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Reference Number	DFT-2003-0000
Title	Sponsorship of 2003 BTAC fuel efficiency trials
Status	Completed
Energy Categories	Energy Efficiency(Transport) 100%;
Research Types	Applied Research and Development 100%
Science and Technology Fields	SOCIAL SCIENCES (Business and Management Studies) 50%; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering) 50%;
UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation	Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Consumer attitudes and behaviour) 25%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance) 25%; Other (Energy technology information dissemination) 50%;
Principal Investigator	Project Contact No email address given AEA Technology Environment
Award Type	Standard
Funding Source	DfT
Start Date	01 April 2003
End Date	31 December 2003
Duration	9 months
Total Grant Value	£44,800
Industrial Sectors	Transport
Region	South East
Programme	DfT Freight logistics
Investigators	Principal Investigator	Project Contact , AEA Technology Environment (99.999%)
	Other Investigator	Project Contact , Society of Operations Engineers (0.001%)
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Objectives	The benefits to the industry of having impartial objective information that can indicate where savings can be made with a short payback must be considerable. With 88% of operators having five trucks or less it would not be possible for them to finance such tests themselves. Through the use of TEBP funding this large number of operators gain access to information that will save them money.
Abstract	The event offers the opportunity to carry out practical, independent measurements of fuel economy on your own vehicle. A key attraction of these trials is that the Motor Industry Research Association’s test track is used year in, year out helping to make the results dependable and far less variable than others
Publications	(none)
Final Report	(none)
Added to Database	07/02/08