Welcome to the IdlingReduction Workshop

1
Welcome to the Idling-Reduction Workshop
2
Small Business Environmental Assistance Program

• Provides air-focused technical assistance to
  Kansas small- and medium-sized businesses
• Environmental regulatory compliance
• Emissions reduction and pollution prevention
• Permitting and reporting requirements
• Similar program in every state

3
Small Business Environmental Assistance Program

• SBEAP services are provided via
• Environmental hotline [phone])
• On-site visits
• Targeted regulatory or industry-specific
  workshops
• Publications (hard copy or electronic)
• Newsletters AIRlines, EnviroLines
• Fact sheets, manuals
• E-tips
• Web-based resources and training
• www.sbeap.org

4
Questions or Comments?

• Environmental Hotline
• 800-578-8898
• www.sbeap.org
• Or e-mail
• sbeap_at_ksu.edu

5
What is Idle Reduction?

• "Idle reduction" is typically used to describe
  technologies and practices that reduce the amount
  of time heavy-duty trucks idle their engines.
• Reducing idle time saves fuel, engine wear, and
  money. In addition, it reduces emissions and
  noise.

6
Why Idle?

• Truckers idle their engines while they rest to
  provide heating, cooling, electrical power, and
  to keep the engine warm and the battery charged.
• Service Providers idle their engines at stops to
  keep interiors cool in hot weather and heated
  during winter.

7
Primary Idle Reduction Technologies

• Auxiliary Power Units are small diesel-powered
  engines that are installed in the truck.
  Depending on the model selected, auxiliary power
  units can provide heat only or heat, air
  conditioning, and electric power.
• Truck Stop Electrification involves modifying the
  truck stop parking space to provide electric
  power, heat, and air conditioning.

8
Idle Reduction Benefits

• Reduces
• Petroleum Consumption and Fuel Costs
• Engine Wear and Maintenance Costs
• Diesel Emissions
• Noise

9
Petroleum Consumptionand Fuel Costs

• Approximately 460,000 long-haul trucks currently
  operating in the United States Idle reduction
  technologies could reduce diesel fuel use by 838
  million gallons per year.
• Wasted diesel fuel translates to 1.4 billion
  that could be saved by drivers using idle
  reduction technologies
• (Argonne National
  Lab )

10
Engine WearMaintenance Costs

• Trucks idle, estimated at about 6 hours per day.
• Drivers can significantly reduce engine wear and
  the associated maintenance costs.
• Routine maintenance can be performed less often
  and trucks can travel farther before needing an
  engine overhaul.

11
Diesel Emissions

• Idle reduction technologies used by the
  approximately 460,000 heavy-duty trucks operating
  on diesel fuel can reduce emissions of
• NOx by 140,000 tons
• CO by 2,400 tons
• CO2 by 140,000 tons
• per
  year

12
Noise

• Heavy-duty trucks may produce noise ranging from
  approximately 60 decibels to approximately 90
  decibels.
• Federal Highway Administration has set noise
  levels for trucks traveling along interstate
  highways at 85 decibels.
• States and cities may set lower standards for
  specific areas, and even lower limits at night
  when trucks typically idle.
• New Jersey, for example, set a level of 65
  decibels for private facilities, including truck
  terminals, during the day and 50 decibels at
  night.

13
State Regulations

• May 2004, 18 states and local governments, had
  some form of idling regulations.
• Updated August 2006, 31 states and local
  governments, had some form of idling regulations
• The trend is growing.

14
Idle Free
15
Idling Gets You Nowhere!

• Did you know that
• Idling gives you zero miles per gallon.
• Gasoline engines consume between two and a half
  and four liters of fuel per hour while idling.
• Diesel engines use from one to four liters per
  hour, depending on the size of the engine, the
  idle speed, accessory loads and power take-offs.

16
Clean School Bus USA's
17
For Our Health...

• The average American breathes 3,400 gallons of
  air a day.
• Children breathe 50 more air per pound than
  adults.
• A single vehicle dropping off and picking up kids
  at one school puts three pounds of pollution into
  the air per month.

18
HEALTH EFFECTS

• Childrens asthma symptoms increase as a result
  of car exhaust.
• Asthma is the most common chronic illness in
  children and the cause of most school absences.
• Asthma is the 3rd leading cause of
  hospitalization among children under 15 years.

19
Driver Health

• Exhaust emits pollutants into your vehicle as
  well as the atmosphere.

20
The Smallest Pollutants Can

• Cause lung damage
• Aggravate respiratory conditions such as asthma
  and bronchitis
• Increase the risk of strokes and heart attacks
• Lead to cancer contribute to premature death

21
(No Transcript)