One way to save fuel

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One way to save fuel

• There is another one!

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ECO-DRIVINGEnergy efficient Driving Style and
In-Car-Devices

• improves road safety,
• fuel efficiency,
• saves money and
• combats climate change

Willy Raimund, Austrian Energy Agency
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To start with

• Not to drive at all is the best way to save
  fuel/energy
• Substitute car trips by env. friendly modes
• 1/3 of all trips shorter than 5km
• But IF you have to go by car, do it the
  ECO-DRIVING (E-D for short) way

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E-D What do we mean?

• Shift into higher gear below 2500 rpm
• Maintain steady speed in highest gear possible
• Look ahead and anticipate traffic flow
• Decelerate leaving the vehicle in gear
• No aprupt accelerating or braking

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Add. tipps to save fuel

• Switch off the engine at short stops
• Get rid of unnecessary weight
• Avoid roof racks and roof load
• Optimize use of Air condition and rear-window
  defroster
• Check tyre pressure regularly
• Make use of in-car devices

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The advantages of E-D

• Enhanced road safety
• Reduced fuel consumption and CO2 emissions by
  10-15 in average
• Reduced costs (individually, fleets, economy)
• Less wear and tear, less maintainance costs
• Less noise nuisance
• increased comfort
• all at equal travel time

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The advantages of E-D

• No regret, cost-extensive measure to reduce GHG
  emissions from transport
• eg. NL calculates 5-7 per reduced ton of CO2
• WOP Window of opportunity
• regarding high crude oil and fuel prices

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The disadvantages of E-D

• No major ones have yet occured!
• No rebond effects up to now (in order that people
  would drive more because of less fuel they use)
• Stakeholders (eg. program Manager, developers,
  suppliers, marketing specialists) despite of all
  advantages it can still sometimes be challenging
  to convince them (eg. Driving school
  organisations)

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E-D The scope

• Training of driver trainers (and examiners)
• Contents in driving school curricula
• Awareness raising activities, e.g.
• Competition Spritsparwettbewerb in AT
• TV commercials in GE and NL
• PR
• Trainings for drivers (cars, buses, trucks)

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E-D The scope

• Support to set up national programs
• eg. Canada, Baltic states, ES)
• Research and scientific proof
• eg. enhanced road safety, long term effects,
  effect of simulator trainings or in-car devices
• In-car devices (support), Simulators and computer
  games

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Drivers of ECO-DRIVING
Technology
Culture
Legislation
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Whats up in Europe?

• Activities on national level
• AT www.spritspar.at
• CH www.eco-drive.ch
• GE www.neues-fahren.de
• NL www.hetnieuwerijden.nl
• Scandinavia www.ecodriving.com
• ES, Baltic states
• ECO-DRIVING Europe and ECODRIVEN projects
  www.ecodrive.org

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Major findings general

• Advantages of ECO-DRIVING are widely accepted
• Quality Management is a key
• Marketing for different target groups
• Driving Simulator can be effective
• Written communication alone helps

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Major findings strategy

• New drivers education is the key to the future
• Obligatory education for truck and bus drivers
• Time saving and cheap products (Simulator,
  Spritsparstunde,...) are a catcher
• On-board instruments - the only channel to all
  advanced drivers
• Integration into climate protection and road
  safety policy

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E-D connects

• Program Managers
• Developers
• Suppliers
• Marketing Specialists

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... learns from each other

• Know-How Platform
• www.ecodrive.org, Newsletter
• quick, informal, personal exchange
• Technical Knowledge
• Action Knowledge
• involvement of stakeholders
• targeted strategies
• marketing
• quality management
• standards and materials for training

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... brokers and enlarges

• Pilot projects
• Additional countries
• Development of Strategies
• Practical support
• Teaching materials
• Legitimation

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ECO-DRIVING Austria

• 2004 Start of ECO-DRIVING Austria
  (www.spritspar.at)
• Austrian Energy Agency together with
• Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture,
  Forestry, Environment and Water Management
  (Lebensministerium)
• Federal Branch Association of Driving Schools
• The programme is part of the klimaaktiv-gtmobil
  initiative aiming to fulfil the Kyoto targets

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ECO-DRIVING Austria Main elements

• ECO-DRIVING Championship
• All drivers are invited to take part in this
  championship in fuel-saving driving style. The
  competition aims at spreading the idea of
  ECO-DRIVING among drivers and also among driving
  schools.
• ECO-DRIVING Certificate for driver trainers
• In pilot seminars some 20 driving teachers have
  been educated and certified to ECO-DRVIVING-traine
  rs with a certain quality standard.
• Co-operation with fleet operators
• Professional drivers in fleets are invited to
  take part in an ECO-DRIVING training. From fleets
  with own trainers (government fleets, railway and
  bus companies, army etc.) these trainers are
  invited to take part in the certification
  courses.
• Awareness raising, marketing and public relations
• The upper parts are accompanied by elements of
  PR works such as radio spots, print media
  coverage, folders with tips to save fuel etc.

