"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

Molson saves over $250,000 annually through enforcement of its idling policy.

The Repair Our Air-Fleet Challenge assists participants to collect accurate data on the extent and pattern of idling incidence...and provides tools to improve overall fuel efficiency. Fleets will typically begin the Challenge with idling incidence of 30-50% of operating time and reduce the incidence to 5-10% by providing drivers with constant feedback.

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

Over fifty fleets across Canada have participated in the Repair Our Air-Fleet Challenge. Many have developed Green Fleet Plans for continuous improvements in fuel management and a sustained reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions.

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.

For more information on the Repair Our Air-Fleet Challenge visit our website at www.repairourair.org