[flygochklimat] Seminar on holistic approach to sustainable transportation

[Evelyn Otero Sola]

Dear all,

We would like to invite you to a seminar on holistic approach to sustainable transportation where we address the following question:

Would the inclusion of emissions from building and maintaining infrastructure challenge common views of sustainable transportation?


In this seminar by Dr. Klaus Radermacher, organized by the KTH Centre for Sustainable Aviation (CSA) and Transportföretagen, we take a holistic approach trying to evaluate the actual total emissions of different means of transportation. The seminar will be introduced with two short presentations from both organizations. More information about the event is provided below.


If you would like to attend the seminar, please register at the following link (Last day to register is May 23th).

https://www.kth.se/form/registration-seminar


Speaker: Dr. Klaus Radermacher
Title: We calculate wrong! -A Holistic Ecological Assessment of Transportation Systems -
Time: Tuesday 31 May, 10:00-12:30 (followed by lunch)

Place (hybrid): KTH and via Zoom (exact location and Zoom link will be sent later to the ones registered).



Abstract:

Few other topics are currently being discussed as intensively and emotionally as the "ecological foot-print" of various transportation systems, usually reduced to more or less correct figures on CO2 and NOx emissions. Such discussions often result in highly simplified statements such as "taking the train is environmentally friendly", "driving a car is harmful to the environment" and "flying is even more harmful".

Klaus Radermacher will demonstrate in his presentation that an appropriate evaluation is much more complex and that it is not sufficient to measure only the exhaust gases at the tailpipe in order to take the environmental aspect adequately into account.

The fact that infrastructure is always necessary to provide any kind of transport service has so far largely been ignored. The CO2 footprint of transportation infrastructure includes the necessary routes (e.g., roads, rails), nodes (e.g., train stations, airports, parking), control infrastructure (e.g., signal boxes, switches, signaling systems, air traffic control systems, traffic lights, traffic signs) and it is enormous.

Furthermore, physical aspects of transportation are considered, as they have a significant impact on the efficiency of the various transportation systems due to their inherent motion sequences.


Bio of the speaker: Dr. Klaus Radermacher

Klaus Radermacher has more than 30 years of professional experience; he successfully held management positions (C-level) in large international corporations as well as in Start-Up companies, two of which he founded himself. He is an expert on the "Holistic Analysis of Complex Systems"; his areas of expertise include Innovation Management, Telecommunications, Automotive & Transport, IT management, Internet technologies, Venture Capital & Finance, to name just a few.

In his previous responsibilities as CEO, CTO and other senior management positions in Germany and the US, organizations led by him received multiple awards and prizes, e.g., the "Ludwig Erhard Preis" (German National Excellence Award) and prizes at the European Excellence Award in 2005, to name just a few.


Klaus holds a Ph.D. and a diploma (M.Sc.) in Computer Science (minor in Economics) from the University of Karlsruhe; he also studied at the University of Massachusetts in Boston, after having received a scholarship by the state of Massachusetts. Klaus is the author/co-author of a variety of publications: textbooks, journal papers, contributions to books and papers; he is also the co-author of a patent registered in the US and in Europe.

For further information, please refer to https://krbe.gmbh/Ueber-KRBE/KR-en/ or https://www.linkedin.com/in/klaus-radermacher-5340991/.



Kind regards,

Evelyn




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Dr. Evelyn Otero Sola
Associate professor in aeronautical engineering
Vice-Director of the Centre for Sustainable Aviation (CSA)
https://www.kth.se/en/csa/
CSA project:
https://www.kth.se/csa/projekt/trevol-1.975050

Department of Engineering Mechanics
Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
SE-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
+46 76-582 98 75
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