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Yisheng Liu
Guowei Hua Editors
LTLGB 2012
Proceedings of International Conference
on Low-carbon Transportation and
Logistics, and Green Buildings
Volume 1
LTLGB 2012
Hosted by
Low Carbon Research and Education Center,
Beijing Jiaotong University
In Cooperation with
University of Liverpool, UK
Sponsored by
NSFC—National Natural Science Foundation of China
K. C. Wong Education Foundation, Hong Kong
Supported by
The Shipping Research Centre (SRC)
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Center for Housing Innovations
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science
Chinese Academy of Sciences
School of Economics and Management
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Feng Chen Yisheng Liu Guowei Hua
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Editors
LTLGB 2012
Proceedings of International Conference
on Low-carbon Transportation and Logistics,
and Green Buildings
Beijing, China
October 12-13, 2012
Volume 1
123
Editors
FengChen Yisheng Liu
School ofCivil Engineering GuoweiHua
Beijing JiaotongUniversity School ofEconomics andManagement
Beijing Beijing JiaotongUniversity
People’s Republic ofChina Beijing
People’s Republic ofChina
ISBN 978-3-642-34650-7 ISBN 978-3-642-34651-4 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-34651-4
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Preface
This volume contains the ‘‘Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference on
Low-carbonTransportationandLogistics,andGreenBuildings’’(LTLGB’2012),
heldinBeijing,China,hostedbyBeijingJiaotongUniversity,incooperationwith
theUniversityofLiverpool,supportedbytheShippingResearchCentre(SRC)of
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Center for Housing Innovations of the
ChineseUniversityofHongKong,AcademyofMathematicsandSystemsScience
of Chinese Academy of Sciences and School of Economics and Management of
Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and sponsored by National Natural
Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and K. C. Wong Education Foundation.
Thisconferenceisaprimeinternationalforumforbothresearchersandindustry
practitioners to exchange latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and
practice of the fields of technology, policy, and management of carbon emission,
withthreesimultaneoustrackscoveringdifferentaspects,including:‘‘LowCarbon
Transportation’’, ‘‘Low Carbon Logistics’’ and ‘‘Green Building’’. It also had five
specialsessionsandworkshops,Low-carbonTechnologyandLow-carbonPolicy,
Low-carbon Project Management, Industrial Security under Low Carbon Devel-
opment, Low-carbon Transportation and Low-carbon Tourism, and Green Supply
Chain Management. Papers published in each track describe the state-of-the-art
research work that is often oriented towards real-world applications and highlight
thebenefitsofrelatedmethodsandtechniquesfortheemergingfieldoflowcarbon
transportation, Low carbon logistics, and green building development.
LTLGB 2012 received 252 paper submissions from 11 countries and regions.
One hundred and thirty-threepaperswereaccepted and publishedafter strict peer
reviews. The total acceptance ratio is 52 %. Additionally, a number of invited
talks, presented by internationally recognized specialists in different areas, have
positively contributed to reinforce the overall quality of the conference and to
provide a deeper understanding of related areas.
The program for this conference required the dedicated effort of many people.
First, we must thank the authors, whose research and development efforts are
recorded here. Second, we thank the members of the program committee and the
additionalreviewersforvaluablehelpwiththeirexpertreviewingofallsubmitted
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papers. Third, we thank the invited speakers for their invaluable contribution and
thetimeforpreparingtheirtalks.Fourth,wethankthespecialsessionchairswhose
collaborationwithLTLGBwasmuchappreciated.Finally,manythanksaregiven
to the colleagues from BJTU for their hard work in organizing this year’s event.
A final selection of papers, from those presented at LTLGB 2012 in Beijing,
will be done based on the classifications and comments provided by the Program
Committee and on the assessment provided by session chairs. Extended and
revised versions of the selected papers will be published in special issues of the
four international journals.
Wewishthatyouallenjoyanexcitingconferenceandanunforgettablestayin
Beijing, China.
Prof. Feng Chen
Prof. Yisheng Liu
Dr. Guowei Hua
Organizing Committees
Honorary Chairman
Shoubo Xu Beijing Jiaotong University, China
T. C. Edwin Cheng The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Shouyang Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Ziyou Gao Beijing Jiaotong University, China
General Chair
Feng Chen Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Program Chairs
Yisheng Liu Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Yuanfeng Wang Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Baohua Mao Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Haishan Xia Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Yugong Xu Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Publication Chairs
Guowei Hua Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Hongjie Lan Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Financial Chairs
Bing Zhu Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Liang Xu Beijing Jiaotong University, China
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Special Session/Workshop Chairs
Guowei Hua Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Xuesong Feng Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Publicity Chair
Yingqi Liu Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Organization Chairs
Yisong Li Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Xuesong Feng Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Dan Chang Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Secretary
Liang Xu Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Zhongzhong Zeng Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Program Committees
Program Chair
Feng Chen Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Vice Chairs
Dong Li University of Liverpool, UK
Jingyu Zou The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Hong Kong, China
Executive Chairman
Yisheng Liu Beijing Jiaotong University, China
Program Committees
Andre Brown University of Liverpool, UK
Andy Plater University of Liverpool, UK
Biao Liu The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Hongkong, China
Christina W. Y. Wong The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hongkong, China
C. T. Daniel Ng The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
Hongkong, China
Dong-Wook Song Heriot-Watt University, UK
Hossam Ismail University of Liverpool, UK
Huajun Tang Macau University of Science and Technology,
Macau, China
Jian Li Beijing University of Chemical Technology,
China
Jianping Wu Tsinghua University, China
Jorge Hernandez Hormazabal University of Liverpool, UK
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