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SELF STUDY
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What is this self-study package? | What is e-Atomium? | Who can benefit from this self study package? | What are the benefits for me? | What’s there to learn? | How does it work? | Who wrote this for me? | Interested to learn more? | Mobility Management | Awareness raising activities and communication Campaigns | Alternative fuels and vehicles | Demand Management |
What is this self-study package?
e-Atomium offers you on-line courses through long-distance learning. This self-study package is compiled especially for local actors working in the field of energy saving and/or transport. Energy agencies, energy efficiency advice centres and local authority energy professionals are the main target groups. However, everybody interested in the field of transport and mobility can consult this self-study package and benefit from the examples provided.
The self study package offers the opportunity to study on an individual basis – where and whenever you want. Within the package it is explained what the goal is of e-Atomium, who can benefit, what to learn and how to get started.
What is e-Atomium?
e-Atomium is a training program aimed at increasing the knowledge and competencies of energy agencies, energy efficiency advice centres and local authority energy professionals in the important field of sustainable energy use in transport. e-Atomium helps them by providing tailor made training and educational programmes in the field of transport and mobility.
With, for example, the assistance of the training courses, e-Atomium wishes to address the supporting role and stimulate the active participation at local, regional and European level from the energy agencies, advice centres and local authority energy professionals in the field of sustainable energy use in transport.
Who can benefit from this self study package?
Anybody interested in the field of transport and mobility can consult this self-study package but especially those who are working in one of the following organisations can learn more about energy saving in transportation:
- an energy agency,
- an energy efficiency advice centre,
- a local authority energy professional.
What are the benefits for me?
When using the insights provided in the training manuals, you will:
- extend your competencies, knowledge and network in the field of transport and mobility,
- be able to include sustainable energy use in transport as part of your core activity,
- have the opportunity to exchange your experience and transfer your know-how in the field of sustainable energy use in transport via in particular the examples for you to follow.
What’s there to learn?
You get detailed information on the following four training themes containing several subtopics:
Mobility Management
- School Travel Plans
- Company & Administration Travel Plans
- Tourism Travel Plans
Awareness raising activities & communication Campaigns
- Target group dedicated communication: arguments and recommendations for considering the needs of specific target groups in local transport policies
- Eco-driving
- Topic related communication (e.g. marketing PT, soft modes)
- Organisation of an awareness raising event (e.g. mobility week)
Alternative fuels & vehicles
- Bio fuels (incl. pure vegetal oils)
- Comparative analysis of all alternative fuels & vehicles
- Environment appraisal of community/municipal vehicle fleets
Demand Management
- Urban planning & transport: the “compact city”; parking management; new neighbourhoods/car free housing
- Access management and vehicle restrictions
- Road pricing & Congestion charge schemes
For each training theme we provide:
- A training manual, which consists of theoretical background information and lots of practical examples.
- A glossary with an explanation of the most important terms used.
- A PowerPoint presentation, which gives you a nice summary of the training manual
- Some examples for you to follow.
- A blueprint for setting up actions in the field of energy saving in transport yourself (how to get started).
- Links to many interesting websites and case studies.
How does it work?
All training material is provided for free. Just surf through the e-Atomium website, the Library section especially and download the materials you are interested in.
Your own pace determines the time you need to complete an e-Atomium training. Actually, the e-Atomium training materials are compiled in such a way, that they can be used throughout time as a book of reference when working in the field of energy saving and transport.
Who wrote this for me?
People from six different European countries working in the field of transport and mobility with experience in education and training. When compiling the training material, the knowledge of different tutors was brought together.
You can find the contact details of the tutors in the Training activities section. They can give you more information, provide training or help you to find contact persons in your country.
Interested to learn more?
Would you like to follow a training course or do you wish to organise a training session in your country with the help of one of the e-Atomium partners, just send an e-mail.
Mobility Management
What is it?
Mobility Management is primarily a demand-oriented approach to passenger and freight transport that involves new partnerships and a set of tools to support and encourage a change of attitude and behaviour towards sustainable modes of transport. These tools are usually based on information, organisation, and co-ordination and require promotion.
Mobility Management (MM) activities are a “soft policy” approach. Mobility Management measures can be used independently, but also in combination with “hard policies” such as infrastructure investments and thus maximise the benefits of the investments.
What are the learning goals?
The trainees should gain the following skills and knowledge:
- To realize the context between energy efficiency and soft transport measures as well as the impacts of an implementation of soft measures
- To realize the context between hard policies and soft policies and to see the value and impact of Mobility Management
- To realize transport problems on site level and to define these problems
- To set up an analysis and implementation programme for these sites and situations
- To give advise or direct consulting of city administrations and other stakeholders for the introduction of MM schemes.
Where can I find more information on the subject?
To find out more about the subject we kindly refer you to the reference list at the back pages of the individual learning materials.
Evaluate your own knowledge
- Describe at least 5 examples of possible Mobility Management measures/programmes?
- Describe at least 5 examples of what isn’t a Mobility Management measure/programme.
Interested in the answers? Just have a look at the Mobility Management training manuals and PowerPoint presentations available in the Library section.
Awareness raising activities and communication Campaigns
What is it?
