{"id":5616,"date":"2026-04-15T17:28:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/?page_id=5616"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:28:33","slug":"bus-fleet-electrification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/bus-fleet-electrification\/","title":{"rendered":"Bus Fleet Electrification"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row bg-color-extra-light-gray\"><div class=\"eplus-bg-color-row-content\">\n<h2>Bus Fleet Electrification<\/h2>\n<div class='shortcode-column-container'><!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Project Summary: <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The Bus Fleet Electrification initiative is an ongoing monumental, $2.18 million project transforming Northern Arizona University&#8217;s campus shuttle system. By retiring two outdated 2008 diesel buses and introducing two 35-foot, low-emitting Gillig battery-electric buses, this effort eliminates the consumption of approximately 67 gallons of diesel fuel per day. The project also establishes critical infrastructure by installing a high-capacity dual chargepoint station and providing specialized zero-emission maintenance training for university mechanics. Coordinated through a massive partnership between the Office of Sustainability, University Transit Services, Campus Shuttle, and Facility Services, this high-visibility project leverages an EPA grant to drastically reduce the university&#8217;s Scope 1 emissions and improve local air quality. Ultimately, this major milestone accelerates NAU&#8217;s Smart Campus Master Plan commitment to electrify its bus and shuttle fleet by 2035. The NAU Green Fund provided $525,000 towards this project.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-column shortcode-column--count-2\">\n    \n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4881 size-square-image\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/08\/6269_shuttle_service_20230607-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/08\/6269_shuttle_service_20230607-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/08\/6269_shuttle_service_20230607-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/08\/6269_shuttle_service_20230607-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Project Lead:<\/h5>\n<p>Kayla Tallmadge<\/p>\n<h5>Project Advisor:<\/h5>\n<p>Avi Henn<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>2025-03-31<\/p>\n<h5>Funding Amount:<\/h5>\n<p>$525,000.00<\/p>\n<h5>Department:<\/h5>\n<p>Office of Susutainability\/ Green Fund<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2026\/04\/Bus-Electrification-2025-Project-Application-Form-.pdf\">Supporting Documents<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2198,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5616","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5618,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5616\/revisions\/5618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/green-nau\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}