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Page 11 of 21 <br /> <br />reduce/avoid each year? Please <br />list any data sources used and <br />show the steps of any <br />calculations. Feel free to submit <br />in a separate document if <br />clearly labelled: <br />by the California Air Resources Board, “Today, operating the best- <br />selling commercial lawn mower for one hour emits as much smog- <br />forming pollution as driving the best-selling 2017 passenger car, a <br />Toyota Camry, about 300 miles – approximately the distance from <br />Los Angeles to Las Vegas.” <br />Using the EPA Greenhouse Gases Equivalencies Calculator shows <br />that each commercial mower the Town uses emits as much annual <br />emissions as 4 gasoline passenger vehicles. <br />Using a ratio from Fueleconomy.gov showing that EVs are 2 – 3 time <br />more efficient at converting energy into motion, replacing one of our <br />current gasoline-powered mowers with an electric mower should be <br />equivalent to removing 2 cars from the road each year and save 9.3 <br />metric tons of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) equivalent (MTCDE). Over the <br />7-year expected lifetime of this mower this should save on average <br />65.1 MTCDE. <br />According to the EPA’s Diesel Emissions Quantifier, replacing our <br />diesel garbage truck with an all-electric garbage truck will save 33.11 <br />metric tons of C02 emissions per year. Over the expected 7 year <br />working life of this truck, this will add up to 231.78 metric tons of <br />avoided emissions. <br /> <br />21. For how many years will this <br />emissions reduction take place <br />as a result of your project? <br />Please consider the expected <br />lifetime of the <br />technology/program/impact <br />etc. <br />As discussed above, the expected lifetime will be 7 years for both the <br />new electric mower and the electric garbage truck. <br />22. Please describe the location of <br />the emissions reduction. Where <br />would fossil fuels have been <br />burned if not for your project? <br />For projects creating electricity <br />usage reductions, it can be <br />difficult to determine the <br />location of the power <br />produced. Please feel free to <br />state “Grid-tied electricity <br />reduction” <br />These are avoided vehicle emissions and so they would be burned in <br />Chapel Hill. <br />23. Please describe any other <br />aspect of your project that is <br />relevant to the amount of <br />emissions that it will reduce or <br />avoid. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Criterion 3 - Efficient use of Funds <br />1. Please estimate the impact of your project per grant dollar requested. <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 494A0BDA-FFC8-478D-826D-7FA71E3E3A5C