Researchers from the Warsaw University of Technology (WUT), together with foreign partners, want to create a platform that will minimise the energy consumption needed to deliver goods and services to residents. This will be at the heart of modern urban logistics.

‘We have proposed an innovative and integrated energy description of a multimodal city logistics system,’ explains Prof Emilian Szczepański of the Faculty of Transport at the Warsaw University of Technology, head of the Polish E-Laas project team. 

The Polish researchers plan to develop models of the logistics system for various modes of cargo distribution, including the use of electric vehicles, transport bicycles or drones. In these models, the focus will be on energy consumption and emissions, as well as on linking infrastructure and Internet of Things solutions to means of transport and users.

The project ‘E-Laas: Energy-optimised city logistics as a service’ received funding in the EN-UAC China Call competition organised by the JPI Urban network together with the Chinese NSFC agency. The consortium consists of Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) – project coordinator from Europe, Shanghai University (China) – project coordinator from China, Tsinghua University (China) and Warsaw University of Technology.