T-1A1a-TE-7 - Shift to online meetings and services

Background¶

IPCC WG3 definition: M-1A-6 - Teleworking.

Digital technologies are making it more viable for people to work from home. This has the potential to reduce the amount of daily office commutes by car - as well as longer-distance business trips by car or airplane.

Transition Element¶

Type of shift: Type Shift
Activity: TBD
Operation: TBD
ATOC: TBD

Activities¶

Shift from:

Shift to:

T-4B2b-A-1 - Virtual meetings

Parameters¶

Parameter	Unit	Description
bandwidth_usage_video_conference	gbit_h	Bandwidth usage video conferences
external_meetings	meetings_day	External meetings
meeting_length	h	Meeting length
mileage_external_meeting	km	Mileage external meetings
population	persons	Population
proportion_business_travellers	percent	Proportion business travellers
proportion_office_workers	percent	Proportion office workers
proportion_working	percent	Proportion of active workers
stock_personal_vehicles_diesel	vehicle_km	Stock of personal vehicles (diesel) operation
stock_personal_vehicles_petrol	vehicle_km	Stock of personal vehicles (petrol) operation
workingdays_per_year	days	Working days per year

YAML Specification¶

version: 2.0.1
type: shift
longName: Shift from Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) cars to online meetings and
  services.
shortName: Online meetings
description: Shift vehicle kilometer from petrol, diesel, LPG and gas vehicles to
  e-meetings in hours to fulfill the need of business trips
unitOfMeasure: business_meetings
cohort:
  expression: ( %[0] * %[1] * %[2] * %[3] * %[4] * %[5] * atoc_lhs ) / ( %[6] + %[7]
    )
  variables:
  - population
  - proportion_working
  - proportion_office_workers
  - proportion_business_travellers
  - external_meetings
  - workingdays_per_year
  - stock_personal_vehicles_petrol
  - stock_personal_vehicles_diesel
shiftFrom:
  atoc:
    expression: '%[0]'
    variables:
    - mileage_external_meeting
  chains:
  - chain: petrol_vehicles
  - chain: diesel_vehicles
  - chain: lpg_vehicles
  - chain: gas_vehicles
shiftTo:
  atoc:
    expression: '%[0] * %[1]'
    variables:
    - meeting_length
    - bandwidth_usage_video_conference
  chains:
  - chain: e_meetings
cobenefits:
- air_quality
- reduced_noise
- reduced_accidents
- less_congestion

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