Refrigerated Fleet Assessments

Savings Program: Find Lost Dollars in your Reefer Fleet

A refrigerated fleet assessment is a practical and affordable way for refrigerated fleets to improve fuel efficiency, save money, and achieve sustainability goals.

How it works

Through personalized technical assistance and guidance, our services improve fleet efficiency by:

  • Establishing a current personalized baseline of fuel use and fuel waste.
  • Identifying opportunities to reduce fuel usage and waste in transport refrigeration units, improve reefer fleet operations, and extend reefer life.
  • Recommending appropriate and effective strategies to successfully implement improvements.
  • Supporting implementation of desired changes.
  • Securing grant/incentive funding for new equipment and infrastructure.

Benefits

Refrigerated fleets typically can reduce total operating cost by 40-70% with electric idle reduction technology and adopting best operating practices. Running stationary reefers on electricity is less expensive than diesel fuel.

Reducing Idling in Refrigerated Trailers Brochure (PDF)

Featured Case Study

Client: Partnership with Forth and The Transportation Research and Education Center at Portland State University

Project:
The project ran in Oregon from 2015 to 2017, providing free technical assistance and guidance to 19 refrigerated fleet operators, many with multiple distribution centers or manufacturing locations in the West. CleanFuture: Assessed, Identified, Organized, and Supported.

Results:

  • As of July 2017, four of the 19 participants had already upgraded to electric transport refrigeration systems. All but one company showed some interest in upgrades to add electric infrastructure.
  • The study revealed that fleet managers underestimate how much time spent idling and overestimate the costs of the improvements. Typically, switching to electric refrigeration reduces operating costs by 40 to 70 percent.
  • Savings over the course of the project totaled $2.3 million.
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