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Where fuel or energy is 20-40+% of a fleet’s operational costs, fuel management is already the operators’ day job, but when did
you last sit down and calculate how much a 5% improvement in L/100km (or mpg) would be worth to the business in profit?
ISO50001 to sustain savings:
As mentioned, training alone is not the answer, to maintain and sustain fuel savings you need a structured approach. The global standard for Energy Performance Management is ISO50001.
One of the first companies in the world to achieve ISO50001 certifi- cation was Matthews Coaches back in 2011, they kindly share their fuel results below (passenger numbers excluded).
Today, in 2016, several road and rail transport operators in Ireland have achieved ISO50001 certification and more large road-fleets will be certified this year.
Supplier funding and incentives
Matthews and many other companies, including semi-state compa- nies, have received Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme (EEOS) funding to upskill drivers and/or deliver their own in-house eodriving programmes.
Any business can avail of this commercial funding. The largest busi- ness in the EEOS is Enprova. Information on the scheme (regulated by SEAI) is at www.seai.ie/eeos.
Conclusion
For a business to benefit fully, they should first adopt a structured approach; building trust and accuracy into their fuel performance figures with regular management reviews. Then implement ecodriv- ing.
Aside from our own ECOfleetTM and ECOdrive programmes, there is also the FTAI ecodriving course and its Bronze, Silver and Gold accreditation programme for a structured approach to fuel manage- ment.
To avail of funding, projects must measure performance before, during training and for at least 12 months afterwards; the majority of our clients are committed to measuring and reporting to at least 2020.
Conor Molloy has been a member of CILT since 2006, he is an independent energy advisor and trainer with an MSc in Energy Management and Renewable energy from University of Ulster, he is a Certified Energy Manager (CEM), Measurement & Veri- fication professional (CMVP) and a trainer for ISO50001. He is a registered lead ESOS assessor (UK) and registered energy auditor (Ireland).
Contact Conor at www.aems. ie or follow him on Twitter @ conormolloy
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