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    		Repair Our Air Fleet Challenge
     

    The Challenge

    Power Projects Inc. www.power-projects.com launched the Repair Our Air-Fleet Challenge in year 2000 with funding from Natural Resources Canada and active support and leadership from Toronto Hydro and Enbridge. After completing three years of successful no-idling campaigns in southern Ontario, it is now inviting fleets across Canada to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gases by reducing unnecessary idling.

    Fleet Categories

    The Repair Our Air-Fleet Challenge supports participants to be the best-in-class by having the lowest incidence of idling within their fleet category. The fleet categories include:
    • Municipalities
    • Utilities
    • Trucking (Long-Haul)
    • Trucking (Short-Haul)
    • Motor Coach
    • Urban Transit
    • School Bus
    • Taxi
    • Mixed
    Additional categories may be created according to industry participation. In each category, the fleet with the lowest incidence of idling as percentage of operating time is the winner.

    Challenge Schedule

    Begin a Repair Our Air-Fleet Challenge amongst departments within your own organization!

    Check back regularly for announcements of upcoming public Repair Our Air-Fleet Challenges

    Challenge Approach

    The goal of the Repair Our Air-Fleet Challenge is to provide participants with accurate data on the extent and pattern of idling incidence...and tools to assist with its reduction. Fleets will typically begin the Challenge with idling incidence of approximately 35% of operating time and reduce the incidence to 5% by providing drivers with constant feedback.

    The program is designed to be simple. Each fleet selects only 10 vehicles to participate in the Challenge. Winners are selected based on the final week of performance. Technology partners are available to assist participants to accurately measure their idling performance. Participants are encouraged to conduct a communications program throughout their fleet and enterprise in order to extend the benefits of the Repair Our Air-Fleet Challenge.

    The Facts on Idling

    • Fleet vehicles idle between 20-60% of their operating time.
    • If every driver of a light-duty vehicle in Canada avoided idling for just five minutes per day, we would save 1.6 million litres of fuel worth more than $1.4 million dollars (assuming a fuel price of $0.92 per litre).
    • We would also prevent more than 3.8 million tonnes of CO2 from entering the atmosphere and contributing to climate change.
    • The average Canadian vehicle idles unnecessarily for five minutes a day wasting a half a billion dollars in fuel every year.
    Both private and professional drivers can reduce their fuel costs and protect air quality by controlling vehicle idling.

    "While 75 % of the major fleets perform some routine operational analysis, we estimate that only 20% of them actively manage their fuel consumption. If a fleet is not managing idling, their incidence is typically around 48% of operating time. If they do control idling it will be about 22%. However, fleets that have programs in place can achieve about 12% which is optimal."

    Terry Scullion, Detroit Diesel

    Note: Molson Canada maintains its idling below 4% and saves $250,000.00 annually through its anti-idling program.