What Bus Operators Want: Emissions Mitigation and Water Management to Maintain Cleaner Fleets in Europe

Abstract

For bus operators, predictive maintenance systems have become essential if the goal is to reduce garage costs. But advantages go beyond, since well-maintained fleets pollute less and well-timed maintenance mitigates waste production. The paper moves from this and describes two innovative dashboard functions embedded in a predictive maintenance software: one specifically designed to control emissions and the other to manage the amount of water needed for washing operations. The former is crucial, mainly when maintaining fleets composed by numerous pre-EURO VI vehicles. The latter represents a totally underestimated issue and for which there are no regulatory references. The paper describes the findings from some pilot cases on these dashboard functions, with the research goal to showcase examples of environmental best practice in the field of predictive maintenance.