Campaigns can be defined as “purposive attempts to inform, persuade, and motivate a population (or sub-group of a population) using organised communication activities through specific channels, with or without other supportive community activities [1].”
What are the learning goals?
The aim of this training manual is to increase the knowledge and competencies of energy management agencies, energy efficiency advice centres and local authority energy professionals in the field of “Awareness raising activities and communication Campaigns”, especially regarding the topics mentioned in the table above.
The training manual has been prepared to help you understand what “Awareness raising activities and communication Campaigns” are about. It gives you an overview of the reasons why “Awareness raising activities and communication Campaigns” should be launched and organised in your territory.
Thanks to the training manual, you will be able to help local authorities and other relevant actors in launching and organising their own “Awareness raising activities and communication Campaigns” and to carry them out on your own. The training manual contains recommendations and good practices/case studies for your benefit.
Where can I find more information on the subject?
To find out more about the subject we kindly refer you to the reference list at the back pages of the individual learning materials.
Evaluate your own knowledge
- What are some critical factors when defining a communication strategy?
- What are the five main steps you have to take for setting up a communication campaign?
- You intend to organise an awareness raising and communication Campaign (see for instance the European mobility week
at www.mobilityweek-europe.org). Draft your evaluation form so that you can measure the impact of your Campaign.
Interested in the topics which should at least be evaluated? Just have a look to the Awareness raising and communications Campaigns training manual and PowerPoint presentations available in the Library section.
Alternative fuels and vehicles
What is it?
The demand for travel needs to be managed and mobility should become more efficient, but still goods will have to be moved, services carried out and people will still wish to travel with their own private vehicles. To minimise the adverse impacts of this continued demand for road transport, alternative fuels and vehicles are needed. There are several ways of achieving reductions in emissions from a road vehicle:
- Increasing vehicle efficiency
- Using exhaust after-treatment
- Using alternative fuels
What are the learning goals?
The aim of this module is to provide energy agencies, energy efficiency advice centres (EEACs) and other local energy actors with the information and knowledge that they will need when giving advice in this area. It will also enable effective decision-making regarding projects that may or may not be of value in terms of reducing the impact of road transport in their area.
By the end of the training, the recipient should be able to:
1. Differentiate between the main types of alternative fuels
2. Understand the benefits and complications of exhaust after-treatment
3. Be able to advise the public, business and governments as to the appropriateness of various alternative fuels
4. Be aware of the legislation relating to emissions from road vehicles and alternative fuels
5. In the case of energy agencies, be able to apply their knowledge in the pursuit of funding for transport projects
Where can I find more information on the subject?
To find out more about the subject we kindly refer you to the reference list at the back pages of the individual learning materials.
Evaluate your own knowledge
Please answer the following questions:
- Diesel vehicles need after-treatment Selective Catalytic Reduction or Exhaust Gas Reduction to reduce: NOx / PM10 / HC / CO or CO2?
- Particulate filters can be up to what % effective at reducing particulate matter?
Please decide whether the following statements are true or false?
- Diesel vehicles are inherently more efficient than their petrol equivalents
- Diesel engines are better on emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and fine particles (PM10) than their petrol equivalents
- LPG is a renewable fuel
- NGVs have significant local emissions benefits
- Bio ethanol can technically be used at any percentage in existing petrol vehicles
- Hydrogen fuel cells are only a few years away from mass production and high market penetration
- Grid-charged electric vehicles are pollution free
- Hybrid vehicles are only a few years away from mass production and high market penetration
Interested in the answer? Just have a look at the alternative fuels & vehicles training manual and PowerPoint presentations available in the Library section.
Demand Management
What is it?
Within the e-Atomium-project, Demand Management has been defined as ‘all strategies made up of measures related to infrastructure, land use or regulations that influence the need to travel or make it no longer necessary to travel by private car.’ Due to the large number of the sub topics it is not possible to describe all of them into great detail. Therefore a choice has been made to limit the description to the following three topics:
- road pricing schemes
- access restrictions
- car free cities and town-planning initiatives aimed at minimising car use.
What are the learning goals?
The aim of this module is to provide energy agencies, energy efficiency advice centres (EEACs), local energy actors, local authorities and civil servants with the information and knowledge needed to give advice in the area of Demand Management. It will also enable effective decision-making regarding projects that may or may not be of value in terms of reducing the impact of road transport in their area and in terms of energy savings.
By the end of the training, the recipient therefore should be able to:
1. define a Demand Management strategy
2. distinguish promising Demand Management measures applicable for solving local transportation problems, which also contribute to energy saving objectives, and furthermore participate in multi stakeholder working groups dealing with transportation problems.
Where can I find more information on the subject?
To find out more about the subject we kindly refer you to the reference list at the back pages of the individual learning materials.
Evaluate your own knowledge
Take a few moments to answer the following two questions together.
- How did you travel to this morning to your work/school/meeting?
- Describe 5 possibilities to save energy during this trip?
- Categorise them into the following 4 categories:
I. Ways to prevent transport
II. Ways to prevent the use of a motorised (private) vehicle
III. Ways to increase the efficiency of the vehicle
IV. Ways to increase the usage of the vehicle
Interested in the answers? Just have a look at the Demand Management training manual (chapter 7: Exercises) and PowerPoint presentations available in the Library section.
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