The Council is pleased to announce that the US Department of Energy has officially designated the Land-of-Sky Clean Vehicles Coalition as the 86th Clean Cities Coalition in the nation. (See our photo gallery!)
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Alternative Fuel Accident Training
Training for first responders to deal with alternative fuel vehicle accidents.
Through the annual Clean Air Excellence Awards Program, the Western North Carolina Regional Air Quality Agency (WNCRAQA) will recognize businesses, organizations, and individuals who have made valuable contributions to air quality in Buncombe County. The awards recognize unregulated improvements to air quality emissions or voluntary actions benefiting the air quality in the area.
In order to nominate your company (or another organization) for a Clean Air Excellence Award, please download the application form and include a brief summary describing what the organization has done to improve air quality for Western North Carolina.
Examples of voluntary pollution prevention measures include:
significant energy efficiency upgrades,
switching to more environmentally friendly and lower emitting solvents and cleaners,
installing renewable energy systems,
upgrading fleet vehicles to more fuel efficient or lower emitting models.
We ask that nominations be submitted to our Agency by March 10, 2017.
For more information contact:
Ashley Featherstone WNC Regional Air Quality Agency 200 College Street, Suite 300 Asheville, NC 28801 Phone: 250-6778 Email: ashley.featherstone@buncombecounty.org
The latest Brightfield installation at Earth Fare in Asheville. This GE charger equipped Brightfield has 2.4kW of solar, enough to generate 14,000 miles of solar fuel annually.
On Thursday, September 22, Richard Louv, author of nine books about the connections between family, nature and community including Last Child in the Woods, The Nature Principle, and, most recently, Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature Rich Life, will speak at the YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain. The title of his talk is “The Hybrid Mind: The more high-tech our lives become, the more nature we need.” The event will be held at 7:00 pm in the Washburn Center. The program will also include a question and answer session followed by a book signing. Vitamin N, his latest book, will be available for purchase at the event.
Please join the Land-of-Sky Regional Council's Clean Vehicles Coalition Electric Vehicle Committee on September 9th for two DC Fast Charger ribbon cutting ceremonies and a committee meeting.
11:30am – DC Fast Charger Ribbon Cutting at the Asheville Outlets (at the 2 new DCFCs installed by Brightfield TS in back of mall).
12:30pm – DC Fast Charger Ribbon Cutting at the Biltmore Park Town Square (at the DCFC installed by BTS across the street from the Hilton Hotel in the small parking lot).
1:00-3:00 pm – LOS Clean Vehicles Coalition EV Committee Meeting in the Hilton Hotel. All interested are invited!
BREVARD – Brevard College has teamed up with Tesla Motors to provide an increasingly desirable amenity to the Brevard community: Tesla Destination Charging. The College will unveil one of its two Tesla Electric Vehicle charging stations on Monday, Oct. 26, at 11:30 a.m. at its official ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Photo (L-R): BC Geology Professor Jim Reynolds, Bob Harris - Black Bear Solar Institute, SGA President Steve Olson, Brevard resident and EV owner Jim Hardy, and VP of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty Scott Sheffield conduct official ribbon-cutting.
Brevard College is now the first College or University in the U.S. to offer Tesla High-Speed High-Power Wall Connector and standard J1772 units for free public-access Electric Vehicle charging and is the first location in Transylvania County to offer EV charging stations. Tesla High Power Wall Connectors add 58 miles of range per hour to Model S, charging the vehicle overnight and replicating the convenience Tesla owners are accustomed to at home.
GRSM Becomes First National Park to Install Public Electric Vehicle Fast Charging Equipment
Gatlinburg, TN – On September 30, 2015, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GRSM) held not one but two ribbon-cutting ceremonies to unveil over 10 new pieces of alternative fuel equipment. The events were held at Oconaluftee Visitor Center near Cherokee in North Carolina and at Sugarlands Visitor Center near Gatlinburg in Tennessee.
The Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center
Alternative Fuels Station Locator
Fuel Economy and Vehicle Comparisons
Fuel Fact of the Week
Fact #999: Despite Rise in Vehicle Miles of Travel, Highway Pollutants in 2016 Are Less Than Half as in 2002
Due to improvements in fuels and vehicle technologies, the total amount of airborne pollutants emitted from highway vehicles has declined considerably. Since 2002 highway emissions declined for carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOC), and particulate matter (PM) despite increases in the number of highway vehicles and vehicle miles of travel (VMT).
How is fuel economy determined and reported for alternative fuel vehicles?
Last month we learned about how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determines and reports conventional light-duty vehicle fuel economy ratings. While alternative fuel vehicle (AFV) fuel economy testing is largely similar to that of conventional fuels, the EPA makes some adjustments to account for different vehicle technology and fuel energy content. By tailoring AFV fuel economy testing and reporting, the EPA is able to provide apples-to-apples comparisons and allow consumers to make informed decisions.
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