SOE: New IRTE guide champions CV fuel efficiency

Thursday, 16 September 2010 12:00 AM

"How can we be sure sellers, claiming their products save fuel and therefore money, actually meet our needs and do just that?" This is the question IRTE (Institute of Road Transport Engineers) Board Member, John Eastman, asked during the IRTE's recent fuel conference at the Motor Heritage Centre, Warwickshire".

The answer was in his hand, as the IRTE launched its latest technical guide, Improving Fuel Efficiency, to the industry at a time when the economic environment is creating a need for effective cost-saving and best-practice advice.

Improving Fuel Efficiency outlines the typical business setting where manufacturers of interventions, whether mechanical, electrical, additive or trailer design form, all claim to increase fuel economy, decrease fuel costs and in some cases, reduce exhaust emissions.

The guide provides straightforward guidance, to ensure a suitable evaluation process is in place so operators can make the right decision about which intervention is right for them.

The IRTE is a professional membership organisation with over six decades of experience in road transport. A Professional Sector of SOE (Society of Operations Engineers), IRTE is recognised as an impartial voice and its latest guide continues core aims to lead in best practice processes, raise competence and support the industry.

SOE Head of Technical Ian Chisholm said: "This guide, which was sponsored by DON-BUR and Freight Best Practice, is the product of an industry working together to meet challenges and exceed expectation."

Improving Fuel Efficiency is the latest in a suite of IRTE best practice and advisory publications aiming to assist engineering professionals throughout their career. The guides are freely available to download, for both SOE members and non-members, from www.soe.org.uk/resources. Similarly, copies can be ordered from Technical Engineering Coordinator Nick Edwards on 020 7630 1111.

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For IRTE/SOE enquiries, please contact:
David Jones
Editorial & PR Coordinator
020 7630 1111
david.jones@soe.org.uk

Andrea Dick
Communications & Marketing Manager
020 7630 1111
andrea.dick@soe.org.uk

IRTE (Institute of Road Transport Engineers)
The IRTE (Institute of Road Transport Engineers), one of the most respected names in UK transport, has been recognised as an impartial voice of the industry since 1947.

A Professional Sector of the Society of Operations Engineers (SOE), IRTE publishes an industry-leading technical journal, Transport Engineer, every month.
Transport Engineer is renowned for its incisive coverage of key issues, authoritative reporting, news analysis and informed comment.

IRTE also hosts regular technical seminars, forums and works alongside the DfT to promote efficiency and best practice. Recent events include trips and falls from vehicles, truck operation, fuel efficiency and the Road Safety Act.

IRTE's technical committee also produces regular industry guidance on key topics.
IRTE members come from a wide variety of transport-related roles. These include workshop managers, fleet engineers, transport managers, company directors, apprentices and technicians in the light and heavy goods vehicle and bus and coach sectors.

(Society of Operations Engineers)
SOE is a professional membership organisation that successfully represents some 16,000 individuals and companies in engineering. It supports and encourages members throughout their careers and is committed to their ongoing growth and personal development.

Through a network of trustees, industry partners and members SOE promotes best practice in operational and health and safety initiatives. SOE offers members continuous professional development and support throughout their careers, providing definitive recognition for both achievement and status. The organisation is a Licensed Member of the Engineering Council and can nominate members for Engineering Council registration at EngTech, IEng and CEng levels.
SOE represents the Professional Sectors IRTE, IPlantE and BES and also runs the irtec Licensing Scheme.

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