Idling while loading/unloading or waiting for the traffic light to turn green consumes gasoline as much as standby electric power consumed by home appliances. * The saving of 7% of gasoline consumption was achieved in the running test in the urban areas!! … by JAF Report Effect expected ：　Saving of oil equivalent to 1,390,000 kl/year < This is equivalent to 8.2% of the energy conservation goal in the transportation sector >

Measures ： Drivers’ activity to manually stop idling while vehicles are stationary Popularization of hybrid vehicles and vehicles equipped with the automatic idling stop system <== subsidy by METI Popularization of a device to automatically turn the engine off and on linked to the foot-brake operation <== subsidy by METI

from 3th to 23th August, 2002 (from Wakkanai City to Kagoshima City)
3 sedans for the campaign (2,000 cc 2 sedans equipped with a automatic device to run the engine off and on, 1 ordinary sedan)
Symposiums: at 5 Cities (Sapporo, Sendai, Kanazawa, Okayama and KUmamoto)

Electric power consumption before and after:
(based on the data from 784 houses)

This "E-Co Navi" can express the comparison of the consumption with the target figures or the preceding year's consumption. In this way, this makes it easier for everyone to carry out energy saving activities, and thereby contributes to total energy conservation.
Since November 1998, the "E-Co Navi" were installed at 800 houses every year across the country. In 2001Fy, 4,600 are installed . Monitoring by ECCJ has been continuing up to the present.