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1 Green Yoar Fleet SwitCD to LED <br />Now., Be Fuel Efficient <br />AVERAGE In Denver, the Mayor enacted a <br />EMIMOW "Green Fleets Executive Order" to <br /> improve the energy efficiency of the <br />Sports U <br />IS mpg tility Vehicle <br />City's 3,500 vehicles. It requires city <br /> agencies to: <br /> ¦ Retire old and underused vehicles; <br />10 tons (01/year . Purchase fuel efficient vehicles; <br /> ¦ "Downsize": purchase smaller vehicles; <br />(Ompact <br />1i.5 Mpg . Use car-pooling, telecommuting, and <br /> mass transit for employee travel. <br /> Denver's policy has eliminated 47 <br />S.S tons (Ot/year vehicles, and saved over $150,000 in <br /> fuel and vehicle costs. Hybrid vehicles <br />Fuel Efficient and other technologies are making new <br />40 Mpg vehicles even more fuel efficient. <br />•^c RESOURCES: <br />3S tons (01/year ? Green Fleets: Increasing Efficiency and <br /> Reducing Emissions. ICLEI; <br />Bike (416) 392-1462 or jwalker@iclei.org <br /> <br />M ? The Green Guide to Cars and Trucks. <br />( <br />o American Council for an Energy- <br />( tons (01/year Efficient Economy (ACEEE). <br /> (202) 429-0063; www.aceee.org <br />How: Use LED fixtures for traffic signals <br />and exit signs <br />LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, consume <br />80 to 90% less energy than conventional <br />lights-compare a standard 150 watt <br />incandescent bulb to a 12-inch LED <br />fixture at 18 watts. And, LEDS last 6-10 <br />times longer, reducing costs further <br />through decreased maintenance. <br />Oberland park, Kansas replaced 2023 <br />red traffic signals with LED fixtures. wiLk <br />annual savings of over $160,000, the <br />LED investment will be paid back in less <br />than eighteen months. The traffic sig- <br />nals were such a success that 120 "Exit" <br />signs have also been switched to LEDs_ <br />RESOURCES: <br />? Light Emitting Diodes for Traffic Siyoais <br />Public Technology, Inc. <br />1-800-PTI-8976; www.pti.nw.dc.us