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Energy Efficiency
Drive in high gears at low rpm ECO-DRIVING
reduces fuel consumption Evaluations show that
the effect of trainings is sustainable Reductions
in fuel consumption from 10-15 are usual
60 km/h
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Noise
ECO-DRIVING reduces noise nuisance The noise of
32 cars at 2000 rpm equals the noise of 1 car at
4000 rpm
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Environmental Impacts
ECO-DRIVING reduces emissions and improves the
local environment
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Aerodynamics
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Gears, speed and fuel consumption
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Gears, speed and fuel consumption
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Acceleration, gears, fuel consumption
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... examples for additional tools

• PC game database for fuel efficient cars
  fuel consumption on-board comp.
  www.autoverbrauch.at measurement (built
  in) fuel economy label (retrofitting)

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In-car-devices

• Help to monitor and reduce fuel consumption (and
  follow the E-D principles)
• econometer
• eco-revolution-meter
• cruise control
• bordcomputer (fuel consumption measurement)
• gear shift indicator
• accelerator limiter

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In-car-devices

• Revolution counterprohibits the vehicle from
  being driven at excessive, and therefore very
  inefficient, engine speeds.
• Cruise controlCruise control makes it easy to
  maintain a steady speed
• On-board computerRegarding actual fuel
  consumption the driver gets immediate feedback on
  his or her driving behaviour and the influence on
  fuel consumption.
• Econometers and shift indicatorsa fuel
  consumption meter. A shift indicator shows the
  driver when it is most fuel-efficient to shift
  up.
• Speed limiters and/or RPM limitersSpeed limiters
  and/or RPM limiters help avoiding unperceived
  speeding and excessive engine speeds.
• All devices mentioned save about 5 fuel.
  Combined with driving style training the benefits
  are significantly higher.

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Back to the future

• Let us go to the year 2012, the end of the Kyoto
  period
• and see some ECO-DRIVING news

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2012 ECO-DRIVING News

• Austria was the last of the 27 EU-countries which
  introduced ECO-DRIVING in the second phase of
  driving licence procedure to adapt to the
  harmonised European driving licence directive
• Thus every year 3.500.000 new drivers are
  educated in ECO-DRIVING

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2012 ECO-DRIVING News

• 6 years ago, obligatory further training for
  truck and bus drivers has been introduced by the
  European Commission including an ECO-DRIVING
  module
• By now no truck driver on European streets
  without ECO-DRIVING education

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2012 ECO-DRIVING News

• Increasing transport CO2 emissions have provoked
  massive payments of EU-countries in the Kyoto
  mechanism
• ECO-DRIVING has reduced overall CO2 emissions
  from transport by 2, thus saving 20.000.000.000
  EURO every year.
• With an investment of 7 EURO in ECO-DRIVING in
  2002 the Dutch Government has saved 50 EURO for
  the certificate for 1 ton of CO2

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2012 ECO-DRIVING News

• 2-liter cars with integrated ECO-DRIVER mode have
  gained a share of 5 of new cars
• New directive prescribes fuel saving cycle for
  all automatic gear boxes sold in the EU
• Intelligent Speed Adaptation and REV-control
  manage the cars in more than 95 of driving time

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2025 ECO-DRIVING News

• Evaluators of historic programs choose
  ECO-DRIVING as a case study from cradle to grave
  (1990 - 2015)
• The main message Its success made the
  ECO-DRIVING program unnecessary

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3 points for discussion

• (How) Can you make use of E-D in your setting?
• Estimate the effects of EU-wide E-D
  implementation in terms of reduced tons CO2
• How to overcome possible obstacles when
  implementing E-D?

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Inputs for discussion

• The European Climate Change Programme (ECCP) in
  2001 calculated a reduction potential for driver
  education and ecodriving of at least 50 Mton CO2
  emission reductions by 2010. This would mean
  savings for consumers of about 20 Billion per
  year.
• Companies For Dutch national transportation
  (80,000 km per year) this would mean average cost
  savings of about 800 per year per vehicle. For
  Dutch international transport the cost savings
  may count up to 1,400 per year per vehicle.
• Average saving per passenger car and year 120
• Amortisation of average E-D training takes 3
  months (comp.) to max. 6 months (cars)

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Enjoy ECO-DRIVING!
www.spritspar.at, www.ecodrive.org Wily Raimund,
Austrian Energy Agency Tel [phone]
24-37 A-1060 Vienna, Otto-Bauer-Gasse
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