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AirCRED Model

Project Summary

Full Title: AirCRED Model
Project ID: 119
Principal Investigator: Andy Burnham
Brief Description: The AirCRED model calculates the emissions reductions achieved through deployment of alternative fuel vehicles.

Purpose

To assist the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Clean Cities coalitions in estimating the ozone precursor and winter season carbon monoxide (CO) emission reduction credits earned by acquiring original equipment manufacturer (OEM) alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), Argonne National Laboratory has developed a graphical user interface (GUI)-based calculation model called AirCRED.

Performer

Principal Investigator: Andy Burnham
Organization:Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
Address:9700 S. Cass Ave.
Argonne, IL 60439
Telephone:630-252-6606
Email:aburnham@anl.gov
Additional Performers: Chris Saricks, ANL

Contact (If Other Than PI)

Name:Chris Saricks
Email: aircred@anl.gov

Sponsor(s)

Name:Dennis Smith
Organization:U.S. Department of Energy
Telephone:202-586-1791
Email:dennis.a.smith@ee.doe.gov

Period of Performance

Start: February 2005

Project Description

Type of Project: Model
Category: Environmental
Objectives: The goal was to provide an easy-to-use and straightforward procedure to (a) enable the values of Clean Cities emission reduction credits to be summed together with Voluntary Mobile Source Emission Reduction Program (VMEP) credits from other local voluntary strategies and programs earned pursuant to EPA’s October 1997 guidance and (b) facilitate the calculation of mobile source emission inventories and budgets required for development of State Implementation Plans (SIPs) responding to 2004 ozone and PM2.5 nonattainment designations.
Methodology/Approach: Uses U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emission certification data and EPA’s MOBILE6.2 to generate credits for individual Clean Cities
Outputs: Daily emission credits from using AFVs: hydrocarbons; carbon monoxide; nitrogen oxides
Timeframe Studied: 1998 - 2005

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Date Last Updated: 12/06/2006