iTEAM - iTEAM Integrated Transportation and Energy Activity-based Model
Overview
Background & policy context:
This research project aims at developing an integrated model of land-use, transport and energy for the evaluation of a range of "green policies" aiming at enhancing sustainability and well-being. The model includes both individual/household behaviour components and organization/firm behaviour components and is based in the simulation of agents' behaviour at a micro level. The outputs of the model can be translated to aggregate energy and resource consumptions which can be also related to aggregate system dynamics approaches e.g. urban metabolism models.
Objectives:
The main objective of this project is to develop an integrated model of land use, transportation, resource-consumption and energy for the evaluation of a range of "green policies" aiming at enhancing sustainability and well-being.
Specific objectives of the project are the following:
- Develop individual/household and organization/firm behaviour models regarding transportation, energy consumption and land use;
- Implement a simulation platform that integrates those behaviour models;
- Develop a framework to translate each agent micro-behaviour into aggregate energy and resource consumption, which can be related to aggregate system dynamics approaches e.g. urban metabolism models;
Methodology:
The research methodology involved a bottom-up model development: from building isolated micro-simulation models to integrating their aggregation at a macro-level. Data acquisition has been achieved from two channels: individual/volunteer and organization/firm. Strong support was given for this task by the industry partner ISA-Portugal.
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