GREEN-LOG has been prominently featured in Logistics & Management, a leading Greek magazine specializing in logistics and the related markets. The article, authored by our partners Ioannis Avgerinos and Dimitris Zissis from the Athens University of Economics and Business, introduces the GREEN-LOG project and outlines the innovative work to be carried out at the Athens Living Lab.

GREEN-LOG was excited to participate in the Workshop “EU Living Labs for Co-designing Innovative Transport and Logistics Solutions to Address Climate Change. Insights from 7 EU-Funded Projects” at IATBR International Conference on Travel Behavior in Vienna.

The workshop, that was organised by the University of the Aegean and TRANSDEM Lab, took place on July 16, 2024, aimed to explore real-world testing grounds for innovative solutions to fight climate change in EU’s transportation and logistics.

During this workshop, we proudly presented two groundbreaking GREEN-LOG Living Labs for sustainable transport innovation:

• GREEN-LOG: LL Ispra – Presented by our partner Athena Tsirimpa, explored the future of last-mile delivery through the integration of cutting-edge delivery robots. The presentation showcased how these advanced technologies are poised to revolutionise logistics, and sparked enthusiastic discussions about challenges and barriers. We delved into potential solutions and future opportunities for expanding these innovations.
• GREEN-LOG: LL Athens – Presented by our partner Panagiota Mavrogenidou, focused on the development of multi-stakeholder collaborations for shared Microconsolidation Centers, made possible through the seamless collaboration of DAEM, ACS Courier and Postal Services, and FedEx. The presentation detailed the creation of a microconsolidation center and the introduction of a mobile depot in Athens. We explored how these initiatives could transform urban logistics, addressing barriers and examining how customer behavior might shift due to the introduction of the mobile depot.

Find more about the conference: https://iatbr2024.univie.ac.at/home/

As e-commerce continues to boom, urban areas face significant challenges in managing efficient and sustainable logistics. The Horizon Europe co-funded GREEN-LOG project has released an engaging introductory video highlighting our innovative solutions designed to transform last-mile delivery systems. 

The GREEN-LOG project is advancing the development of Logistics-as-a-Service (LaaS) platforms. These platforms facilitate interconnected city logistics, incorporating several forward-thinking components.  

The video showcases GREEN-LOG’s cutting-edge approaches, including autonomous vehicles, delivery droids, cargo bike-based micro-consolidation, and multimodal parcel deliveries integrated with public transportation. These solutions are being tested in five European urban Living Labs, each addressing unique logistical challenges in regions like Athens, Barcelona, Flanders, Oxfordshire, and Ispra. 

Watch the video below to see how GREEN-LOG is opening the way towards zero-emission, efficient, and socially responsible urban logistics.

Amalia Ntemou from the GREEN-LOG Coordination team (Netcompany-Intrasoft) presented the projects and its standardisation efforts and plans at the “Harmonising Innovation: AI and Green Energy Standardisation Workshop” organised online on 9 July 2024 by the GREEN.DATA.AI <https://greendatai.eu/>  project.

This workshop aimed to delve into the standards related to AI and Green Energy sectors. The workshop fostered a comprehensive discussion with the participating EU projects, aiming to identify their needs regarding standardisation, and gather valuable feedback from our esteemed experts.

GREEN-LOG, repesented by its project partner Aimsun, is proud to annouce its participation in the 12^th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation (hEART), taking place on 18-10 June in Finland. The aim of hEART is to provide a platform for scientific discussion and collaboration by bringing together leading experts and talented young scholars.

In the presentation titled “Sustainable last-mile logistics: a joint optimization-simulation framework for multi-purpose cargo-bike fleet scheduling” included in the context of the SimMobility & Aimsun workshop, Mr Lampros Yfantis (Aimsun) elaborates on the collaborative work that has been and is currently being conducted within the Horizon Europe GREEN-LOG project by the Athens University of Economics and Business and Aimsun. Early results from an application for the city Oxford, UK ans well as the future steps are also presented.

More infoemation about the HEART 2024 event is available at https://heart2024.aalto.fi/.

GREEN-LOG was represented by our partners POLIS and University of Antwerp (UoA) at the Urban Logistics Innovation Days 2024 in Brussels. Dr Joris Beckers (UoA) presented on the topic of the Data for Urban Freight Policy highlighting the work implemented in GREEN-LOG.

Following the first successful edition held in 2023, the second edition of the Urban Logistics Innovation Day – co-organized again by POLIS and ALICE – took place on June 4th 2024 in Brussels, at ACE Events (Avenue d’Auderghem 22, 1040 Bruxelles).

More information about the event is available at https://www.polisnetwork.eu/event/urban-logistics-innovation-day-2024/.

In a series of dynamic and collaborative workshops, the EU-funded GREEN-LOG project has made significant strides in its path to redefine last-mile logistics across Europe. The workshops took place in all five Living Labs – Ispra, Barcelona, Athens, Flanders, and Oxfordshire -, each bringing together stakeholders, experts, and local communities to co-create innovative solutions tailored to the unique challenges and opportunities of their respective territories.

The Transport Research Arena (TRA) is the largest transport and mobility research and innovation (R&I) conference in Europe. TRA 2024 is taking place on 15-18 April in Dublin, Ireland.