Re-blogged from: http://primetrailerleasing.com/blog/2011/12/15/learn-the-issues-epa-and-climate-concerns/
Smartway Compliance Dates – How To Get Smartway Compliant
With the Recent Push for All California Carriers to be Smartway Compliant, We Wanted to Outline Why the EPA is Working to Make These Rules the Standard.
Here Are the Primary Concerns of the EPA:
Air: The Emissions Put Into the Air Have a Far Reaching and Long Lasting Effect on Our Environment. It’s Important to Make a Conscious Effort to Reduce Our Emissions Wherever Possible Whether it be Through Products from Companies like IdleAir or Purchasing Emission Friendly Equipment, the EPA Promotes Proper Management of the Air we Work With Every Day.
Climate Change: From Greenhouse Gases Consumption to Fuel Economy, the EPA Pays Close Attention to The Effects Trucks and Trailers Have on the Climate as a Whole.
Carbon Footprint: The Level at Which We Impact Our Planet is Increasingly Becoming Something That Needs to be Monitored.
Smartway Technologies
The EPA’s Smartway Movement is Focused on Growing the Presence of the Following Technologies:
Idle Reduction Technologies: The EPA Predicts That Trucks That Don’t Watch Their Idle Time on Average Spend an Extra $6000 Per Year in Fuel Consumption Alone. Companies Like Idle Air Help Save Truckers Money by Using Their Idle Reduction Technologies.
Aerodynamic Technologies: What Seems Like a Small Improvement Can Add Up Over Time and Miles Driven. By Using Gap Fairings, Side Skirts and Other Technologies You Can Save Up to 800 Gallons Per Year, and Up to 9 Metric Tons of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Can Be Saved as Well.
Low Rolling Resistance Tires: Simply Equipping Your Fleet With Low Rolling Resistance Tires Can Provide a 3% Fuel Savings Annually. That Can Certainly Take the Sting Out of Rising Gas Prices.
Retrofit Technologies: The EPA Recommends Other Retrofit Technologies Such as Diesel Oxidation Catalysts and Diesel Particulate Filters That Can Provide Additional Reductions in Emissions and Provide Additional Savings Over Time.
It’s Time to Get on the Train
If You’ve Been Putting Off Your Compliance with EPA Smartway, It’s Time to Get on Board. By 2017, All Fleets Must Be 100% Compliant With Smartway Regulations and Most Fleets Have to Be Compliant By 2014. For Carriers With Less Than 1000 Trailers in Their Fleets, It’s Important To Budget Properly For Compliance. Idle Reduction, Aerodynamic Equipment and Low Resistance Tires Across Your Fleet Will Be an Expensive Investment and Proper Planning is Essential to the Success of Your Company.
What if My Equipment is Old?
If You’re Equipment is Too Old to Justify an Investment in Smartway Technology, Prime Trailer Leasing Buys Used Trailers. If You’re Selling Your Trailers, Give Us a Call, We are Dealers for Vanguard, Strick, Evans and Cheetah to Help Get You Into New Semi Trailers at the Right Price to Make Sense. Buying a New Trailer Can Be a Great Solution to Meeting Smartway Compliance While Also Updating Your Fleets Average Age.
