CleanAIR Systems, Inc. to Retrofit School Buses and Fire Trucks with Emission Control Devices in Spokane, Washington
Santa Fe, NM- January 10, 2003 - CleanAIR Systems, Inc. was awarded a contract to retrofit 58 school buses and 27 fire trucks with its ASSURE™ diesel oxidation converter (DOC) in Spokane, Washington. CleanAIR's ASSURE™ DOC reduces diesel particulate matter by 25 percent and carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon by up to 90 percent. The project is funded by Avista Corp., a Spokane-based energy company. Seattle-based Western Peterbilt, Inc. will perform the installation of the replacement mufflers.
"CleanAIR Systems' participation in this project will benefit many people in Spokane in significant ways," said CleanAIR Systems President Michael Roach. "Retrofitting 85 school buses and fire trucks with our ASSURE™ DOC will not only help improve the air quality in the city, it will also protect school children, firefighters, emergency department personnel and patients from being exposed to increased levels of diesel emissions."
Most school buses and emergency vehicles are diesel-powered due to the fact that they are more fuel-efficient than gas-powered vehicles. However, diesel-powered vehicles emit 50 to 80 times more particulate. CleanAIR Systems provides a solution to this problem, offering a variety of emissions reductions systems for all diesel engines.
Several studies have found that children's exposure to diesel emissions when riding school buses can be as much as 16 times higher than the ambient exposure levels. Similarly, a study of firehouses in major cities found that firefighters are exposed to increased levels of particulates from diesel emissions while in the firehouse.
According to the American Lung Association of Washington, reducing toxic emissions from diesel engines will provide many benefits, including a reduction in lost school days for children and work days for parents and asthmatics, a decrease in hospital visits due to respiratory ailments, and a reduced cancer risk for the population.
Spokane is classified by the Environmental Protection Agency as a serious nonattainment area for carbon monoxide and a moderate nonattainment area for fine particulate. With work on an air quality maintenance plan that will show how Spokane will stay in attainment in the long term, along with the required two clean years back-to-back, the city hopes to complete the process of being redesignated from nonattainment to attainment status for carbon monoxide.
"CleanAIR Systems' participation in this project will benefit many people in Spokane in significant ways," said CleanAIR Systems President Michael Roach. "Retrofitting 85 school buses and fire trucks with our ASSURE™ DOC will not only help improve the air quality in the city, it will also protect school children, firefighters, emergency department personnel and patients from being exposed to increased levels of diesel emissions."
Most school buses and emergency vehicles are diesel-powered due to the fact that they are more fuel-efficient than gas-powered vehicles. However, diesel-powered vehicles emit 50 to 80 times more particulate. CleanAIR Systems provides a solution to this problem, offering a variety of emissions reductions systems for all diesel engines.
Several studies have found that children's exposure to diesel emissions when riding school buses can be as much as 16 times higher than the ambient exposure levels. Similarly, a study of firehouses in major cities found that firefighters are exposed to increased levels of particulates from diesel emissions while in the firehouse.
According to the American Lung Association of Washington, reducing toxic emissions from diesel engines will provide many benefits, including a reduction in lost school days for children and work days for parents and asthmatics, a decrease in hospital visits due to respiratory ailments, and a reduced cancer risk for the population.
Spokane is classified by the Environmental Protection Agency as a serious nonattainment area for carbon monoxide and a moderate nonattainment area for fine particulate. With work on an air quality maintenance plan that will show how Spokane will stay in attainment in the long term, along with the required two clean years back-to-back, the city hopes to complete the process of being redesignated from nonattainment to attainment status for carbon monoxide.
Labels: ASSURE DOC, diesel emissions, reduce diesel particulate
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