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==============
Business trips
==============

.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
:caption: See also:
:titlesonly:
:includehidden:

calculate/distances
calculate/transport_modes

The calculation of emissions from business trips is currently supported for the following modes of transport:

* car
* bus
* train
* plane
* ferry

The user must specify either the distance of a trip or the location of departure and destination.
The distance (in km) may be used, when the user has the direct information of the distance travelled, e.g., from the speedometer of a car.
In other cases, the distance can be calculated from the given locations, see :ref:`Distance calculations <Distance calculations>`.
With the boolean paramter ``roundtrip``, users can indicate whether a trip was a roundtrip, in which case the distance wil be doubled.

Aside of the mode of transport, the user should provide the specifica of the trip, depending on the mode of transport
(see :doc'Transportation modes <calculate/transport_modes>' :doc:`Emission factors <calculate/emission_factors>`).

.. autofunction:: co2calculator.calculate.calc_co2_businesstrip
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=====================
Distance calculations
=====================

Geocoding
---------

The first step in calculating the distance between two locations is to obtain the geographic coordinates of
these locations, which is called *geocoding*. For this, we use the open-source geocoder `Pelias <https://pelias.io/>`_,
as well as a database of train stations.

a) Geocoding for air travel
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Most airports around the world can be identified by a unique code, assigned by the International Air Transport Association (`IATA <https://www.iata.org/>`_).
To retrieve the location of airports, we use `Pelias <https://pelias.io/>`_ and search for the IATA code in combination with the keyword "Airport".

.. autofunction:: co2calculator.distances.geocoding_airport

In the ``calc_co2_businesstrip()`` function, the user only needs to provide the IATA codes for start and destination, e.g.::

emissions, distance, range_category, range_description = calc_co2_businesstrip(
transportation_mode: "plane",
start="FRA",
destination="SCQ",
seating = "economy_class",
roundtrip: bool = False)

b) Geocoding for train trips
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

To obtain the coordinates of train stations within Europe, we use the `train station database <https://github.com/trainline-eu/stations>`_
by `Trainline <https://www.thetrainline.com/de?redirected=true>`_.

.. autofunction:: co2calculator.distances.geocoding_train_stations

As you can see above, a dictionary with the keys `country` and `station_name` has to be provided for both start and destination.
Calculating a train trip may thus look like this::

start_dict = {
"country": "DE",
"station_name: "Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof"
}
dest_dict = {
"country": "DE",
"station_name: "Hamburg Hauptbahnhof"
}
emissions, distance, range_category, range_description = calc_co2_businesstrip(
transportation_mode: "train",
start=start_dict,
destination=dest_dict
roundtrip: bool = False)

We use the fuzzy string matching package `thefuzz <https://github.com/seatgeek/thefuzz>`_ to find the train station in the database which best matches the
user input.

c) Geocoding for other trips
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

For other trips (e.g., car or bus), we use `Pelias structured geocoding <https://github.com/pelias/documentation/blob/master/structured-geocoding.md>`_
as included in `openrouteservice <https://openrouteservice.org/>`_.
This means that the user has different predefined fields to specify an address.

.. autofunction:: co2calculator.distances.geocoding_structured

Good results can be achieved by specifying `country`, `locality` and `address`. Further specifications
are usually not needed and can sometimes even negatively affect the geocoding results.

Distance computation
--------------------

For the computation of distances between places of departure and destination, we use two different approaches,
depending on the specified mode of transport:

a) Distance as the crow flies + detour
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Calculating the distance as the crow flies (great circle distance) and multiplying by a detour coefficient or adding
a detour constant.

The distance as the crow flies is calculated using the haversine formula:

.. autofunction:: co2calculator.distances.haversine

The transport modes for which this approach is used are listed in the table below, together with their detour parameters.

.. csv-table:: Detour parameters
:file: ../../data/detour.csv
:header-rows: 1
:stub-columns: 2
:widths: 10 30 30 30

b) Road distance
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Calculating the road distance using `openrouteservice <https://openrouteservice.org/>`_.

This approach is only used for the transport mode ``car``.

Here is an example of how this works using the ``openrouteservice`` `Python library <https://pypi.org/project/openrouteservice/>`_).
::

import openrouteservice
from openrouteservice.directions import directions

clnt = openrouteservice.Client(key=ors_api_key)

# coords: list/tuple of locations [lat,long]
route = directions(clnt, coords, profile="driving-car")
distance = route["routes"][0]["summary"]["distance"]
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Emission factors
================

For computing emissions, a central piece of information is the emission intensity of the different activities.
These are expressed by emission factors.
Below, you can find a list of all activities and their emission factors (in co2e per unit).
Within one category, the emission intensity may differ drastically depending on the specification
Let's take a trip by car. A medium battery electric car emits around 0.056 kg co2e/km (including emissions from
manufacturing), while an average car driving on gasoline emits 0.224 kg co2e/km.

