Life cycle analysis
Full life cycle analysis of new transport solutions, from sourcing materials to fuels and how transport vehicles are reused and recycled is a prominent focus at present and will drive how future transport systems will be engineered. An important component of the analysis is the impact on people’s health as well as the environment.
Initiatives to reduce environmental impact
Last year, the LCA series of webinars from the Advanced Propulsion Centre provided great insights into how transport and the sourcing of materials, fuels etc. need to evolve and the relative impacts they have. This also relates closely to local initiatives to reduce environmental impacts such as the recently published Doncaster Climate Commission Report. It highlights issues around the pollution created by road vehicles and the desire to increase the number of electric vehicles. European wide initiatives, such as the European Human Exposome Network, of which Beta is a partner through the LongITools project, are looking at the impacts on health from a variety of environmental exposures.
