Marina Ivkić
Compare energy consumption, CO2 and air pollutant emissions for airplanes, cars and passenger trains. Just enter the route ... and go!
Why EcoPassenger?
The transport sector causes more than a quarter of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. In addition, emissions have risen the most in recent decades in this sector, and this growth continues unabated. The International Union of Railways (UIC) wants to make a contribution by:
- Increases the awareness of users of means of transport about the consequences of their travel habits
- Decision makers looking for sustainable solutions can help
- proposes new calculation models that include the total costs of energy production and consumption
What is EcoPassenger?
- a user-friendly internet tool on a stable scientific basis
- a program to compare energy consumption and CO2 and pollutant emissions from passenger transport by air, road and rail
- equipped with the most reliable and up-to-date data for all three modes of transport
- jointly developed by UIC, the Foundation for Sustainable Development, ifeu (the German Institute for Energy and Environmental Research) and the software manufacturer HaCon
How does the calculation work?
EcoPassenger not only calculates the energy or fuel consumption needed to operate a train, car or plane. It calculates the total energy consumption, including the energy needed to produce the electricity or fuel. So EcoPassenger looks at the entire process from extraction to final consumption - for one Ökourlaub, The rail pricing model is based on the Environmental Strategy Reporting System (ESRS). This includes the inclusion of both the national energy mix and the rail-specific energy mix for those companies that purchase green certificates with guaranteed origin.
[Source: Ecopassenger, Click on reference / link: http://ecopassenger.hafas.de/bin/help.exe/dn?L=vs_uic&tpl=methodology&]
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