Vehicles
Required
-
Zero-Emission Vehicles
Manufacturer(s)See productsCity Approved Vendor(s)Other Vendor(s)Product/Service TypeConsumer, Industrial
Suggested
Limited
Prohibited
Info on this product category: Vehicles
Why Go Green
Air conditioners (such as ones in vehicles) can have refrigerants with polluting hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). HFCs are super-greenhouse gases (GHGs), some of which have global warming potentials (GWPs) thousands of times higher than carbon dioxide (which is also a refrigerant). HFCs are produced and emitted in high volumes. Project Drawdown listed refrigerants in the top 10 list of climate solutions. Most polluting GHG emissions happened during maintenance and end-of-life of fridges and air conditioning.
Tips
Prevent a lot of refrigerants from emitting pollution by safely recycling air conditioners in vehicles with Recology or US EPA’s Responsible Appliance Disposal (RAD) partners. RAD partners go beyond federal requirements.
Criteria for Vehicles
Required products (zero-emission vehicles):
A light-duty passenger vehicle requested for purchase or lease must be a zero-emission vehicle, which includes battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell vehicles. A light-duty truck or general passenger van requested for purchase must be a zero-emission vehicle.
Suggested products (vehicles with climate-friendlier refrigerants):
See the Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC) and the Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development (IGSD) contract language for climate-friendlier products: bit.ly/2Wtp0Hb. In that link's Table of Contents, click Specifications.
Last updated
-
Healthy Air and Clean Transportation Ordinance ,
March 1, 2007
SF APPROVED is published by San Francisco Environment Department.
All contents © 2022 SF Environment. All rights reserved.