Transport to the Building Site - A4

This module includes the  transport of products along with the packaging  from the manufacturer’s production plant to the construction site. The location of the  installation sites  and mode of transport needs to be identified. There can be many scenarios : mainly, if any product has been sold to one particular location  or transportation impact depends on the number of locations based on the sales data. If only one location is considered, identify the mode of transport (average distance and mode of transport also can be used) and find out the distance. Use reliable sources to find out the distance based on the mode of transport (Ship, Truck, etc.). Modelling example for this scenario is given below:

Example 1: Single location based on sales data

• Weight of the product = 80kg 
• Weight of Packaging =10kg
• Manufacturing Location: Belgium
• Installation site: France
• Mode of transport: Truck 
• Distance: 656 km

Example 2: Multiple locations based on sales data

If multiple locations are there based on sales data , calculate the percentage of sales for each location.

Modelling example for this scenario is given below, calculated using sales weighted proportion of product being shipped to 3 different locations:

• Weight of the product = 80kg
• Weight of Packaging =10kg
• Manufacturing Location: Belgium
• Installation site 1: France -  50 % of sales, Truck, 656km
• Installation site 2: Germany -  30 % of sales, Truck, 426km
• Installation site 3: Sweden -  20 % of sales, Truck, 1390km

Transportation fuels:

Unless transport is likely to be very significant, generic datasets for transport per ‘kg + kilometre’ can be used. These transport datasets refer to the entire transport life cycle i.e., to the construction, operation, maintenance, and end of life of vehicle and road infrastructures. These take account of typical vehicle size, fuel efficiency, typical loading, and percentage of empty return journeys.

On the other hand more detailed data on the number of deliveries, size of truck, Euroclass, actual load, return journey etc. can be gathered and used to generate more specific data, but this is rarely useful unless the transport phase is particularly important. Impacts of waste that is created within the transport phase should be considered.