REPLACE DEFAULT VALUES IN SHADED BLUE CELLS WITH YOUR DATA.

How much fuel is used for idling? How many hours each year might you use
Avoidable Idling Fuel Costs
(If you don't know, see table on next sheet.) idling reduction (IR) devices instead of idling? A What is the cost of fuel?

1 0.8 gallons/hour × 2,000 hours/year = 1,600 gallons/year × $ 4.00 /gallon = $ 6,400 /year +
6/13/2014

“Miles of idling”1 (idling is like

What is your average fuel economy? putting miles on your engine)

2 0.8 gallons/hour × 2,000 hours/year × 6 miles/gallon = 9,600 miles/year

How much does an oil change cost? How many miles between oil changes? “Miles of idling” Preventive Maintenance Cost1

3 $ 150 /oil change ÷ 30,000 miles/oil change = $ 0.005 /mile × 9,600 miles/year = $ 48 /year +

How much does an engine overhaul or new How many miles between overhauls or vehicle Overhaul or Replacement Costs1
vehicle cost? replacement? “Miles of idling”

/overhaul or
10,000 replacement ÷ 500,000 miles/overhaul
or replacement = $ 0.02 /mile × 9,600 miles/year = $ 192 /year
4 $
Total Avoidable Idling Costs

5 = $ 6,640 /year
Calculate Costs for Idling Reduction (IR) – Device and/or Electrified Parking Space (EPS)
How many hours each year would you use on-
How much fuel is used by the IR device? board IR devices?* B Fuel cost for IR device
6 0.2 gallons/hour × 2,000 hours/year = 400 gallons/year × $ 4.00 /gallon = $ 1,600 /year
Maintenance cost for IR device Operating Cost for On-board IR Device
7 $ 100 /year + $ 1,600 /year = $ 1,700 /year
How many hours each year would you use EPSs instead of Total Operating Costs for IR
Cost per hour to plug into EPS idling?* Cost to plug in
8 $1 /hour × hours/year = $ 0 /year + $ 1,700 /year = $ 1,700 /year
Calculate Savings from IR
9 Capital cost of on-board IR device Savings Payback Time
$ 8,000 ÷ $ 4,940 /year saved = 1.6 years
How much fuel is used for
idling (gallons/hour)?
10 A B
1,600 ̶ 400 = 1,200 gallons saved/year
* Total number of hours from lines 6 and 8 should equal the number of hours in line 1.
1.
TMC Recommended Practice 1108, “Analysis of Costs from Idling and Parasitic Devices for Heavy Duty Trucks”
(2003). Technology & Maintenance Council, American Trucking Associations (TMC/ATA).