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Environmental Service

Environmental indicators for urban mobility

The monitoring core of the ParkIN project. A three-tier platform processes data from the Park Your Car Around application to calculate environmental, economic and social indicators, from CO2 and particulate savings to time and fuel saved, and publishes them on a public, GDPR-compliant dashboard.

Developed by the Technical University of Crete with the Region of Attica in the ParkIN project, funded by the Green Fund (Natural Environment and Innovative Actions 2022). The dashboard is in Greek.

Environmental Indicators Observatory annual forecast dashboard
Figure 1. Annual forecast of savings from the Park Your Car Around application: emissions, energy, fuel, money and time.
Key capabilities

Indicators from real trips

01

Emission savings

Savings in CO2, CO, NOx, hydrocarbons and particulate matter from trips made with the application.

02

Energy, fuel, money and time

The same trips are converted into energy, fuel, cost and time saved.

03

Fleet statistics

The vehicles in the system broken down by size and body type, fuel or powertrain, and Euro emission standard.

04

Real-world consumption

The methodology adjusts official WLTP figures towards real-world fuel use and emissions, using European Environment Agency data.

In the software

Fleet statistics and vehicle categories

Observatory fleet statistics
Figure 2. Fleet statistics: vehicles by size and body type, powertrain and Euro standard.
Observatory vehicle categories
Figure 3. The vehicle categories that link each car to its indicators.
How it works

From a parking app to public indicators

  1. 01

    Register the vehicle

    Users of the Park Your Car Around application choose their vehicle's size category.

  2. 02

    Record trips

    The application records routes and daily users.

  3. 03

    Classify

    Each vehicle is linked to a category by size, powertrain and emission standard.

  4. 04

    Calculate

    Real-world consumption and emission factors turn trips into savings.

  5. 05

    Publish

    Results appear on the public dashboard, with an annual forecast.