Alternative Fuel Vehicles at Carnegie Mellon
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Carnegie Mellon continues its efforts to reduce harmful emissions.
A GEM NEV is a zero-emission electric vehicle that operates on 110v
household current that has been designed to replace an internal
combustion engine car for short trips. Learn more at:
www.gemcar.com and by
reading
Issue 13 of the Green Scene!
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Facilities Management is also purchasing Club Cars to use for maintenance staff. Learn more at www.clubcar.com
Helping Make Pittsburgh Green
Carnegie Mellon is a stakeholder in the Pittsburgh Clean Cities Program. In 2001, the university received a "Clean Cities" award for its leadership in enhancing awareness of alternative fuels and improving air quality. The university has made a commitment to purchase non-conventional fuel vehicles when practical.
In July 2007 our university shuttle buses started operating on
bio-diesel fuel which can be purchased at Giant Eagle’s Get-Go on
Baum Blvd. Also, our new police cars will utilize E-85 ethanol and
we are participating in the Zip Car program.
Facilities Management Services uses electric vehicles for transportation around the grounds and natural gas powered vans and trucks.
The Parking Office was changed to Transportation and Parking Services, and a campus-wide staff and faculty survey was conducted, to reflect an expanded scope of interest in assisting employees with finding alternative transportation to work.
Public bus passes are provided to students, faculty and staff and we have a carpool incentive program for commuters offering special parking privileges.
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Environmental Implications of Alternative Fuel Vehicles
Increased concerns over fossil fuel consumption associated with
vehicle emissions, urban air quality and the US dependence on foreign
oil have heightened interest in the use of alternative fuel for vehicles.
The need to identify ways to reduce petroleum use, pollution and greenhouse
gas emissions associated with gasoline fueled vehicles, prompted the
Green
Design Institute to undertake an in-depth study of various alternative-fuel
vehicles currently available and under development.
The study used life-cycle analysis to analyze the implications of
various fossil fuels, ethanol and biomass, and electricity, together
with current and advanced internal combustion engines and electricity
vehicles. After weighing the costs and impacts of battery-powered
cars, hybrids, fuel cells and natural gas, Green Design analysis concluded
that the green car of the next decade will be powered by an internal
combustion engine running on cellulosic ethanol.
