As of FY2021 , Mount Auburn has a fleet of 85 vehicles and specialized equipment – including ten pickup trucks , four dump trucks , eleven vans and SUVs , 31 turf vehicles , eleven riding mowers , two backhoes , two Kubota tractors , an aerial lift truck , and a brush chipper , soil screener , stump grinder and other miscellaneous pieces of equipment . In addition , we have 78 pieces of small power equipment such as chainsaws , leaf blowers and string trimmers . The complete list of vehicles and specialized equipment is included in the Appendix .
Over the past several years we have been actively trialing any and all electric vehicles and other types of equipment when they become available . Finding energy-efficient equipment that functions adequately for our grounds maintenance needs requires at least one season of testing or trialing before an investment can be made to replace gasoline or diesel powered equipment . Persistence has paid off , and we now have two electric / rechargeable battery mowers , three electric turf vehicles , and 16 electric small power equipment items .
As shown in the graph , the downward trend of greenhouse emissions from Vehicles & Equipment shows an average annual percentage change of a negative 2.32 %.
Metric Tonnes CO2 Equivalents Scale on Left of Graph
To Carbon Neutrality @ ( 100.00 ) Scale on Right of Graph
Figure 3 -The downward trend of negative 2.32 % shows promise for achieving targets in the future , but is it enough ?
As shown in the pie charts below in Figure 4 , the total GHG emissions from Vehicles & Equipment of 140.50 mtCO2e in FY2021 is 26 % less than those in FY2010 of 190.25 mtCO2e . By far the largest percentage of mobile fleet emissions comes from unleaded gasoline use ( 85 % in FY2010 and 71 % in FY2021 ). We have made significant progress in reducing emissions from unleaded fuel use from 162.06 mtCO2e in FY2010 to 100.25 mtCO2e in FY2021 , a reduction of 38 %. Plus , the addition of propane as a cleaner alternative to gasoline is now used in five riding mowers that has helped to reduce the GHG fleet emissions . Diesel fuel use has increased however by 8 % ( 15 % in FY2010 and 23 % in FY2021 ).
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