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Response to Invitation to Bid <br />City of Sunny Isles Beach <br />Motor Coach Transportation <br />Invitation to Bid No. 21-03-02 <br /> <br />29 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Bio-Diesel <br />All Academy buses use bio-diesel fuel. Compared to gasoline engines, diesels emit less <br />carbon monoxide, hydrocarbon, and carbon dioxide. Since 2006 Academy has been using <br />clean ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel (ULSD) which further reduces emissions up to 10%. ULSD <br />is a petroleum distillate product that undergoes hydrodesulphurization to eliminate more than <br />99% of the sulfur content. The removal of sulfur from diesel is an analogous to the removal of <br />lead from gasoline, enabling the effective use of advanced catalysts and emissions filters. <br />Waste Oil <br />All waste oil is pumped directly from the bus to a 500-gallon tank. A licensed waste hauler <br />removes the waste oil from the tank directly to a truck to be recycled. <br />Academy is presently conducting tests to use its waste oil to heat its garage facilities.