INFRAGUIDER

Infrastructure Guidelines for Environmental Railway Performance

Coordinatore	CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER I TRASPORTI E LA LOGISTICA    more  Organization address address: VIA ALL' OPERA PIA 11A city: GENOVA postcode: 16145 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Marina Cognome: Fracchia Email: send email Telefono: 390104000000 Fax: 390104000000
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Italy [IT]
Totale costo	1˙138˙665 €
EC contributo	1˙138˙665 €
Programma	FP7-TRANSPORT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics)
Code Call	FP7-SST-2007-RTD-1
Funding Scheme	CSA-CA
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-01-01   -   2010-12-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER I TRASPORTI E LA LOGISTICA  Organization address address: VIA ALL' OPERA PIA 11A city: GENOVA postcode: 16145 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Marina Cognome: Fracchia Email: send email Telefono: 390104000000 Fax: 390104000000	IT (GENOVA)	coordinator	126˙421.00
2	TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN  Organization address address: Karlsplatz 13 city: WIEN postcode: 1040 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Norbert Cognome: Ostermann Email: send email Telefono: +43 1 58801 23201 Fax: +43 1 58801 23299	AT (WIEN)	participant	183˙119.50
3	Eco2Win AB  Organization address address: Ansgariigatan 17 city: Jonkoping postcode: 55466 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Katharina Cognome: Neunteufel Email: send email Telefono: -39267 Fax: -38876	SE (Jonkoping)	participant	169˙943.00
4	UNION INTERNATIONALE DES CHEMINS DE FER  Organization address address: RUE JEAN REY 16 city: PARIS postcode: 75015 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Aline Cognome: Wego Email: send email Telefono: +33 1 44 49 20 64 Fax: +33 1 44 49 20 69	FR (PARIS)	participant	137˙548.50
5	TRAFIKVERKET - TRV  Organization address address: RODA VAGEN 1 city: BORLANGE postcode: 781 89 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Malin Cognome: Kotake Email: send email Telefono: +46 243 445469 Fax: +46 243 445463	SE (BORLANGE)	participant	123˙478.00
6	THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM  Organization address address: Edgbaston city: BIRMINGHAM postcode: B15 2TT contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Robert Cognome: Fekete Email: send email Telefono: 441214000000 Fax: 441214000000	UK (BIRMINGHAM)	participant	106˙901.50
7	Balfour Beatty Rail S.p.A  Organization address address: Via Lampedusa 13 city: Milano postcode: 20141 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Giuseppe Cognome: Ghilardi Email: send email Telefono: +39 02 89536 624 Fax: +39 02 89536 906	IT (Milano)	participant	93˙571.50
8	WIENER LINIEN GMBH &CO KG  Organization address address: Erdbergstrasse 202 city: WIEN postcode: 1031 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Sigrid Cognome: Buchegger Email: send email Telefono: +43 1 7909 31700 Fax: +43 1 7909 31009	AT (WIEN)	participant	66˙982.00
9	OBB-Infrastruktur AG  Organization address address: PRATERSTERN 3 city: WIEN postcode: 1020 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Malin Cognome: Kotake Email: send email Telefono: +46 243 445469 Fax: +46 243-445463	AT (WIEN)	participant	57˙009.50
10	NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED  Organization address address: 1 EVERSHOLT STREET city: LONDON postcode: NW1 2DN contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Karl-Eric Cognome: Pumper Email: send email Telefono: -126853 Fax: -118224	UK (LONDON)	participant	54˙323.50
11	Nome Ente NON disponibile  Organization address address: Dinicu Golescu 38 city: BUCURESTI postcode: 10873 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Florin Cognome: Sincai Email: send email Telefono: -3192468 Fax: -3192485	RO (BUCURESTI)	participant	19˙367.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'InfraGuidER Coordinated Action primary objective is to define the guidelines for developing an effective European method/tool for the environmental impact evaluation of the railway infrastructure (existing and new). Despite a similar process has been already provided for the rolling stock the railway infrastructure is a more complex system where in the last year a “silent” revolution has been performed in order to face the high performances of trains (high speed trains), to attract the freight transport, to reduce the maintenance and operational costs, to comply with the local, regional regulation in terms of environmental impact. To avoid that this revolution will create a great unbalance among regions and to support the know-how and best practices transfer it is important to assess by a consensus process at European level the following items: the current state of environmental performance within the railway sector, and to highlight the criticalities to become effective and practical for the internal Environmental Management system implemented by railway companies and suppliers; the infrastructure functional subsystems and interfaces from the environment point of view; balance of goods in terms of material flow, environmental performance indicators EPIs and relevant ranking. Finally, as result of the three steps, the specification for the environmental part of a sustainability management system is provided and disseminated to end users (railway infrastructure managers and international organisations), to suppliers and academia (through EURNEX poles of excellence). According to this description InfraGuidER will be delivered in four main work packages. Other two work packages related to the management and communication/dissemination of the project are included in order to guarantee and to monitor the quality and effectiveness of the coordination mechanism. InfraGuidER fits with SST.2007.1.2.1 – The greening of transport-specific industrial processes'

Introduzione (Teaser)

As a means of transport, rail travel is considered eco-friendly as compared to cars and other transport modes. This is reinforced by strict guidelines for the European railway network and infrastructure.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

The EU-funded 'Infrastructure guidelines for environmental railway performance' (Infraguider) project is outlining different environmental aspects of railway infrastructure in Europe. It is identifying a common approach to harmonise material procurement based on these aspects, taking into account the physical, operational and management dimensions of the system.

Infraguider is therefore identifying the environmental significance of materials used in railway infrastructure systems, including systems analysis (SA), material flow analysis (MFA) and waste management. The project is preparing a set of environmental performance indicators (EPIs) as a draft European environmental guideline. It is focusing on five key environmentally strategic functions of infrastructure organisations, comprising the board of directors, planning and implementation of projects, infrastructure operation, contractors and procurement.

Infraguider has analysed railway infrastructure environmental management according to ISO 14001. It has evaluated railway infrastructure material flow through MFA and investigated material procurement in view of its impact and lifecycle on the environment. Life cycle assessment and eco-procurement are critical for railway environmental management as they reduce unwanted material inflow, shift focus onto eco-friendly bulk material and control material build-up within the infrastructure.

Overall, Infraguider has made significant progress in developing systems models, as well as tools and methods to assess environmental impact. It has also outlined material flow models of how major materials and substances enter the railway infrastructure and are released as waste or emissions in the air, ground and water. Ultimately, important recommendations are expected to emerge from the project that will render the railway industry more eco-friendly, particularly in terms of materials lifecycle and procurement.