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* Canada - Fleets put money where ozone is
Here’s a sampling of a few buckmakers who manage to weave environmentalism into capitalismTolronto,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -5 Nov 2007: -- It’s easy to grow at least a bit weary hearing how other folks are saving the planet while you’re trying to make a buck.... So, when J.D. Smith & Sons of Vaughan, Ont., reconfigured the heating system in their warehouses so the temperatures were adjusted automatically and according to zones, the company saw a near-immediate 50-percent cut in its natural-gas bills... And while company President Scott Smith is the first to say that it feels good to be green, he also knows it really doesn’t make sense unless it contributes to the bottom line... Recently, his company was rewarded with the first-ever SCL/Transport Canada "Green Supply Chain Award" in honor of the company's environmentally sound trucking practices... Bison was one of the first Canadian fleets to implement a fuel management training department... The entire Bison fleet has automated transmissions and auxiliary power units. Speed is capped across the fleet at 105 km/h... Bison was recently recognized by the Environmental Protection Association's (EPA) very first SmartWay Transport Awards program for effective equipment purchasing as well as incorporating special fuel-management training techniques to help reduce greenhouse gas emission and fuel consumption... (Photo: Smart fleets have figured out a way to be green and make green at the same time.)
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