1. Green My Fleet: Be a Vehicle for Change David Perlmutter, Julia Wilson Community, Environment, and Planning (CEP) Department of Urban Design & Planning University of Washington December 14, 2009

2. Introduction Many municipalities and other agencies wish to reduce their fleet emissions due to rising fuel prices, global warming, and increased federal funding for alternative fuel vehicles and technology Evergreen Fleets is a certification program run by the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency that awards certification to fleets demonstrating emissions reductions and investment in alternative fuel technologies

4. Deliverables Quantitative: Compile the following City fuel emissions data Vehicle equipment inventory list Full documentation of Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT’s) Fuel receipts to demonstrate annual fuel consumption Quantitative Create a Data Diary explaining the steps necessary to compile, process, and analyze the fuel receipts data and VMT’s Qualitative Create a series of Best Practices documents outlining policies that the City must take to invest in alternative fuel technologies and reduce emissions

5. Work Calendar

6. Data Diary Data provided from the City of Issaquah: Vehicle equipment inventory for both 2007 and 2008 Vehicle emissions data for 2007 (baseline year) and 2008 (current year) Best Practices information and document templates provided by Evergreen Fleets Data was categorized according to the following attributes: Vehicle ID Number Fuel Type Total Gallons Fuel Expenditure ($) Vehicle Class

10. Templates provided by Evergreen Fleets allowed us to create the following Best Practices that will qualify the City towards Green Fleets certification:Green Fleets Plan Green Vehicle Purchasing Policy Preventive Maintenance Program Reduce, Reuse, and Recover Program for Maintenance Products Green Rental Car and Car-Sharing Policy

12. Categorize vehicles by Vehicle Class in addition to Vehicle ID Number

13. Accurate reporting of VMT’s as a requirement for driving City vehicles

15. Allow this database to categorize vehicles by Vehicle ID Number as well as by Vehicle Class

16. Create a search engine for Vehicle Class based on Make/Model