{"id":10068,"date":"2023-06-27T16:53:37","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T14:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/uk\/?post_type=projects&p=10068"},"modified":"2024-09-04T11:47:21","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T10:47:21","slug":"rotherham-transport-co2-emissions-modelling","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/www.systra.com\/uk\/project\/rotherham-transport-co2-emissions-modelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotherham transport CO2 emissions modelling & analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Technical details<\/div>\n \t
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Customer<\/div>\n\t
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (RMBC)<\/div>\n\t <\/div>\n
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2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Missions<\/div>\n
Carbon Modelling<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Localisation<\/div>\n
Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Carbon Modelling, Net Zero Transport, Decarbonisation<\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Sustainable Transport<\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Supporting a sustainable Transport vision<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Improving the quality of life for people is a core element of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council\u2019s (RMBC) transport vision, with transport supporting quality of life by providing access to opportunities and by promoting health by enabling sustainable and active travel choices.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To help build a sustainable transport strategy, RMBC needed to gain a greater understanding of the baseline transport related CO2 emissions for the Borough. This included breaking down the emissions by the main transport modes as well as by travel within, to and from Rotherham, and also identifying emissions generated by pass-through traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This baseline would enable RMBC to build an understanding of the impact of transport on their Carbon budget and was a required component of the initial development of a strategy to meet their ambitions to become net-zero by 2040.<\/p>\n\n\n

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CO2 Emissions Map<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

CO2 Emissions insight<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In late 2021, RMBC appointed SYSTRA to undertake some initial work to provide modelling support to feed into their understanding of CO2 emissions. This exploratory work included developing an innovative Carbon Skimming approach which generated Production-Attraction (PA) matrices of CO2 from a highway assignment and link-based emissions calculated using SYSTRA\u2019s Emissions Evaluation Tool(ENEVAL). This approach allowed a new set of powerful analyses of CO2 emissions to be undertaken which had not previously been considered. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This initial development phase provided confidence that the approach produced results which were comparable to estimates of CO2 from other published sources. Building on this initial proof of concept, RMBC commissioned SYSTRA to undertake additional work to further enhance their understanding of CO2 emissions. These additional analyses included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n