The Cleveland School District just replaced its entire fleet of buses, but a good number of them are very different from what people are used to. A test program will compare diesel buses to propane buses for savings. In the past, you could tell a school bus had just gone by because of the smell and noise, but not anymore. Out of Cleveland’s new 225 buses, 49 are propane…. (19 Action News)
07.17.2014 — Fuel cost savings of $5,000 per day. Cheaper and simpler oil changes. Emissions reduced by millions of pounds. That’s the message of a new case study analyzing Student Transportation Inc.’s 435 school buses operating with propane autogas during a one-year period.
July 17, 2014 — Fuel cost savings of $5,000 per day. Cheaper and simpler oil changes. Emissions reduced by millions of pounds. That’s the message of a new case study analyzing Student Transportation Inc.’s 435 school buses operating with propane autogas during a one-year period.
Indian River County School District, headquartered in Vero Beach, Fla., is made up of 27 surrounding schools. The school district was the first in Florida to adopt new liquid injection propane autogas technology, and currently operates 26 propane-autogas-powered buses and 85 diesel buses. The fleet transports approximately 9,550 students twice each day and services routes throughout the county.
The dog days of summer are upon us. And ROUSH CleanTech’s Field Service Team wants to provide you some tips for operating your propane autogas vehicle in the hotter temperatures. During the summer months or in warm weather climates, propane autogas vehicles typically exhibit higher tank temperatures. This, in turn, increases the pressures inside the tank. Autogas vehicles build pressure in the tank while the vehicles are in use due to hot fuel returning from the engine.
Someone once said to me, “People grow old. Companies don’t have to.”As we individuals grow older, we tend to become more studied. Our experiences define a wise posture that we carry around, and our companies benefit. That perspective allows us to make decisions that keep our companies fresh, relevant, profitable and more interesting.
Omaha Public Schools aims to be one of the most energy- and resource-efficient school districts in the country.
In New York, Washingtonville Central School District transports more than 5,000 students to 28 Orange County area schools, including public, private and parochial. Of their 89-bus fleet, 18 are fueled by propane autogas.
Student Transportation Inc. (“STI”), North America’s third largest provider of school bus transportation services, today announced that its subsidiary, Student Transportation of America, Inc. (STA), has been awarded a new five-year contract with St. Paul Public Schools in Minnesota and is currently hiring drivers for open positions. The $4 million annual contract, to begin next month, will feature 65 new, propane-powered vehicles and a refurbished facility located in St. Paul…. (Market Watch)
With the donation of propane-powered off-road and stationary equipment from the Propane Education & Research Council (PERC), Mammoth Cave National Park has taken important steps to reduce energy concumption at the park and to serve as a model for other national parks across the country. PERC’s donation of propane-powered equipment totals more than $62,000 and includes three John Deere zero-turn mowers, two Generac portable generators, and a CleanFuel USA propane dispenser featuring eConnect, a fuel network management system for electronic dispensers…. (Today’s Energy Solutions)
