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Idling Reduction Campaign

"Idling" means to run your vehicle engine when it’s parked or not in use. Common reasons for engine idling are warming up the vehicle, personal comfort, waiting for someone, listening to the radio, or convenience. There are many reasons NOT to idle. By reducing idling time you save fuel and money, reduce wear and tear on your engine, help protect your health, and reduce climate change impacts. Learn how to reduce your idling time. more…

Hot Topics

• School Bus Managers and Drivers - Take the No-Idling Pledge for the 2009-2010 School Year
• School Bus Providers Participating in Idling Reduction for 2009-10
• New Hampshire's Clean School Bus Initiative Newsletter - Fall 2009

Publications

• No Need to Idle (DES GreenWorks, June 2005)
• School Officials/School Transportation Managers Fall 2007 Newsletter
• Tips to Increase Fuel Efficiency (Fact Sheet ARD-39)

Rules/Regulatory

• Env-A 1100: Prevention, Abatement, and Control of Mobile Source Air Pollution

Education/Outreach (Complete List)

• Clean School Bus/School Community Idling Reduction Campaign
• Miscellaneous Materials
• No Idling Signs and Outreach Materials - How to Order

Technical Assistance

• EPA's Idle Reduction Technologies
• Information on Cab Comfort Units – US Clean Cities
• Northeast Diesel Collaborative
• "Toolkit for Reducing Diesel Emissions – Online Resources for School Communities" (New England Asthma Regional Councils)

Related Programs

• Diesel Vehicles
• Granite State Clean Cities Coalition - Idling Reduction
• Idling Reduction at NH Ski Areas

Resources/Links (Complete List)

• EPA’s Clean School Bus USA Program
• National Clean Diesel Campaign
• National Idling Reduction Network Newsletters
• New England Asthma Regional Council’s Toolkit for Reducing Diesel Emissions
• What You Should Know About Truck Engine Idling (EPA Fact Sheet)

Contact Us

• Rebecca Ohler
  Supervisor, Mobile Sources Section
  NHDES Air Resources Division
  29 Hazen Drive; PO Box 95
  Concord, NH 03302-0095
  (603) 271-6749
  (603) 271-1381 (fax)
  rebecca.ohler@des.nh.gov
  
• Kathleen Brockett
  Supervisor
  Education/Outreach Section
  NHDES Air Resources Division
  29 Hazen Drive; PO Box 95
  Concord, NH 03302-0095
  (603) 271-6284
  (603) 271-1381 (fax)
  kathleen.brockett@des.nh.gov

 

 

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