Improving the environmental performance of bus fleets in Europe

Predictive Maintenance Systems (PdM) for bus fleets are gaining momentum among transit operators in Europe, although two major issues this practice still not fully addressed mitigating negative impacts on the environment: emissions control and water management. To end, paper presents some innovative Dashboard Functions (DF) a specific PdM, based software, already developed within project funded by European Commission (EBSF_2), with goal to optimize predictive maintenance at garages. The first DF is aimed assessing generated buses, especially when composed pre-EURO VI vehicles (one three buses world pre EURO IV). second focused management washing buses: an underestimated issue, but relevant pursuing sustainability, since according garage vehicle needs around 300 litres of fresh be cleaned, typically 4 times week, which multiplied almost 700,000 units compose generate 43 million m3 yearly requirement. describes results from assessment both special focus, former, problem obsolescing their components specifically contributing phenomenon; latter, turn, focuses application different technology. research advance scientific knowledge further afield provide examples best practices field PdM implementation fleets.