Ecological footprint models for railway stations and possible mitigation / compensation measures: the case of Roma Tiburtina

In contemporary society, mobility is progressively becoming the main productive process. This means that land sustainability must necessarily be identified as the sustainability of mobility. The increase in the number and mileage of transportations (of people and freight), economic convenience and, last but not least, greater environmental awareness, are leading to an increasing prominence of the use of railways. In this context, stations are complex objects that require significant flows of energy and materials. The paper illustrates the research methodology to investigate and measure the ecological footprint of a paradigmatic case study, Tiburtina station in Rome. The aim is to provide an active support in the design of ad hoc measures to mitigate/compensate the impact of the daily operation and maintenance of railway stations, toward the "Net Zero" target