Retrofit city diesel engines or install auxiliary power units and/or electrified parking spaces, utilizing Project GreenFleet or the like.
Best Practice of this action
Rating Guideline
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Retrofit several city diesel engines. Report participation of businesses and involvement in the U.S. EPA's SmartWay Transport program under BPA 23.3. |
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Retrofit all exhaust systems of city heavy-duty diesel truck models with diesel oxidation catalysts or filters. |
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Install at least one auxiliary power unit or electrified parking space. |
Resources
- Despite high initial cost, battery-electric buses deliver lowest life-cycle costs to city transit fleets.
- Project GreenFleet is a collaborative effort, led by Environmental Initiative, with business, government agencies and non-profit organizations, to improve air quality and protect public health by reducing emissions from Minnesota's diesel-fueled heavy construction vehicles.
- What’s an auxiliary power unit (APU)? See Electric auxiliary power units as truck driver retention equipment (Fleet Equipment Mag, 2020)
Order Number
6
Action Type
Finite