.. csv-table:: Conversion factors heating
:file: ../../data/emission_factors.csv
:header-rows: 1
:stub-columns: 2
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=======================
Heating and electricity
=======================

.. contents::

Heating
-------

Heating emissions are computed based on the consumption (typically in kWh) and the emission factors for a specified fuel type.

.. autofunction:: co2calculator.calculate.calc_co2_heating

Per default, the expected unit is kWh. For some fuel types, the consumption may also be specified using different units, e.g., litres of oil or kg of wood chips.
In these cases, it is possible to specify the `unit`. The consumption will then be converted from the specified unit to kWh, based on common conversion factors:

.. csv-table:: Conversion factors heating
:file: ../../data/conversion_factors_heating.csv
:header-rows: 1
:stub-columns: 2
:widths: 10 30 30 30

The parameter `area_share` accounts for the fact, that the heating energy consumption may often only be known for an entire building, while a working group just occupies parts of the buildin.
In this case, the (approximate) share of the building floor space, that is occupied by the working group can be provided.
The `area_share` must be between 0.0 and 1.0 and is 1.0 by default.

Electricity
-----------

Electricity emissions are computed based on the consumption (in kWh) and the emission factors for a specified energy mix or energy source.

.. autofunction:: co2calculator.calculate.calc_co2_electricity
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====================
Transportation modes
====================

.. contents::

Business trips can be calculated for different modes of transport.
The overview here summarizes, which parameters influence the carbon emission intensity of a trip for the different transportation modes.
The specific emission factors for different configurations (e.g., vehicle size, fuel type, etc.) are documented under
:doc:`Emission factors <emission_factors>`.

Car trip
--------
The quantity of CO2e emitted by a car trip depends on the ``fuel_type`` (average, cng, diesel, electric, gasoline,
hybrid, hydrogen, plug-in_hybrid), car ``size`` (average, small, medium, large) and the number of ``passengers``.

Bus trip
--------
The quantity of CO2e emitted by a bus trip depends on the bus ``size`` (average, medium, large) and the
``occupancy`` in % (20, 50, 80, 100). The ``vehicle_range`` is set to long-distance automatically.

Train trip
----------
The quantity of CO2e emitted by a train trip depends on the ``fuel_type`` (average, electric, diesel).
The ``vehicle_range`` is set to long-distance automatically.

Plane trip
----------
The quantity of CO2e emitted by a plane trip depends on the
``seating_class`` (average, economy_class, business_class, premium_economy_class, first_class).

Ferry trip
----------
The quantity of CO2e emitted by a ferry trip depends on the
``seating_class`` (average, Foot passenger, Car passenger).
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=========
Commuting
=========

.. contents::

The calculation of emissions from commuting is currently supported for the following modes of transport:

* car
* bus
* train
* motorbike
* tram
* bicycle
* pedelec

Their specific emission factors for different configurations (e.g., vehicle size, fuel type, etc.) are documented under
:doc:`Emission factors <calculate/emission_factors>`.

For each mode of transport used for the commute, the user must provide the average ``weekly_distance`` (in km) travelled during
a given time period. The users are asked to enter their usual commuting behaviour and should estimate the distance as
accurately as possible. If they often use a different mode of transport if there is bad weather or in the cold season,
they should account for this by estimating the mean distance for each transportation mode over the entire year. The
commuting data may also be entered separately for each month or once for the summer months and for the winter months
(e.g., April-October and November-March).

Aside of the mode of transport and the weekly distance, the user should provide the specifica of the commute, depending on
the mode of transport (see :doc:`Emission factors <calculate/emission_factors>`).

.. autofunction:: co2calculator.calculate.calc_co2_commuting


Car commute
-----------
The quantity of CO2e emitted by a car commute depends on the ``fuel_type`` (average, cng, diesel, electric, gasoline,
hybrid, hydrogen, plug-in_hybrid), car ``size`` (average, small, medium, large) and the number of ``passengers``.

Bus commute
-----------
The quantity of CO2e emitted by a bus commute depends on the bus ``size`` (average, medium, large) and the
``occupancy`` in % (20, 50, 80, 100). The ``vehicle_range`` is set to local automatically.

Train commute
-------------
The quantity of CO2e emitted by a train commute depends on the ``fuel_type`` (average, electric, diesel).
The ``vehicle_range`` is set to local automatically.

Motorbike commute
-----------------
The quantity of CO2e emitted by a motorbike commute depends on the ``size`` (average, small, medium, large) of the
motorbike.

Tram, bicycle or pedelec commute
--------------------------------
For tram, bicylce or pedelec, no specifica have to be provided.


Aggregating emissions to the group level
----------------------------------------
If it can be assumed that a representative sample (``n_participants``) of the entire group (``n_members``) have entered
their commuting data, an estimate of the commuting emissions for the entire group can be obtained using the following
function:

.. autofunction:: co2calculator.calculate.commuting_emissions_group
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