The Workplace Idling Calculator

STEP 1 – Select the desired province or territory

STEP 2 – Select the average idling time

The average Canadian idles 5 minutes a day not including warming up their vehicle on cold winter mornings! If idling times differ in your community, please select a time ranging from 1 to 10 minutes. This will be used to calculate the impacts of idling by your employees.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 minutes per day

STEP 3 – Enter the average cost per litre (optional)

The average cost of fuel for the selected province is provided. If you would like to use another average fuel cost to calculate the idling impact, please enter it below.

$ per litre (source information from 2004, desrosier data)

STEP 4 – Select the number of committed employees

Select the number of employees that have committed to reduce their idling by 5 minute(s) a day. This will be used to calculate the total impact of drivers that reduce their idling.

# of employees

STEP 5 – Select the preferred results for indicating the impact of idling 5 minute(s) per day

reduce the use of [#] litres of fuel per year

save [$] worth of fuel from idling per year

reduce [#] tonnes of GHG emissions per year

equal to taking [#] vehicle(s) off the road

each driver would save [#] litres of fuel, [$] fuel costs, and reduce [#] GHG emissions per year

save [#] trees planted to absorb GHG emissions