CS 1999 "Swiss Railway Company 1: Eco-efficiency in entrepreneurial action"
The aim of the study was to optimise the ecological performance of the Swiss Railway Company SBB. It focussed on the eco-efficiency of activities, projects and investments especially designed to minimize the ecologically harmful effects of transport services. As examples the fields of Nature and Landscape, Contaminated Areas, Energy consumption and Noise reduction were chosen.
Characteristics
- Case: Length of tracks: ca. 3,000 km, Employees: 30,000
- Co-operation: Swiss Railway Company SBB
- Duration: Preparation from June 1997 to March 1999, Student's work from April 1999 to July 1999, Book Production from August 1999 to December 2000
People
- Headship: Prof. Dr Roland W. Scholz (ETH)
- Administration: Dr Harald A. Mieg (ETH), Dr Jürg Stünzi (ETH), Sandro Bösch (ETH), Jenny Oswald (ETH)
- Tutors: Maria Balmer (ETH), Thomas Baumgartner (ETH), Dr Jean Daniel Blanc (SBB), Thomas Flüeler (ETH), Dr Peter Frischknecht (ETH), Wiebke Güldenzoph (ETH), Andreas Hofer (External), Dr Bernard Joos (SBB), Niels Jungbluth (ETH), Thomas Köllner (ETH), Helmut Kuppelwieser (SBB), Dr Astrid Nägeli (SBB), Dr Raimund Rodewald (External), Tania Schellenberg (External), Christoph Schreyer (External), Laurence Segesser (SBB), Dr Marco Semadeni (ETH), Konrad Schleiss (External), Prof. Dr Roland W. Scholz (ETH), Michael Stauffacher (External), Ute Woschnack (ETH), Dr Devrim Yetergil (ETH), Armin Zach (SBB)
- Students: 65 ETH Students
Products
Case Study Book
- Scholz, R.W., Bösch, S., Stauffacher, M. & Oswald, J. (Eds.) (2001). Zukunft Schiene Schweiz 1: Ökoeffizientes Handeln der SBB. ETH-UNS Fallstudie 1999. Rüegger Verlag, Zürich. ISBN 3 7253 0698 2. DownloadDownload (PDF, 18.5 MB)
Research Papers
- Scholz, R.W. & Wiek, A. (2005). Operational eco-efficiency – Comparing companies’ environmental investments in different domains. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 9(4), 155–170