ENERGY PERFORMANCE LEVEL IDENTIFICATION OF AN PUBLIC TRANSPORT CAR FLEET

Knowing the level of energy efficiency is essential for substantiating investment decisions, operation and maintenance of energy consuming equipment and machines. Urban public transport is an important consumer of energy and, at the same time, an important source of pollution of the urban environment with greenhouse gases and micro particles. The present paper is aimed to identify the level of the energy performance of a public transport car fleet, having buses equipped with Diesel engines. The analysis methodology and the mathematical model used are applicable to other similar structures. The obtained results are valid for the analyzed car fleet, highlighting the values of the energy performance indicators, on the whole, by bus categories and for each bus from the park component. Based on the results obtained within the energy audit, comparisons are made for the level of energy performance with similar consumers, and feasible measures to improve energy efficiency are identified.