This last decade has shown an increasing interest in the topic of environmental sustainability. Customer awareness and government regulations pushed companies to undertake projects and actions regarding GHG emissions. Concerning the logistics activities, despite the significant role that logistics nodes have in ‘greening’ supply-chain, so far great attention has been given to transportation, while a few projects or studies have focused specifically on warehousing. This thesis aims to address this gap by investigating in-depth the topic of energy efficiency in warehousing and related GHG emissions. Firstly, a context analysis has been performed: it investigates the solutions available on the market that companies can implement to increase the energy efficiency of their warehouses and the current legislation about this topic. Then, a systematic literature review has pinpointed the characteristics, the economic and environmental benefits, and the barriers of the different energy-efficient solutions, highlighting current gaps and directions for future research. To fill the emerged gaps, a comprehensive framework of the main energy-efficient solutions in warehousing has been first proposed, and their level of adoption and maturity has been subsequently investigated through an empirical study and a secondary source analysis. Finally, this work of thesis refines a model to allocate GHG emissions to the main functional areas of warehouses and provide benchmark values about consumption and emissions performances through empirical analysis of 102 warehouses belonging to companies of the network of the Observatory of Contract Logistics “Gino Marchet” of the Politecnico di Milano.
Quest'ultimo decennio ha mostrato un crescente interesse per il tema della sostenibilità ambientale. La consapevolezza dei clienti e le normative governative hanno spinto le aziende a intraprendere progetti e azioni riguardo le emissioni di gas serra. Per quanto riguarda le attività logistiche, nonostante il ruolo significativo che i nodi logistici hanno nella ‘sostenibilità ambientale’ della filiera, finora grande attenzione è stata data al trasporto, mentre scarsi studi si sono concentrati sul magazzino. Questa tesi si propone di colmare questa lacuna approfondendo il tema dell'efficienza energetica nei magazzini e le relative emissioni. Inizialmente è stata effettuata un'analisi del contesto: sono state indagate le soluzioni disponibili sul mercato che le aziende possono implementare per aumentare l'efficienza energetica dei propri magazzini e la normativa vigente in materia. Proseguendo, un’analisi sistematica della letteratura ha studiato le caratteristiche, i vantaggi economici e ambientali e le barriere delle diverse soluzioni di efficienza energetica, evidenziando le attuali lacune e le direzioni per la ricerca futura. Per colmare le mancanze emerse, è stato inizialmente proposto un framework delle principali soluzioni di efficienza energetica applicabili ai magazzini e il loro livello di adozione e maturità è stato successivamente indagato attraverso un’analisi empirica e un’analisi delle fonti secondarie. Infine, questa tesi perfeziona un modello di allocazione delle emissioni alle principali aree funzionali dei magazzini e fornisce valori di riferimento sui consumi e sulle emissioni attraverso l'analisi empirica di 102 magazzini appartenenti alla rete dell'Osservatorio di Contract Logistics “Gino Marchet ” del Politecnico di Milano.
Green warehousing and energy efficiency : state-of-the-art, empirical insights, and quantification of CO2 emissions among logistics service providers (LSPs) and shippers
Pollastri, Luca;Chiacchiaretta, Alessandro
2019/2020
Abstract
This last decade has shown an increasing interest in the topic of environmental sustainability. Customer awareness and government regulations pushed companies to undertake projects and actions regarding GHG emissions. Concerning the logistics activities, despite the significant role that logistics nodes have in ‘greening’ supply-chain, so far great attention has been given to transportation, while a few projects or studies have focused specifically on warehousing. This thesis aims to address this gap by investigating in-depth the topic of energy efficiency in warehousing and related GHG emissions. Firstly, a context analysis has been performed: it investigates the solutions available on the market that companies can implement to increase the energy efficiency of their warehouses and the current legislation about this topic. Then, a systematic literature review has pinpointed the characteristics, the economic and environmental benefits, and the barriers of the different energy-efficient solutions, highlighting current gaps and directions for future research. To fill the emerged gaps, a comprehensive framework of the main energy-efficient solutions in warehousing has been first proposed, and their level of adoption and maturity has been subsequently investigated through an empirical study and a secondary source analysis. Finally, this work of thesis refines a model to allocate GHG emissions to the main functional areas of warehouses and provide benchmark values about consumption and emissions performances through empirical analysis of 102 warehouses belonging to companies of the network of the Observatory of Contract Logistics “Gino Marchet” of the Politecnico di Milano.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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