How to Get More Efficiency out of Your Facilities with Commute Options

1. How to Get More Efficiency out of Your Facilities withCommute Options IFMA l The Clean Air Campaign l March 21, 2012

2. How the 1996 Olympics changed Atlanta • Worldwide interest • + One million visitors • Traffic concerns • Air quality concerns • The Clean Air Campaign launches May 1, 1996

3. Traffic Congestion Air Quality What happened next brought our mission into focus • During 1996 Olympics: • Noticeably lighter traffic • No unhealthy ozone days • 37% decline in ER visits • Voluntary actions helped The Clean Air Campaign’s Mission: “To motivate Georgians to take action to improve air quality and reduce traffic congestion.”

4. New century:continued growth statewide Georgia Population: 2000 8.1 million 2010 9.7 million 20% in 10 yrs.

5. Traffic hurts the region ATL employers lose a combined $2.7 billion annually because of traffic.

6. Increase Supply? • New roads? • New transit? Decrease Demand? Reduce peak travel • Commute options • Flexible work schedules • Incident response • Congestion pricing Big questions for transportation future

7. The dialog continues on air quality … Air quality is improving in the region … … but there is still more work to do.

8. Air quality is improving … but there’s more work to be done. Half of all smog-forming emissions in the region come from the tailpipes of cars and trucks.

9. What’s keeping the business community awake at night? • Making the budget work • Shoring up productivity • Balancing sustainability interests with existing resources • Meeting regulatory requirements

10. How are you coping with fuel costs?

11. How we work with our 1,600 Employer Partners: • Consultation • Benchmarking commute activity • Developing commute options programs to reduce overhead • Professional advice • Offering technical expertise to pilot/refine programs • Lowering environmental impact • Evaluating facilities/maintenance practices • Onsite event coordination • Educating employees about available commute options • Assisting with targeted carpool and vanpool ridematching • Results tracking • Providing reports and analysis on program efficacy All services provided at no cost.

12. What our team can do for you • Provide one-on-one consulting services at no cost to your organization: • Establish a commute options program that fits your needs • Identify ways to reduce parking/energy demands at your facility • Reduce unnecessary diesel engine idling at the workplace • Set up employee vanpools (vendors provide the vans, insurance and maintenance) • Evaluate opportunities for compressed work weeks, telework and flex time • Offer guidance on leveraging tax incentives for clean commuting

13. What our team can do for you • Educate employees on commute options services and incentives: • Help employees find carpool or vanpool partners to share the ride • Connect employees with services offering a free Guaranteed Ride Home • Reward clean commuting employees with cash incentives and prizes • Market commuter programs through events held at your workplace • Inform employees about traffic and air quality issues

14. What our team can do for you • Report the impact of your organization’s commute options program • Provide customized data on program results to plug into your sustainability reporting • Illustrate mileage, air pollution and financial savings achieved • Seek positive exposure for your program

15. We offer targeted commuting solutions to the right employees • Map employee commutes • Identify groups of employees and match with appropriate commute options • Deliver special targeted messaging

16. Telework:A business strategy • More than 250 Georgia employers have worked with us on telework programs • Assessing candidates • Developing policies • Training teleworkers and telemanagers • Piloting programs • Making technology recommendations • Measuring productivity

17. Telework:A business strategy to reduce facilities costs • One employer in north Atlanta saves $800K annually on real estate because of their telework program. • Another employer saves $40K annually on heating/cooling.

18. Diesel Idle Reduction Program What is one of the simplest ways to reduce your organization’s environmental footprint? Avoid unnecessary engine idling.

19. Reduce unnecessary diesel engine idlingat your workplace. • Does your organization manage a fleet of vehicles? • Do you receive deliveries at your facility? • Is there a passenger pick-up/drop off area at your facility?

