For Businesses

While more business leaders are adopting in-house best practices to conserve energy, encouraging fuel conservation among employees has also proven to be very successful. Consider running a workplace idle-free campaign to inform staff about ways they can save fuel, money and the environment at work and at home.

Understanding the Issues

• Why do Canadians idle?
• Idling wastes fuel and money
• Emission impacts resulting from vehicle idling
• Why reduce our fuel use?
• Vehicle warm-up
• Links between fuel consumption, climate change, our environment and health
• Related links
• What is being done?
• How you can take action!

Building your own Campaign

The following fast facts, FAQ's and quiz can be easily cut and pasted into your workplace newsletter or used to create an interesting on-line quiz for your workplace website. Calculations that support many of the program messages on this website are also provided.

• Ready to Use Facts
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Arriving at Calculations
• Idling Quiz

Resources:

• Workplace Idling Calculator
• Ready to use graphic materials

For commercial vehicles

Visit the Fleetsmart site where you can read about fuel efficiency and how it can reduce your environmental impacts‚ improve productivity‚ and boost your bottom line.

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