund Urban Accessibility and Connectivity
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