Clean Fleets releases new guide and Life-Cycle Cost tool for clean vehicle procurement
Through making green choices, public procurers of vehicles have the capacity to drive down energy consumption, noise, and greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions. The Clean Vehicles Directive (CVD) aims to mainstream this, promoting the purchase of vehicles with higher energy and environmental performance standards. To aid public authorities in adhering to the CVD, the Clean Fleets team has developed a guide on how to procure clean and energy-efficient vehicles in practice, and an accompanying Life-Cycle Cost (LCC) tool. Both are free to download.
Titled “Procuring clean and efficient road vehicles”, the Clean Fleets guide presents in-depth information on procuring vehicles in line with the CVD, backed-up by real life examples from public procurers. It shows in detail how environmental criteria can be introduced at various stages of the procurement process.
The LCC tool empowers procurers to measure the cost of their fleet over its full life span, granting an insight into environmental impacts in addition to financial costs. The information provided by the tool can be used to stimulate the procurement of innovative solutions. Supporting factsheets developed by the project are additionally available online, providing definitions and pertinent information on a range of topics, including vehicle test cycles, EU legislation and policy, and more.
For more information, visit the Clean Fleets publications page.