On the break room wall there was to be a poster on the green operations. Nice idea. Hard to prove. The discussion is not similar today because numbers cannot mislead people after many years. Fleet management software gives the teams a bite to sustainability since most of the teams discover that fuel burning, idle time and waste of route are not abstract concepts but real ones. The changes in the habits are much faster than the slogans could ever change them.
Consumption of fuel is the most screeching culprit. People are waiting, reading, eating and cursing because it only takes a minute to run the motors idle. Divide there is one minute by weeks and the weary tells tale. No victim shaming and idleness trends are brought out with the help of software. The drivers can observe the impact on the numerical level. Some manipulation here and there cuts the gas and the emissions unobtrusively. That is how it happened that you discovered that dripping tap you never gave a thought to all year round was gorging the water bill.
It also relies on the efficiency of routes. A straight line on the map does not always make the best in life. Traffic congestion and bad moves, and rerouting that has become the order of the day burns up fuel that is not needed. The routes will be compared against time and show the routes that emit less smokes into the air. The drivers prefer the roads that are not so bumpy. Vehicles do too. Less strain tends to lead to less number of repairs and increased working life.
Green operations do not have to be serious or preachy. They do their best when they creep into normal day routine and just quietly make things better. Understanding of cleaner fleets starting is better.
