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Encourage fuel-efficient driving practices

Fuel-efficient driving practices include educating your staff to drive smoothly, and carrying out regular maintenance.

Why
You can reduce fuel consumption by around 10% on road travel, and lower your maintenance costs through reduced wear and tear on the engine, gearbox, clutch and differential.

How
Educate drivers how to drive vehicles to minimise fuel use; include actions such as driving smoothly and vehicle maintenance that help reduce fuel use. This could be included in staff or driver inductions.

http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/air/savefuel/savefuel.asp

Carbon (kg)
230 kg per driver or vehicle per annum.

How did we calculate this?
Assumes a 10% saving of the CO2-e output* of an average Victorian passenger vehicle used by a business.
*Based on the ABS 9208.0 Survey of Motor Vehicle Use and National Inventory Report 2008 Volume 1 (p. 124).

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