20. Important reasons to reduce unnecessary diesel idling at your location: • Protect Employee Health • Diesel exhaust contains more than 40 hazardous air pollutants and carcinogens • Diesel exhaust concentrates at ground level and can enter buildings • through air intakes, doors and windows • Save on Fuel and Maintenance Expenses • Idling wastes more fuel and causes twice the wear on internal parts compared to driving at highway speeds • Prolonged idling can reduce the operating life of engine oil by 75% • Taking action and establishing a policy is an easy way • to raise your organization’s “green” profile

21. Receive program support and materials at no cost to reduce unnecessary idling Services offered include: Signage to inform drivers, vendors and employees of your No-Idling policy Policy templates that can be adapted to fit your organization’s needs Compelling fact sheets and cards for drivers and employees explaining the reasons for the policy Dashboard stickers for your fleet Dedicated program manager

22. Georgia employers succeed in optimizing their workplaces with commute options A Few Success Stories: Starting a vanpool program at its Cobb County facility helped Georgia-Pacific avoid a 130-space parking expansion, saving $100,000.

23. Georgia employers succeed in optimizing their workplaces with commute options A Few Success Stories: Lathem Time’s compressed work week program helps the organization save $50,000 annually on heating and cooling costs.

24. Georgia employers succeed in optimizing their workplaces with commute options A Few Success Stories: CCH Small Firm Services successfully managed a relocation effort from Rome to Kennesaw with assistance from The Clean Air Campaign, using commuter mapping and survey tools to connect employees with new commute options.

25. Make informed decisions about your facilities • Measuring the success of your commute options program: • Vehicle Miles Reduced • Total Pollution Reduced • CO2 Emissions Reduced • Fuel Maintenance and Cost Savings

26. How one employer folded performance data into sustainability reporting Delta employees in Atlanta saved a combined $700,000 on commute costs in one year through their use of alternatives to driving alone.

27. Employees earn financial incentives for choosing cleaner ways to commute How It Works: More than 85,000 Georgia commuters have participated since 2002. 1. Clean up your commute. 2. Log your commute. 3. Earn cash. Win prizes.

28. Incentive programs available to employees How It Works What You Get Register at www.LogYourCommute.org

29. Employees can get a Guaranteed Ride Home Unscheduled overtime. Carpool partners left at 5:45pm. No problem. Registered employees can receive up to 5 free rides home (or to their car) each year through RideSmart’s “Guaranteed Ride Home” program when unexpected events cause them to miss their usual ride home.

30. Some of the best work anywhere on sustainability issues for workplaces is happening right here • Innovative Programs • Voluntary Actions • 15 Years of Expertise • No Cost Association for Commuter Transportation Leadership Award Presented to The Clean Air Campaign in 2009

31. Each day in Metro Atlanta • 1.4 million miles of vehicle travel eliminated • 700 tons of pollution kept out of the air we breathe • Each year,we save Georgians more than $150 million on gas and vehicle expenses

33. Question 1 The Clean Air Campaign’s mission is to affect what 2 components? a. Traffic & stress b. Gas prices & congestion c. Population growth & air quality d. Air quality & traffic

34. Question 2 With regards to transportation in Georgia, what can we do in the future? a. Offer commute options b. Create more roads c. Both a & b d. None of the above

35. Question 3 What percentage of smog-forming emissions come from the tailpipes of cars? a. 50% b. 40% c. 25% d. 15%

36. Question 4 Services offered by the Clean Air Campaign DO NOT include: (multiple right answers) a. Assistance in parking lot design b. Monthly reports of clean commute efforts at your worksite c. Fully subsidized transit passes for all employees d. Consulting on compressed work weeks

37. Question 5 How many employers have partnered with the Clean Air Campaign? a. 1400 b. 1500 c. 1600 d. 1800

38. Question 6 Teleworking is: (multiple right answers) a. Offered to everyone onsite b. A way to increase productivity c. A business strategy d. A way to work from home and take care of small children

39. Question 7 Answer the following (True/False): • Diesel exhaust contains more than 40 harmful pollutants & carcinogens • Idling does not cause wear & tear on internal vehicle parts • Your company must write their own policy from scratch • CAC provides educational materials for drivers about no-idling

40. Question 8 How can your company reduce its need for a new parking lot: (multiple right answers) a. Start telework policy b. Encourage carpooling c. Facilitate a new vanpool d. Purchase bike racks

41. Question 9 Which incentive program gives out the biggest one-time payout: a. Commuter Prizes b. Carpool Rewards c. Commuter Champions d. Cash for Commuters

42. Question 10 Who is eligible for a Guaranteed Ride Home: a. Carpoolers b. Transit Riders c. Walkers d. All of the above