Only older school buses with a significant remaining service life were selected for the retrofit pilot. Throughout the course of this retrofit, Environment Canada has gained a better understanding of both the benefits and barriers to implemenitng large scale school bus diesel retofits across the province and the country. Click here to watch a video produced by DADA, featuring Kimberly Perrotta, Senior Advisor at the Clean Air Partnership and Executive Director at CHASE (Creating Healthy & Sustainable Environments), and Linda Varangu, Director at My Sustainable Canada, describing ways to address harmful school bus emissions.
Click here to view a fact sheet on school bus retrofits for parents and teachers, produced by CHASE. |
Diesel Retrofit Pilot Program for School Buses in Peel and Halton Regions
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