Activities New Energy Award 2000 Chairman of New Energy Foundation Prize

New Energy Award 2000

Application Category

Clean Energy School Bus Program Sponsored by Nagoya City
Winner
Nagoya City

The project is Nagoya City's exclusive support system to introduce clean energy vehicles (CEVs) to transport children to and from private kindergartens and nursery schools in Nagoya.
The nation’s subsidy system also supports the project. Some 10 CEVs were introduced in 1999, and a total of 80 CEVs will be introduced by 2002.
Nagoya City's positive initiative to introduce CEVs to private kindergartens and nurseries, and effective measures for environmental preservation were highly evaluated.

Features of Equipment, Systems and Facilities

Introduction of CEV for transportation of kindergarten and nursery school children
The project promotes the use of CEVs to transport private kindergarten and nursing school children in Nagoya. The difference in cost to purchase a diesel engine bus and CEV is subsidized by Nagoya City. The nation’s subsidy system also contributes to this project.
This project aiming at following three targets: extensive introduction of CEVs, promotion of environmental preservation, and educational campaign on clean energy for children and their parents as well as other populations.
- Introduction period: From FY 1999 to FY 2003
- Target/ 80 clean energy buses (about 1/3 of school buses in Nagoya)
- CEV type/ Hybrid bus and natural gas bus
Positive participation to environmental preservation activities
The kindergartens and nursery schools, which introduced the clean energy buses, should attend activities concerning "energy" and "environmental preservation".
- Activities on energy
  - Save electricity and water at schools
  - Make compost from garbage and leftovers at schools
  - Keep proper temperature in the class rooms
- Activities on environment preservation
  - Recycle and reuse the waste materials at schools
  - Use recycled products and eco-marked products at class rooms
  - Offer environmental educational classes for children and their parents
- Effects of the educational promotion
  Through the transportation of children, Nagoya city provides a kind of trial ride or campaign of CEVs. Children will be aware of environmental issues as well as clean energy from their early years. And their parents and other citizens will experience low-noise and clean exhaust gas of CEVs. Accordingly, their awareness about clean energy will be heightened.


Hybrid bus	Natural gas bus
Gasoline engine drives the generator and continues to generate power and accumulate electricity in battery to drive by motor. Exhaust gas is clean and Nox is reduced to about 1/50 compared to the similar type of diesel engine bus. Black smoke and air borne particles will not be exhausted to the air and the noise level is significantly reduced.	The bus runs on pressurized natural gas the same as that used in the general household as fuel. Exhaust gas is clean and Nox is about 1/20 compared to the same type of diesel bus. No black smoke or particle material is exhausted to the air and the noise level is lower.

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