with Flex-Fuel and Hybrid Vehicles Central Management Services State of Illinois Barb Bonansinga Building a Greener Fleet

☼ Alternative fuels ☼ FFVs and hybrids ☼ Overall fuel economy ☼ Smaller carbon footprint Illinois: a Case Study Balancing Fleet Efficiency, Costs and the Environment

 Governor’s 2003 Executive Order #2 required CMS to: ☼ Cut fleet size and costs ☼ Promote use of alternative fuels and vehicles  As fleet manager, CMS worked with agencies to cut underutilized/older vehicles to reduce operating costs ☼ Result: 11% cut in fleet size ☼ Over $17 million in savings ☼ Major reductions in emissions Smaller fleet lowers costs, emissions Chapter 1: Fleet Efficiency

☼ Nearly 1,600 fewer vehicles consuming fuel, requiring maintenance, polluting the environment ☼ New vehicle purchases now justified for more accountable spending of tax dollars ☼ Standardized process of justifying vehicles in fleet ☼ Reduced age/mileage of remaining fleet lowers maintenance costs Benefits

 Recognize value of environmental stewardship  Support more E85 FFVs in fleet  Look for most fuel-efficient/ environmentally friendly vehicles that meet agency needs  Provide vehicles and fuel to implement vision Use E-85 and Biodiesel Biofuels Chapter 2: Alternative Fueled Vehicles

 41% of Illinois fleet now alt-fueled  >5,000 vehicles use biofuel  2,351 E85 FFVs and  2,700 Biodiesel-capable  +38 Hybrids  4 of world’s first E85 Hybrids  Fewer large vehicles/SUVs when smaller/more efficient vehicles will do Number of FFVs and Hybrids in Use Converting Fleet to FFVs and Hybrids

VehicleCurrent2010_____2015 E-85/FFV 19%27%67% B-5 21%22%22% Hybrid.3% 2%10%  Nearly total conversion by 2015 To FFV, hybrid, 5% biodiesel-capable Projecting Fleet Conversion

 Started with 14 stations, mostly government sites  Target private vendors using fleet purchase data  Direct grant monies for E85 site development  Exempt State taxes to incent citizens to use biofuel  Make biodiesel available for fleet at government tanks via statewide master contracts Encourage commercial availability Chapter 3: Develop a Biofuels Infrastructure

☼ Fleet has consumed 370,000 gallons E85 and over 2.4 million gallons 2% biodiesel ☼ 2% now increased to 5% and 20% ☼ Today, over 150 commercial E85 stations statewide sell biofuel to citizens/drivers ☼ 1 station sold 300,000 gallons in 1 month! ☼ Working with fleet card/vendors to make measuring easier and expand sites/availability Results

☼ Maps, decals, keychains ☼ Websites, memos, press events Communications: spread the knowledge

 Nearly 2% of total gas consumed since 2005 has been converted to E85  29.4% of diesel converted to biodiesel  Overall, 25% of fleet fuel is biofuel Making the transition Conversion from Conventional Fuels

 Use justification template so we buy most efficient vehicle that can do the job incorporating lifecycle costs  Developed RFPs for hybrid/electric vehicles for maximum fuel efficiency  Encouraged manufacturers to build more fuel-efficient FFVS plus E85 hybrid (combining fuel efficiency with biofuels) and buying them  Reduce idling Saving green = more green Chapter 4: Reduce Fleet Fuel Consumption

FY04 FY05 FY06 Gallons 14.1M 13.0M 12.7M ☼ Projections from spending records ☼ Consumed approx 10.9 million* gallons of biofuel in FY07 ☼* Actual: using newer/ better fleet card data Reductions in Fuel Consumption

 Reduced CO2Green House Gas (GHG) emissions by 271,000 kg through use of E85  Displaced 370,000 gallons of gasoline with E85 – reducing foreign oil dependency  Using homegrown biofuels made from Illinois corn (nation’s #2 producer) and soybeans (#1) – promote state’s economy and create jobs  Reduced fuel consumption with smaller/more efficient fleet Chapter 5: Reduce Carbon Footprint

 Identifying goals for fleet to further reduce overall fuel consumption for reduced costs  Setting goals for fleet to further cut GHG emissions and provide smaller carbon footprint  Illinois’ goal-6% reduction in GHG emissions by 2010 for fleet and facilities = 60,000 tons/year Chapter 6: Sustain Progress

☼ Buy-in from elected officials, state officials, agency directors and coordinators, fleet drivers essential ☼ Fleet centralizing efforts/taking lead ☼ Helping agencies understand what, where, how, why we should use biofuels/green fleet ☼ Solid laws, executive orders and policies enforcing message to meet goals ☼ Constant communication – via training, interstate signs, pamphlets, decals, keychains, websites, reminders and news media Sustainability Tools

Letting Citizens Know Where Fuel Is IDOT maps and Interstate signs

☼Clean Air Act: Illinois exceeded compliance consistently ☼ E-PACT: Illinois exceeds compliance with over 1,000 banked credits ☼ Executive Order #2: Justify the fleet ☼ Executive Order #4: Grow biofuels consumption/alternative-fuel vehicles ☼ Public Act: Requires new fleet vehicles be E85/FFV, hybrids or 5% biodiesel capable, as of July 1, 2007 Regulatory and Compliance Tools

☼ Stay current with technology, mandates and requirements ☼ Be familiar with metrics of environmental stewardship ☼ Set baselines and goals and track progress ☼ Maintain/expand buy-in of stakeholders and troubleshoot ☼ Gain support of leadership, rules, policies and laws to implement Future Direction – Forging Ahead

2005 Honda Environmental Leadership Award Top 50 Hybrid Fleets & Top 100 Alt-Fuel Fleets by Automotive Fleet Magazine Illinois, a Leader in Alternative Fuels

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