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Research Group for Transport Logistics welcomes German-Italian Delegation to Technischen Hochschule Wildau University of Applied Sciences

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On 3rd November 2021 the 6th official partner meeting of the project "InterGreen-Nodes" took place. The Research Group Transport Logistics of the TH Wildau is the lead partner in the project and organized the hybrid meeting in the premises of the university. Thereby, the remaining project duration was discussed with the partners on site and those who joined online.

The project "InterGreen-Nodes" of the EU-Interreg Central Europe IV program aims at the development of an environmentally friendly, intermodal freight transport on the last mile in urban areas. In this project, the research group Transport Logistics of TH Wildau is lead partner and organized a hybrid event on the occasion of the 6th official partner meeting in the context of pandemic-related challenges.

The focus of the partner meeting was the joint exchange on the project status as well as the outlook regarding the remaining project duration until June 2022. In the summer, the guidelines for a smooth development of green nodes as well as regional action plans were already published in the project to achieve a change in support of environmentally friendly transport. Also at the technical level, the progress of the demonstrators' testing has been assessed, which will be bundled into step-by-step guidance on, for example, green building certification (LEED and BREEAM) or experiences on all-electric operation of trimodal terminals. These milestones support the coordination between the responsible parties at the node level and stakeholders in freight transport and network the actors from practice and politics.

Outlook

Through the wide progress of the project, the partnership discussed the integration and consolidation of an environmentally friendly freight transport framework and the sustainable production and use of goods at EU level, as well as the necessary tools for nodes, e.g. a toolbox for spatial planning.

The consolidation and dissemination of the project results will be organized in cross-thematic trainings with stakeholders in spring 2022.

"An example of reusing old infrastructure in a modern way"

Due to the pandemic outbreak, it had not been possible for the Intergreen Nodes team to meet in person since November 2019. This made the on-site meeting with the representatives of the Berlin-Brandenburg Joint State Planning, the Chamber of Commerce of the region Venice and the Italian Institute of Transport and Logistics (ITL) all the more enjoyable. After the successful meeting, the guests were shown around the university campus. In the aftermath, Guiseppe Luppino (ITL European Projects - Head of Unit and President of Open ENLoCC) told us: "It was amazing to visit your university, it is an example of reusing old infrastructures in a modern way."

More informationen:

https://www.interreg-central.eu/Content.Node/InterGreen-Nodes.html

Intergreen-Nodes on Twitter und LinkedIn:

https://twitter.com/IntergreenN

https://www.linkedin.com/company/intergreen-nodes-scandriaalliance/

Background „Green Nodes“

Nodes are the most logical spatial-geographical scale for working towards improving the coordination of freight transport actors. On the one hand, nodes have the network effect to achieve change in support of environmentally friendly transport. On the other hand, those responsible at node level have the necessary regional and practical knowledge so that effective and sustainable solutions can be implemented. The problem: Mainly they act on a regional level and the exchange with other actors is missing. As a result, ideas and solutions remain limited to their respective regions.

InterGreen-Nodes connects practical and political actors through coordination between nodal level managers and stakeholders in freight transport.

About Research Group Transport Logistics

The Research Group Transport Logistics at TH Wildau, headed by Prof. Dr. Jens Wollenweber, has been analysing and developing solutions in the field of logistics in conjunction with new technologies and testing their application in practice together with business partners since 2004. The focal points of the research include the topics of warehouse logistics with location analyses and process optimisation, city logistics, logistics for the forestry and timber industry, as well as analyses and application testing of new technologies in transport, such as electromobility.

More information: www.th-wildau.de/fgvlog

Specialist contact:

Philip Michalk
Research Group Transport Logistics
TH Wildau
Hochschulring 1, 15745 Wildau
Tel.: +49 (0)3375 508 201
E-Mail: philip.michalk@th-wildau.de

Contact Communication team TH Wildau:

Mike Lange / Mareike Rammelt
TH Wildau
Hochschulring 1, 15745 Wildau
Tel. +49 (0)3375 508 211 / -669
E-Mail: presse@th-wildau.de