Railway stations as hubs of sustainable energy management practices for urban mobility
The following report: Railway stations as hubs of sustainable energy management practices for urban mobility is a mature attempt to position railway infrastructure as a tool to shape green, human-centred future for cities. By merging multiple sources of information, methods and tools, as well as pur...
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| Formato: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Recursos: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/426607 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/426607 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Renewable energy sources Energies renovables Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies::Recursos energètics renovables |
| Resumo: | The following report: Railway stations as hubs of sustainable energy management practices for urban mobility is a mature attempt to position railway infrastructure as a tool to shape green, human-centred future for cities. By merging multiple sources of information, methods and tools, as well as pursuing holistic approach, it emphasizes on the process of sustainable transition. The thesis report is divided into various subsections for which energy and mobility, within or in the neighbourhood of railway infrastructure, are the common denominators. The methodology, designed to structure the work, assumes a combination of written sources, expert opinions, field research, and numerical input. Its execution combines different methods of work, diversifying the inflow of information in order to reduce the risk of subjectivity. An inclusive approach inviting various actors as well as station users is an added value to the project. By covering the broad range of possible use cases - in terms of size, location, function and passengers´ flow - the goal is to strengthen the impact of the research and contribute to the modernization of the national transport network, addressing a global call for action associated with the increasing turbulence of global warming on local ecosystems. In this spirit, the purpose of the whole project outlined in the methodology is not to pursue the state-of-the-art for railway transport and its ancillary services, but to emphasize on human-centred and at the same time environmentally friendly interventions. An extensive literature review opens the main part, serving as a meaningful introduction to the paper. It reveals the complexity and a multitude of factors that can be associated – directly or indirectly - with the energy and energy management aspects of desired multimodal hubs. As none of them can be easily excluded without blurring the full picture, subsequent sections discuss ties that a railway station has with a particular field. At this point, many European examples and best practices are mentioned to benchmark the research. The broad range of interdependencies collected from the source material is supplemented by input provided by the participants of the Value Creation ideation workshops, a series of events organized by the EIT Urban Mobility to increase the level of cross-stakeholder collaborations within urban areas. In the analytical part of the report, data for Polish stations - coming from PKP S.A., Polish State Railways - are presented and analysed in the form of a use case built on the already operating station, to which term reference station is used. The following work also takes advantage of the fact that there is already an IDS - Innowacyjne Dworce Systemowe programme in Poland (Innovative System Stations), aimed at restructuring the existing facilities and their adaptation to the highest standards. Based on an extensive dataset, the most relevant records are selected, along with new, tailored indicators defined in the form of SMART KPIs. The results serve as a starting point for the development of a toolkit that attempts to define an easily scalable, modern, and holistic approach to the design and management of stations in the spirit of multimodal hubs. The toolkit for energy and mobility seeks the answer of how to bring the multimodal node closer to the Smart City, including technological, social, entrepreneurial, and environmental integration, by creating new opportunities and closing the existing gaps. With a set of scalable actions stemming from the introduced concept, the last part of the report becomes a playground for scenarios where a whole spectrum of needs that both travelers and local residents may have is covered. |
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