BEING MOBILE - Rhomberg Bau
BEING MOBILE - Rhomberg Bau
BEING MOBILE - Rhomberg Bau
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What does common sense suggest?<br />
On the subject of “Mobility – always on the move”<br />
The life cycle costs for a building include all the costs for the structure: from the project idea,<br />
construction, through utilisation, to demolition. Using a few figures I would like make some<br />
life cycle-optimised comparisons and provoke thought – this time on the subject of mobility<br />
and energy. Enjoy it!<br />
Andreas Karg<br />
• Increase in the travel time for Northwest Airlines transatlantic flights<br />
since the average speed was reduced by 16 km/h <br />
• Fuel saving per aircraft due to the reduced speed <br />
• Cost saving that is to be achieved overall by reducing the speed by a few minutes<br />
8 minutes<br />
613 litres<br />
42 million dollars<br />
• Incentive in Germany for the purchase of a new car<br />
and scraping a car registered before 14 January 2000 <br />
• Actual average value of a ten year old Audi A4 1.8 <br />
• Actual average value of a ten year old VW Golf 1.8 <br />
2,500 euro<br />
5,444 euro<br />
5,250 euro<br />
• Ships attacked by pirates in 2003<br />
445 ships<br />
• Ships attached by pirates in 2008 <br />
293 ships<br />
• Factor by which the insurance premiums for freighters have increased in the past twelve months 10<br />
• Length of the longest dead straight section of railway track in the Nullarbor Desert <br />
• Length of the longest railway line in the world <br />
• Length of the Bregenz – Vienna railway link <br />
• Length of paved roads built in Europe with the involvement of <strong>Rhomberg</strong> <br />
478 kilometres<br />
9,297 kilometres<br />
770 kilometres<br />
411 kilometres<br />
• Number of cars per capita in Luxemburg <br />
• Number of cars per capita in Vorarlberg <br />
• Number of cars per capita in China <br />
• Number of cars per capita in Somalia <br />
• Forecast number cars per capita in China in 2050 <br />
1.7 people<br />
2.0 people<br />
33.0 people<br />
10,000 people<br />
4.0 people<br />
• Cars and lorries sold in the first half of 2009 in the largest car market, the USA <br />
• Cars and lorries sold in the first half of 2009 in China <br />
4.8 million<br />
6.0 million<br />
• Portion of private energy consumption from renewable energy in Turkey in 2007 29.9%<br />
• Portion of private energy consumption from renewable energy in Latvia in 2007 50.2%<br />
• Portion of private energy consumption from renewable energy in Germany in 2007 9.0%<br />
• Portion of private energy consumption from renewable energy in Austria in 2007 28.5%<br />
All figures are from in-house projects and calculations, the press, as well as international studies<br />
10 NEW DIMENSIONS | LIFE CYCLE OPTIMISER
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