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Isuzu Helps Gosford Council Lead The
Way on Pollution Prevention
Gosford City Council is one of the first Australian local government bodies to
insist on Euro IV compliant trucks in its fleet, trucks that better the current
national emissions standard.
The move is one of several initiatives of a corporate greenhouse gas reduction
strategy adopted by Council’s Fleet Services to reduce the fleet's 14% contribution
to overall Gosford City Council emissions.
Council recently took delivery of the first of these vehicles, an Isuzu FVR 1000
medium tipper from Gilbert & Roach, Gosford.
According to Gosford Council’s Acting Manager Fleet Services, Mr Peter Armour,
Euro 4 is Council’s minimum standard for truck emissions, a standard that exceeds
the national requirement that came into effect in February this year as ADR 80/02.
To meet the latest ADR80/02 exhaust emissions requirements most truck
manufacturers settled for the US EPA04 standard, Isuzu went to the more stringent
Euro IV standard which results in trucks that produce as little as one sixth the
particulate matter emissions of US EPA04 compliant engines.
The Isuzus feature Exhaust Gas Recirculation systems, variable geometry system
turbochargers and a Diesel Particulate Diffuser exhaust after treatment. They not
only produce fewer particulate emissions (smoke, soot and unburned hydrocarbons)
but less greenhouse gases.
Despite the impressive environmental credentials of the New Generation SiTEC
Series II engines, they offer more power and torque than their predecessors yet use
less fuel.
The latest 2008 Isuzu trucks are up to 10% more fuel efficient than the superseded
models
Under its corporate greenhouse gas reduction strategy council is also trialling turbo
diesel cars, ultra low sulphur diesel fuel, CNG and LPG fuels.
CAPTION: (From Left) Grant Stack, Senior Fleet Co-ordinator GCC, Terry Kelley, Gilbert & Roach Gosford, Clint
McManus, Workshop Fleet Co-ordinator GCC.
For Further Information:
Mr Tony Cox
Mr Peter Armour,
Gilbert & Roach Hexham
Gosford City Council
Ph 4964 8641
Ph 4325 8412
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