Facilities Services was named the winner of the 2010 NC Mobile Clean Air Renewable Energy (CARE) Award, Fleet Category. Organized by the NC Solar Center/NC State University and sponsored by the NC Dept. of Transportation, the Mobile CARE Awards honor outstanding individual and organizational achievements in reducing transportation-related emissions. Facilities Services was recognized for excellence in incorporating the use of alternative fuels and advanced transportation technologies in its operations.
Nearly 30 nominations were judged in four categories – Individual, Fleet, Fuel/Tech Provider and Policy/Organization – for the fourth annual awards presentations. The award selection committee, consisting of representatives from the NC Energy Office, NC Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources’ Division of Air Quality and the NC Dept. of Transportation, was “especially impressed” by UNC’s petroleum displacement activities and accomplishments in displacing 133,000 gallons of petroleum in FY 2008-2009.
In addition, the award recognizes that over the past five years, the University has experienced a 7 percent decrease of gasoline or diesel fueled vehicles to its fleet and a 422 percent increase of alternative fueled vehicles (140 total).
These accomplishments are particularly noteworthy in that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large university with a wide range of activities and business that take place on campus and across the state; therefore, it would not be realistic to eliminate or radically reduce the number of vehicles on campus and still meet the myriad demands of the University. Instead, Facilities Services has developed innovative strategies and implemented a number of proactive measures to achieve significant petroleum reductions, including the use of electric vehicles, the conversion of gasoline pumps to dispense E-10 fuel and the installation of an 8,000-gallon tank and pump for dispensing E-85 fuel at the University Service Station. Today, pure gasoline is not dispensed at all on campus.
University Service Station Manager Mark Stark was presented the Mobile CARE award by NC Dept. of Transportation Secretary Gene Conti during the Mobilizing NC Conference on May 26.
For more information on the NC Solar Center’s projects and initiatives, visit www.ncsc.ncsu.edu.
Nearly 30 nominations were judged in four categories – Individual, Fleet, Fuel/Tech Provider and Policy/Organization – for the fourth annual awards presentations. The award selection committee, consisting of representatives from the NC Energy Office, NC Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources’ Division of Air Quality and the NC Dept. of Transportation, was “especially impressed” by UNC’s petroleum displacement activities and accomplishments in displacing 133,000 gallons of petroleum in FY 2008-2009.
In addition, the award recognizes that over the past five years, the University has experienced a 7 percent decrease of gasoline or diesel fueled vehicles to its fleet and a 422 percent increase of alternative fueled vehicles (140 total).
These accomplishments are particularly noteworthy in that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large university with a wide range of activities and business that take place on campus and across the state; therefore, it would not be realistic to eliminate or radically reduce the number of vehicles on campus and still meet the myriad demands of the University. Instead, Facilities Services has developed innovative strategies and implemented a number of proactive measures to achieve significant petroleum reductions, including the use of electric vehicles, the conversion of gasoline pumps to dispense E-10 fuel and the installation of an 8,000-gallon tank and pump for dispensing E-85 fuel at the University Service Station. Today, pure gasoline is not dispensed at all on campus.
University Service Station Manager Mark Stark was presented the Mobile CARE award by NC Dept. of Transportation Secretary Gene Conti during the Mobilizing NC Conference on May 26.
For more information on the NC Solar Center’s projects and initiatives, visit www.ncsc.ncsu.edu.
