While in Chicago last week, Motor Coach Industries – the Schaumburg, Illinois-based motor coach company that provided our stylish ride for the summer – treated the Legacy Crew to an evening of famous Chicago-style pizza at Gino’s East.
At dinner we met with Brent Maitland, MCI’s VP of New Markets, and talked about our coach, as well as the future of the motor coach industry.
If you’ve read up on the tour a little bit, you probably know that our coach was the first certified by the University of Vermont’s Green Coach Certification program, due to its use of a B-20/ultra-low sulfur diesel blend, it’s 2007 Caterpillar engine, and the use of carbon-offsets. UVM’s new program is just starting to take off and is a great start to move the commercial motor coach industry forward in providing more eco-friendly transportation for its customers.
But MCI is hoping to take the phrase “green coach” even further in the near future. Brent asked the crew about what we’d like to see if we were able to design a coach. So we shared some ideas – some realistic and practical, while others were a little more of a stretch – on how one’s motor coach experience can be even greener.
So, in the spirit of having fun and sharing ideas, I have a question for you all. If you were to design your perfect “green” motor coach, what types of things would you incorporate in your interior and exterior design?
Recycled carpeting? Solar panels on the roof? Composting toilets?
Leave a post with your ideas!
2 comments:
No carpeting- use bamboo instead for the flooring, in addition to "bamboo panelling."
This is an awesome idea. I work at an environmental consulting company that helps artists "green" their tours, so we've brainstormed about greener coach busses a bit as well. It should definitely have some wind turbines. Maybe on the rearview mirrors?
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