Standards Development

Scope

This document specifies a uniform, reproducible testing process for various drive units, chassis, constructions and lifting devices for the refuse collection vehicles described in EN 1501 (all parts, excluding EN 1501-4), with which a comparison for energy consumption can be performed.

This specification defines criteria for a reference area with regard to a synthesized tour (test circuit). This therefore serves to determine a representative test circuit and/or data for a software calculation tool, e.g. VECTO).

NOTE: VECTO (Vehicle Energy Consumption calculation TOol) is a simulation tool that has been developed by the European Commission for determining CO2 emissions and fuel consumption from heavy duty vehicles with a gross vehicle mass above 3 500 kg. URL: https://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/transport/vehicles/vecto_en#tab-0-0

Purpose

As a result of the development of new drive unit concepts for refuse collection vehicles (RCV), as well as (from a European point of view) the provisions from the procurement directive 2009/33/EC, there is now a demand for universal processes and provisions for determining the environmental effects of RCVs, with the objective of achieving a uniform evaluation for environmental efficiency.

The environmental effects in the utilization phase for RCVs are essentially determined by their energy consumption, from which the relevant CO2 emissions will result.

In order to be able to define appropriate characteristic numbers for the environmental effect of RCVs, it is therefore necessary to differentiate between refuse collection and transport trips with and without loads. The complete logistics shall be considered for an effective comparison of the various vehicle models and their respective drive units.

The objective is to be able to issue an environmental efficiency ID for various vehicle models. Policymakers, planners, administrators, manufacturers and users should be able to decide in the future whether consumption measuring should be executed as a simulation or by means of actual, existing test circuits.