Federal Green Challenge - Transportation
On this page:
- Federal Green Challenge Transportation Goals
- Reducing Your Transportation Footprint
- Case Studies (Success Stories)
Federal Green Challenge Transportation Goals
Relative to your baseline, reduce the following by 5% or more:
- Alternative fuel/Efficient Vehicles purchased/leased
- Fleet vehicle miles
- Employee work-related privately owned vehicle travel miles
- Employee work-related airplane miles
- Employee vehicle commuting miles
Reducing Your Transportation Footprint
- Alternative Fuel/Efficient Vehicles
Fact: Upgrading a fleet vehicle to one that gets 3 miles more per gallon can prevent 3,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions each year.
- Purchase or lease SmartWay Certified vehicles
- Purchase or lease alternative fuel vehicles, such as electric vehicles or biodiesel vehicles
- Reduce the number of attendees to non-critical events
- Commuting
Fact: If an average worker avoided using their car to commute just two days per week, greenhouse gas emissions would be reduced by approximately 1,600 pounds per year, per individual.
- Reimburse public transportation costs for employees or use CommuterCheck
- Choose a building location close to public transportation
- Encourage biking by providing bike racks and showers
- Allow work-at-home or flexible hours to reduce employee commute trips
- Employee Travel
- Evaluate the need for travel - will videoconferencing, teleconferencing, or webinars work instead?
- Choose meeting/conference venues based on availability of public transportation
- Measurement
- Template for Employee Commute Survey Exit
- GREET Fleet Footprint Calculator Exit Evaluate life-cycle petroleum use and GHG emissions
- Petroleum Reduction Planning Tool Exit
- SmartWay Savings Calculator for Fleet Owners
- Recognition
Case Studies (Success Stories)
- Reassessing how work is done reduces air travel
- Transportation Initiative Incorporates Alternative Fuels and Electric Vehicles
- The U.S. Army leased 4,000 Neighborhood Electric Vehicles
More case studies are available at the U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Management Page.