Hybrid Electric School Bus Deployment and Evaluation

In recent years, several studies have been released detailing the negative public health impacts of vehicle emissions on young children and even demonstrating the amount of pollutants present in and around vehicles such as school buses. One such study indicated that the pollutant levels inside buses are actually higher than outside the buses. The deployment of hybrid electric school buses in Iowa has the potential to produce significant impacts on the air quality, petroleum usage, and economic strength of the state while providing substantial health benefits to Iowa. The Iowa research team consists of CTRE, the Iowa Department of Education, the Iowa Association of School Boards, and the school districts of Nevada and Signourney-Keota. The Iowa contingent is part of a larger consortium, Advanced Energy based in North Carolina, that is advancing the purchase of these buses nationwide.

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Language

English

Project

Status: Completed
Sponsor Organizations:
Iowa Energy Center

2521 Elwood Drive, Suite 124
Ames, IA United States 50010-8229
Performing Organizations:
Midwest Transportation Consortium

Iowa State University
Ames, IA United States 50010-8664
Principal Investigators:
Kroeger, Dennis

Hallmark, Shauna
Start Date: 20060701
Expected Completion Date: 0
Actual Completion Date: 20100630
Source Data: RiP Project 11980

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Air pollution; Air quality; Electric vehicles; Environmental impacts; Hybrid vehicles; Pollutants; Public health; Research projects; School buses
Geographic Terms: Iowa
Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Research; Vehicles and Equipment; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

Accession Number: 01460557
Record Type: Research project
Source Agency: Midwest Transportation Consortium
Files: UTC, RIP
Created Date: Jan 3 2013 1:27PM