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IdleBox: A Toolkit for Idle Reduction Education and Outreach

Description

Website for the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s vehicle idling reduction program. Includes messaging/communication and technical resources that can be used to establish local anti-idling programs.

Questions this resource can help answer

What are resources that my city can use to set up anti-idling programs to reduce exposures to air pollution?

How can my city engage with communities and businesses to implement an anti-idling program?

How do I use this resource?

This is a collection of materials to support development of anti-idling programs in communities. It includes a set of core resources that can be used to set up a program, including messaging materials, fact cards, letters and pledge forms, and technical resources such as an Idle Reduction Savings Calculator. It also includes additional “specialty resources” for different classes of vehicles: personal, light and medium duty fleets, heavy duty, emergency/service, and work trucks.

Resource information

Resource owner

Government

Format

Website

Backup URL

Update Frequency

Irregularly

Geographic Coverage

United States

Technical specifications

Methodology

Expert curation

Sectors

Transportation

Other Specifications

Some of the resources require software able to read Microsoft Excel files.

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