Welcome to Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities' home on the web!
With almost 90 active coalitions and more than 5,400 stakeholders across the country, Clean Cities' mission is to reduce petroleum consumption in the transportation sector. The program promotes alternative fuels and advanced vehicles, fuel blends, fuel economy measures, hybrid vehicles, and idle reduction technologies.
On this website you can learn about alternative fuels, alternative vehicles and the benefits of coalition membership. This homepage is also our blog, where we will keep you up-to-date on our activities and the world of alternative fuels and vehicles. Come back often or subscribe to our RSS feed. Enjoy!
Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities Quarterly Meeting
We’ll be discussing current clean fuels projects, new technologies, and funding opportunities for Q1 2010.
Thursday December 10, 9am
FedEx Ground Headquarters
1000 FedEx Drive
Moon Township, PA 15108
RSVP here!
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Agenda
1. Clean Cities: Overview of Local Initiative
2. What projects are we working on now?
3. Clean Pump and how your company can get a Alternative fueling station
4. PA GreenFleets — Pilot Program
5. Member Spotlight: FedEx Ground — New Technologies and their plans for Alt. Fuels
www.pgh-cleancities.org
Join us for a FREE
Biodiesel for Fleets Webinar!
Two convenient times:
Thursday @ 1:30pm & Friday @10am
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
1:30 pm to 3:00 pm EST
Meeting Number: 019 030 957
1. Ten minutes before the webinar go to
https://freetrial.webex.com/freetrial/e.php?AT=WMI&EventID=1861538&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D
2. Enter your name and email address. (This meeting does not require a password.)
3. Click “Join Now”.
Plan to set up the webinar 5 to 10 minutes before the start
Friday, September 25, 2009
10:00 am to 11:30 am EST
Meeting Number: 011 409 517
1. Ten minutes before the webinar go to
https://freetrial.webex.com/freetrial/e.php?AT=WMI&EventID=1895093&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D
2. Enter your name and email address. (This meeting does not require a password.)
3. Click “Join Now”.
Plan to set up the webinar 5 to 10 minutes before the start
Please join us!
As apart of its new Clean Pump Initiative, PRCC is helping Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank install a biodiesel tank to be used by their fleet of trucks. For more information on the Clean Pump Program click here or on the tab in the menu bar.
As apart of the Clean Pumps Program, PRCC will be offering a free Biodiesel for Fleets workshop at the opening of the new pump at Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank. There will be a short opening reception at 10am.
Can’t make it? Join us for a webinar. Two convent webinar sessions to choose from:
* Thursday, Sept. 24 (1:30 – 2:30 p.m.) RSVP
* Friday, Sept. 25 (10 – 11 a.m.) RSVP
Please join us!
Driving cross-country or even around town in an alternative fuel vehicle used to require drivers to do a little homework to find the nearest fueling station—but not anymore. Consumers on-the-go can now access the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Alternative Fueling Station Locator using their cell phone, BlackBerry, or other personal digital assistant (PDA).
The Mobile Alternative Fueling Station Locator allows drivers to find the five closest biodiesel, electricity, E85 (ethanol), hydrogen, natural gas, and propane fueling sites. This convenient tool uses well-known, easy-to-navigate Google Maps to automatically generate maps to fueling sites and lists each station’s contact information and business hours. Detailed driving directions and an instant phone connection to the station can all be accessed at www.afdc.energy.gov/stations/m/.
The mobile station locator is part of the Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC) Web site. It was developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), which manages the AFDC. The tool is sponsored by the Clean Cities initiative, a government-industry partnership sponsored by DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Program.
Our job at Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities is to help you understand the variety of incentives available to for using alternative fuels. We want to guide you through making a smart financial and environmental choice in thinking about your next vehicle purchase or fleet project.
If you have concerns or questions about alternative fuels, we can help you in the following ways:
1. We will keep you informed with our blog. Come to our site on a weekly basis, where we will update the main page with information on incentives for alternative fuels, research on fuels and vehicles, and anything else we come up with that is in the world of alt. vehicles.
2. We can direct you down the right path if you’re making a purchase. Shoot us an email (coordinator@pgh-cleancities.org) and we’ll try to answer any quick questions you have and connect you to our members if you need additional assistance.
3. We will help plan, fundraise for, and execute conversion and infrastructure projects of all sizes. Already an expert in alternative fuels and ready to take on a big project? Want to add alternative fuels to your station? Or, perhaps convert your fleet? Take a look at our membership page, then contact us and we’ll set up a time to meet with you.
Hello and welcome! Here’s a little information on who PRCC is and what we’re working to accomplish.
Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities (PRCC) is a nonprofit membership organization designed to accomplish the following objectives:
- Build and support the infrastructure needed for a strong alternative fuel and alternative vehicle market in Western Pennsylvania.
- Serve the needs of its member organizations through education, business consulting, development/grant writing, and management of Federal and State-funded projects.
- Serve as the designated regional organization for all US Department of Energy Clean Cities Program initiatives, including project funding.
In the next year, PRCC will be expanding rapidly to address the market need for cheap alternative fuel and the transition to alternative fuel vehicles. Though oil prices are lower at this time than they were last year, the market is volatile. Federal and State agencies recognize that too much of our Economy is dependent on foreign energy, so initiatives to reduce that dependence will be more prevalent and better funded in the next ten years.