Australasian Bus & Coach – May 2019

(^14) ABC May 2019 busnews.com.au
NEWLY FORMED roles within the
Scania Australia Bus organisation
have been filled, bringing the local
entity into line with Scania globally,
the company has announced.
Jamie Atkinson has been
appointed as new the National
Sales and Contracts manager for
Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia
and Western Australia. New hire Ian
Clarke will perform the same role
at Scania Bus in New South Wales,
the ACT, Queensland and the
Northern Territory, with him based
in Prestons, Sydney.
“We now have a structure
that aligns with Scania’s global
organisation, with account
managers reporting to the sales
managers and the sales managers
reporting to me,” said Julian Gurney,
director of Sales for Bus and Engines.
INDUSTRY BACKGROUND
Clarke joins Scania after a
long career working with ZF
NEW ROLES AT SCANIA BUS
Transmissions,basedinSydney,and
aperiodwithanotherbusOEM
activeinAustralia.Hesharesastrong
passionforthebusindustryandis
lookingforwardtoworkingwith
theScaniaBusfamily,hesays.
“Iamveryexcitedtobejoining
ScaniaBusatthistime,especially
inthewakeofthelaunchofthe
ScaniaTouring.I’malsolooking
forwardtothearrivalofthenext
generationofpowertrainsrunning
onalternativeandrenewablefuels,
whicharedestinedtotransformthe
industryoverthenextseveralyears,”
Clarkesaid.
Thestructuralchangescomeas
ScaniaBusisexperiencingrecord
levelsoforders,withdeliveries
expectedtohitnewhighsin2019,
thecompanystates.
ThefirstScaniahybridbusesare
alsoexpectedtoenterserviceduring
theyear.
Above:
Thestructural
changescome
as ScaniaBus
is experiencing
recordlevels
of orders,the
companystates.
GREEN-ROOF BUS TRIAL STARTS IN SINGAPORE
IN A THREE-MONTH EXPERIMENT to
determine if foliage growing on top of a
bus roof helps reduce interior temperatures
for passengers and, in turn, fuel usage, 10
Singaporean city buses with ‘gardens’ on
top have started doing route services, local
media reports.
An initiative of the Singapore Green
Building Council (SGBC), NParks, Moove
Media and supported by Temasek
Foundation Ecosperity, the SBS
Transit-operated buses are fitted with
special soil-less, mat-based, lighter-weight
‘green’ roof systems supplied by local
company GWS Living Art.
Officially starting at the Jurong Lake
Gardens, the aim is to, “...explore the link
between green roofs and the interior
temperatures of the buses, how effective
these mobile gardens are in cooling the
insides of a moving vehicle,” according to
the SGBC.
“This also allows green building
technology to impact areas outside of the
built environment, helping to go towards a
more sustainable way of life.”
“These special buses will run for a period
of three months,” it explained.
MINI MOBILE PARKS
Local television network Channel News Asia
(CAN) reports it as the first time such buses
are being used in Asia.
“It’s called a garden on the move. This
no ordinary patch of green is perched on
top of an SBS Transit bus, 10 such buses
with this special green roof are set to ply
Singapore’s roads. Acting like mini mobile
parks, researchers say such green surfaces
can help to reduce air temperature,” it
explained.
Research fellow at the School of Design
and Environment, National University
of Singapore, Dr Tan Chun Liang said:
“Collectively, if we have enough vehicles
with green roofs, technically, we can reduce
the air temperatures, especially at night.
The difference in the temperature from
day to night in Singapore is only about 6
degrees, 28 at night and 34 in the day, so
by reducing by even 1–1.5 degrees I think
that is some achievement already.”
The objective is to assess if these roofs
can lead to better fuel efficiency.
“Air-conditioning in a public bus like this
is maintained at 21–23 degrees Celsius, so
by reducing the surface temperate on the
roof, less heat will radiate down into the
bus,” a CAN reporter stated.
Jamie Atkinson Ian Clarke
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