Important announcement

Dear visitor,

Please note that this OpenCourseWare platform will be replaced at the end of 2026 by a new platform (under the same url ocw.tudelft.nl).

Courses and their contents that are currently available the platform will partly be migrated. URL’s for this content will change and content might be unavailable for some time. In addition, some courses will not be available anymore.

If you are linking to specific courses on this platform (for instance for your students), please take timely measures to avoid problems with access. Possible actions are:

  • Download the materials to your local platform (laptop, server)
  • For educators only (including TU Delft lecturers): Contact us at ocw@tudelft.nl and inform us what course you are using in what context (institute, program, period of use, number of students). We will research (in collaboration with the authors of the course) and decide if we will migrate the course, and if yes, can supply you with a new url.

Thank you.

Home Courses Designing Climate-Neutral buildings and transport Course materials Lectures 4.1.1 Decarbonizing cities

4.1.1 Decarbonizing cities

Course subject(s) 4. Transport decarbonization II

Welcome to the final part of the course! In the past module, we have discussed how we can decarbonize transportation focusing on freight and aviation sectors and addressed transport related environmental concerns. This module, we will be continuing to discuss decarbonization of transport in more detail and address new aspects such as quantification of mode shift benefits and economics of fuel price.

In the first video of module 4, we will have a short recap of last week’s contents and present an agenda for this week. Furthermore, you will gain an insight into how COVID-19 pandemic has affected daily carbon emissions in the cities around the globe.

Feel free to explore some of the rankings (as well as browse online to find more) to possibly learn more about where your own city places.

The Global Liveability Index 2021 – link

Cities and Happiness: A Global Ranking and Analysis – link (make sure to check out Figure 3.1: Global Ranking of Cities — Current Life Evaluation where subjective well being in each city is presented).

Key takeaways:

  1. Currently, transport is highly dependent on oil, but efforts are being made to shift the sector towards electricity.
  2. Fuel carbon intensity, energy intensity and activity are the main three factors that determine energy consumption and emissions in transportation.
  3. During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, many cities around the globe witnessed significant reductions in pollutions and emissions.
Previous
Next
Creative Commons License
Designing Climate-Neutral Buildings and Transport by TU Delft OpenCourseWare is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Based on a work at https://online-learning.tudelft.nl/courses/designing-climate-neutral-buildings-and-transport/ /
Back to top
[sg_popup id=6]