Schools Are Not Drive-Thrus idle-free school campaign, spring 2025

Step 1: introductory session conducted 2/13/25

 

Step 2: initial data collection conducted for three days at school afternoon dismissal on (DATES TO COME)

Average temperature: ?? degrees

Total vehicles observed: ??; total vehicles idling: ?? (??%); total hours of idling: ?

Amount of fuel consumed**: ? gal/three days / ? gal/per day average

Amount of fuel consumed annually (est.) - based on 175 day school year: ?? gal (??? gallons relative to number of

vehicles observed, initial vs final measuring)

Amount of CO2 emissions annually (est.) - based on 175 day school year: ?,??? lbs***

 

Step 3: school supports idle-free campaign: School Principal message to the school community, and school installs two idle-free zone signs (DATES TO COME)

 

Step 4: driver contact event: (DATES TO COME)

 

*Clean Cities Coalitions are volunteer organizations formally sponsored by the federal Department of Energy (DOE)

**Amount of fuel consumed based on passenger vehicle — car/SUV/pickup truck — idling consumption of 0.43 gal/hr.

***Amount of CO2 emitted based on one gallon of fuel consumed equaling 20 pounds of CO2 emitted (gasoline - 19.64 pounds; diesel - 22.38 pounds)

 

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