African Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Colling and Cold Chain Systems (ACES)

ACES is a first-of-its-kind Centre dedicated to sustainable, smart cold-chain, cooling and post-harvest management (PHM). The first ACES hub is being built in Kigali, hosted by the University of Rwanda. The hub will be a central point for research, data collection, training and demonstrations which branches out to specialised outreach centres in Africa including Community Cooling Hubs. 

Zero-Emission Cold-Chain Building the Road to Sustainable Cold-Chain Systems for Food Resilience

This consortium of academic and industrial partners will develop a coordinated strategy to accelerate the transition to a resilient, decarbonised food cold-chain in the UK.  

Our aim is to develop and deliver a clear industry-led pathway to achieve the UK’s net zero 2050 target whilst maintaining food security and affordability for UK consumers and economic opportunity for the UK food industry.

Fleet Optimisation Exercise for European City Logistics

The goal of this project is to determine the most optimal mixed fleet setup which can deliver and pick-up packages in a given city at the lowest possible cost. The interventions proposed from this study aim at minimising the operational cost as well as the environmental impacts of the operations.

Suburban-Fringe ‘on-demand’ Algorithm Based Shared Transport

Cities rely on people travelling from and around fringe suburban and rural areas, but suburban-fringe transport has challenges. Lower residential densities mean that traditional fixed bus timetables work poorly and people become ‘cut-off’, relying on private cars. Current fixed route and timetable services are neither commercially viable nor effective in providing the needed community services or encouraging people out of private cars. 

SRF Optimiser

SRF Optimiser is a web-based decision support tool that calculates GHG emissions, energy consumption and costs associated with a company’s road freight transport operation. It helps organisations in road freight transport in developing their decarbonisation strategy by modelling effects of 29 carbon-reducing measures, by assessing cost, carbon and energy implications of a range of technological measures that can be applied to a transport fleet.  

Gamification of Driver Behaviour

It’s known that the behaviour of truck drivers can have significant impacts on fuel efficiency. Driver training has been shown to influence the behaviour and lead to reduced fuel consumption.  This study takes that work further by integrating telematics data with a gamification techniques to extend training beyond the classroom. 

Multi-modal Operations and Infrastructure Modelling

It is widely accepted that logistics will have to adopt new technologies and practices to meet the aggressive decarbonisation targets set by the UK government. The novelty of decarbonisation technology, the inherent need to manage the energy transition, and the short timescales involved will impose new demands and constraints on the organisation of the logistics system.  

Analysis of a Strategic Hydrogen Refuelling Infrastructure (ATHENA)

Realising the commitment of the UK towards net zero emissions by 2050, the implementation of cleaner energy sources is critical. Heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) attributed to an estimated 17% of road transport greenhouse gas emissions in the UK during 2019. In working towards a net zero solution of hydrogen fuel cell HGVs.