Patent ID: 8019634

Claim:
A method for transporting physical objects, at least one physical object being transported from a sending station to a receiving station, the method comprising: measuring environmental data with a plurality of sensors for environmental impact factors and transmitting the environmental data to a central control computer comprising required environmental data for steering the transport process for handling and moving at least one physical object; providing environmental impact data for certain transports and environmental impact data in certain regions by the central control computer; comparing the measured environmental data with the required environmental data with a comparator of the central control computer; using required environmental data comprising the environmental impact data to compute at least one transport parameter relative to a movement of the at least one physical object to a second physical router or to a receiving station; influencing at least one of the environmental impact factors comprising at least one element of the group of carbon emission or emission of fine particles resulting from combustion sources by a decision of the central control computer about the at least one transport parameter and at least one sustainability parameter comprising at least one element of the group of parameters of usage of alternative fuel and choice of a freight vehicle fulfilling emission criteria; transporting the at least one physical object to the second physical router or to the receiving station based on the at least one transport parameter; the transporting occurring through a first physical router, where a steering function of the first physical router is performed using the environmental impact data stored on the central control computer; and preparing an emission report about the environmental impact of the transport according to the environmental data stored in a storing module.