Due to increased public awareness on global climate change and other energy and
environmental problems, a variety of strategies are being developed and used to reduce the …

There are many challenges associated with moving goods within cities as urban areas
become larger and elderly residents require more healthcare in their homes. Air quality is …

Environmental, social, and political pressures to limit the effects associated with greenhouse
gas emissions are mounting. Little research has been done on reducing emissions as the …

Increased congestion during peak morning and afternoon periods in urban areas is
increasing logistics costs. In addition, environmental, social, and political pressures to limit …

The European Union (EU) has introduced since the early 1990s a series of progressively
more stringent emission regulations to control air pollution from the transport sector …

Abstract Vehicle Specific Power (VSP) has been increasingly used as a good indicator for
the instantaneous power demand on engines for real world driving in the field of vehicle …

Limited field data are available for analyses of fuel use and emissions of nonroad diesel
construction equipment. This paper summarizes the results of field research that used a …

Building construction incurs direct emissions from equipment operation and transportation.
These emissions at a collective level seem to be high, which alerts contractors who are keen …

It is difficult to quantitatively assess the impact of engine idling on fuel use and emissions of
construction equipment because of a lack of sufficient data. This paper presents a …

Vehicle loads have significant impacts on the emissions of heavy-duty trucks, even in the
same traffic conditions. Few studies exist covering the differences in emissions of diesel …