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| Reference Number | GPG 313 | |
| Title | Fuel saving devices | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Energy Efficiency (Transport) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 50%; Final stage Development and Demonstration 50%; |
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| Science and Technology Fields | SOCIAL SCIENCES (Economics and Econometrics) 25%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Business and Management Studies) 50%; SOCIAL SCIENCES (Education) 25%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour) 15%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance) 10%; Other (Energy technology information dissemination) 75%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given AEA Technology Environment |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | DfT | |
| Start Date | 01 April 1999 | |
| End Date | 01 February 2003 | |
| Duration | 46 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £56,964 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Power; Transport | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | DfT Freight logistics | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , AEA Technology Environment (99.999%) |
| Other Investigator | Project Contact , Aztec Media Services (0.001%) |
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| Objectives | Fleet managers are frequently bombarded by sales literature for products that offer fuel savings that can seem too good to be true. Under pressure to cut costs, a busy manager might be strongly tempted by a ‘fit and forget’ device that pays for itself in months. Indeed, given the size of the savings, how could you justify turning down such an offer? On the other hand, what if the product doesn’t work? Installing it would waste money; worse still, i t might damage your vehicles. Even if it does no harm, it would be better to spend your money, and time, on other more effective fuel saving measures So how can you judge if these products are worth the investment? | |
| Abstract | This Guide is designed to help. It is crammed full with practical tips to help you separate the spurious from the genuine in fuel-saving claims. It also gives plenty of advice on how to conduct proper tests, if you get to the stage where you want to try a product out. | |
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| Added to Database | 11/01/08 | |
