Publication detail

Optimal Location for Conference Venue in Relation to Transport Emission Sustainability Strategy

NEVRLÝ, V. FAN, Y. ŠOMPLÁK, R. SMEJKALOVÁ, V. KLEMEŠ, J. HON LOONG, L.

Original Title

Optimal Location for Conference Venue in Relation to Transport Emission Sustainability Strategy

Type

journal article in Scopus

Language

English

Original Abstract

Thousands of conferences held all over the world annually are closely related to the theme of environmental sustainability. Various methods and measures have been presented in the effort to reduce environmental impacts. However, the impact of the conference itself receives relatively less attention. This study proposed a mathematical model to identify the optimal conference locations with minimal environmental footprints in travelling to and from the conference by the participants. The historical data of Conference on Process Integration for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction (PRES) consisting the origin of the participants is applied to demonstrate the location selection. The model is developed to include air transport for short and long distances where the environmental impact is considered in the form of external cost. Participants are geographically distributed into points considering the capital of countries. Socio-economic and geographic data are used to estimate the expected number of participants through a linear regression model. Population, absolute difference in religion, the distance between countries and continent conservation were found to be significant. The result suggests the Czech Republic as the optimal location with the external cost of about 242 €/cap. The subsequent locations are Estonia and Romania. Future studies can cover multi-objective decision making, including price and more problematically quantified features as safety, health issues and attractiveness.

Keywords

conference venue; external cost; impact of participant; air transport emission; environmental location modelling

Authors

NEVRLÝ, V.; FAN, Y.; ŠOMPLÁK, R.; SMEJKALOVÁ, V.; KLEMEŠ, J.; HON LOONG, L.

Released

1. 8. 2020

Publisher

AIDIC S.r.l.

Location

Milano, Italy

ISBN

2283-9216

Periodical

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Year of study

81

Number

1

State

Republic of Italy

Pages from

697

Pages to

702

Pages count

6

URL

https://www.aidic.it/cet/20/81/117.pdf

BibTex

@article{BUT164361,
  author="Vlastimír {Nevrlý} and Yee Van {Fan} and Radovan {Šomplák} and Veronika {Smejkalová} and Jiří {Klemeš} and Lam {Hon Loong}",
  title="Optimal Location for Conference Venue in Relation to Transport Emission Sustainability Strategy",
  journal="Chemical Engineering Transactions",
  year="2020",
  volume="81",
  number="1",
  pages="697--702",
  doi="10.3303/CET2081117",
  issn="2283-9216",
  url="https://www.aidic.it/cet/20/81/117.pdf"
}