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Diesel vehicles are prone to smoke emissions. The Besides energy consumption for vehicles, the company
smoke opacity limit was tightened from 50 Hartridge is also responsible for carbon emissions associated with
Smoke Units (HSU) to 40 HSU on 1 January 2014. the consumption by its air-conditioning system in the
Therefore, the company has decided to do away with office. After analyzing the power consumption data of
its diesel 15 footers and replaced them with Hino 300 the company, we noted that 16% of the total electricity
hybrid trucks to reduce its carbon footprints. Refer to consumption comes from the lighting in the warehouse
Table 1 for the estimated annual fuel consumption and - mainly due to the use of non-energy saving spotlights.
carbon footprints of Shalom Movers. However, the bulk of the total power consumption
(75%) is from using an air-conditioner system in the
office space.

Normal Daily Use Unit of Measurement
Average daily driving distance per vehicle 100 km
Annual mileage 36,000 km

Fuel consumption 9.3km/L
(based on 60% city and 40 % highway)
Average Price of Diesel $1.70 per litre
Annual fuel cost $9,405
Annual carbon footprint 12,710 kgCO 2

Table 1: Estimated fuel consumption by Shalom Movers existing 15-foot truck.

4R – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recreate

The company is a firm believer in the 4R efforts all over Singapore. The collected materials are sorted
of recycling, reusing, recycling and recreating. Its into different grades at the warehouse for recycling.
employees adopt eco-friendly best practices, as they The recycled materials are used to manufacture new
must bring their mugs or water bottles to work. cardboard boxes and paper supplies for future moving
services. This 4R strategy adopted by Shalom has
Refer to Figure 3 on Shalom’s recycling efforts with managed to reduce its operating expenses to date by
cardboard boxes. The company has a daily routine about 10 %.
of collecting used packing materials such as plastic
wrapping and cardboard boxes from various locations

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