# Presentation: 766150

## SmartWaySM Transport Partnership

**SmartWay****SM**** Transport Partnership**
**U.S. Environmental Protection Agency **

## What is the SmartWay Transport Partnership?

**Voluntary partnership ****between EPA and the freight industry that will:**
- Increase energy efficiency and national energy security
- Reduce air pollution and greenhouse gases
**Emission Reduction Goal:**
- 150 million barrels of oil each year (12 million cars off the road)
- 33 to 66 million metric tons CO2 annually by 2012
- 200,000 tons NOX annually, plus PM and air toxics benefits
**Three components of SmartWay Transport:**
- Corporate Partnerships
- National Transportation Idle-Free Corridors
- Rail/Intermodal Operations

## Why Do We Need SmartWay Transport?

**35 Billion Gallons**

**2003**

**45 Billion Gallons**

**2012**

**Truck and Rail:**
- Consume over 35 billion gallons of fuel
- Account for nearly 20% of transportation energy use
- Produce approximately 350 million metric tons of CO2
**Impact will increase dramatically in next decade**
- Growing economy
- Increasing internet sales
- Faster delivery schedules

## What are the Corporate Partners doing?

**Carriers:**
- Measure current environmental performance with the FLEET Performance Model
- Commit to improve performance within 3 years
***Earn logo*** with 40% efficiency rating for CO2
- or 25% for CO2 and significant NOx and PM reductions
**Shippers****:**
- Commit to increase amount of freight shipped with SmartWay Transport Partner Carriers within 3 years – weighted by Partner performance
- Assess and commit to improve facility transportation emissions within 3 years
***Earn logo*** when ship enough freight with Partner carriers to achieve 50% FLEET score

## H-E-B, a SmartWay Transport Charter Partner

- H-E-B, a SmartWay Transport Charter Partner

**Privately-held retail grocery chain founded in Kerrville, TX in 1905**
- Headquartered in San Antonio
- Over 300 stores in TX and Northern Mexico
- 60,000 Partners (employees)
- Three major distribution centers
- Monterrey, MX in Fall 2004
- Manufacturing Plants
- 400 trucks - drive 55 million miles per year

## H-E-B, a SmartWay Transport Charter Partner

- H-E-B, a SmartWay Transport Charter Partner

**Commitment to environmental excellence**
- Meet/exceed compliance regulations
- Recycling
- Green Building
- Energy/water conservation
- Liquefied natural gas
- Explore energy efficient, low emission advanced technologies
- Community investment

## Some Emission Reduction Strategies

- FLEET Measurements

**5-minute idling rule**
- 510,786 gal. diesel – 5,670 tons CO2
- Automatic shut-off
**Speed management**
- 547,980 gal. diesel – 6,083 tons CO2
- 65 mph
- Engine set to avoid speeding
**Wide-based tires**
- 14,823 gal. diesel – 165 tons CO2
- 400 trailers/10** **trucks; 3 months – 70 addl.
**Automatic tire inflation**
- 100 % of trailers
**Liquefied natural gas**
- 1 ton NOx – PM negligible
- 42 trucks – will have 62 trucks

## Positive Benefits for Partners

- Advertise Participation & Environmental Excellence

**Shippers: **
- Better info about transportation footprint
- Demonstrate corporate citizenship by hiring cleaner carriers
- Potentially lower costs for delivery services with improved logistics
**Carriers:**
- Gain competitive advantage over non-Partners as shippers strive to move more goods with SmartWay Transport carriers
- Track and certify carbon emissions
- Do cost benefit analyses for different technologies and/or strategies
- Enhanced PR for those who qualify to use the SmartWay Transport Partner logo

## Why We Joined

- 	“H-E-B has always believed in putting customers and community first.  Being a good neighbor means safeguarding the health and welfare of our customers and Partners.  It means that we have a responsibility to create a sustainable future by protecting the air we breathe, the water we drink and the natural beauty of the communities where we live and do business.  SmartWay Transport offers opportunities to learn and lead the way toward a clean transportation future”
- Charles Butt, Chairman and CEO

## Opportunities with SmartWay Transport

**Collaboration between EPA and States**
- States have good relationships with many stakeholders
- Work together with EPA to promote Partnership
- Help spread word and recruit new Shippers and Carriers
- Create greater recognition nationally
**Opportunities and Resources**
- EPA willing and able to support state recruiting efforts
- Marketing & communications campaign to be unveiled soon
- Media coverage through newspapers, broadcast
- Brochure, press release, Partner newsletter
- Conferences/Meetings - exhibit booth is available with advance scheduling
- Partner recognition events being planned
- SmartWay Transport’s website
**www.epa.gov/smartway**

## Over 60 SmartWay Transport Partners

## www.epa.gov/smartway

**www.epa.gov/smartway**
**email: smartway_transport@epa.gov**
**Phone Center (734) 214-4767**
**Paul Bubbosh (202) 343-9322**
**Matt Payne (734) 214-4576**
**Buddy Polovick (734) 214-4928**

## Here Everything’s Better.

**Here Everything’s Better.**
- Susan Ghertner
- 210-938-6502
- ghertner.susan@heb.com