Real-Time Data Collection for Product Carbon Footprints in Transportation Processes Based on OBD2 and Smartphones

Author

Hilpert, Hendrik ; Thoroe, Lars ; Schumann, Matthias

fYear

2011

fDate

4-7 Jan. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

Calculating product carbon footprints (PCF) is a central function of Environmental Management Information Systems (EMIS). Collecting accurate data for EMIS in general and PCF in particular is a critical issue. Nowadays, emission data of transportation processes are mostly based on averages and estimations, as data on actual emissions of transportation processes are costly to collect. In this paper, we propose a cost-efficient system for real-time data gathering for PCF in transportation processes based on vehicle on-board systems and smartphones. We present the system architecture, outline the application logic and - based on a generic multi-echelon transportation network - we specify its application and integration into EMIS.

Keywords

air pollution; data acquisition; environmental management; environmental science computing; mobile handsets; real-time systems; software architecture; transportation; application logic; cost-efficient system; emission data; environmental management information system; generic multiechelon transportation network; product carbon footprint; real-time data collection; real-time data gathering; smartphone; system architecture; transportation process; vehicle on-board system; Carbon dioxide; Electromagnetic interference; Information systems; Real time systems; Smart phones; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences (HICSS), 2011 44th Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kauai, HI

ISSN

1530-1605

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9618-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2011.356

Filename

5718558