ECOfleet launched in 2006 with an innovation award from the then Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Enterprise Board (now LEO).
ECOfleet today
ECOfleet is Ireland’s largest green freight programme, delivered with FTA Ireland’s green accreditation scheme. Fleets baseline their fuel and electricity use, act on an agreed plan, and have the savings independently measured and verified per kilometre and per tonne-kilometre (or per passenger.km).
Typical savings are around 10% of annual fuel spend, with roughly €2,000 paid for every 10,000 litres saved.
Funding is commercial, not a grant: under the Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme (S.I. 131 of 2014, EU Energy Efficiency Directive Article 7), administered by REIL. Reporting aligns with the GLEC Framework, ISO 14083 and CountEmissionsEU. Joining is free; the scheme runs to 2030.
Join now via https://www.ftai.ie/ecofleet and https://ecodriving.ie/save-fuel-get-paid/
ECOfleet: measured fuel and emissions savings for Irish fleets
ECOfleet is Ireland’s largest green freight programme — a fleet fuel and energy performance system that measures verified savings and pays operators for making them. It is delivered with Freight Transport Association Ireland (FTAI) and is recognised by government agencies and in public procurement.
How it works
Fleets baseline their energy use, agree an action plan, receive training and online support, then upload fuel and electricity data for independent measurement and verification. Savings are reported per kilometre and per tonne-kilometre, so performance is comparable across depots, vehicle types and years. Typical fleets save around 10% of annual fuel spend, and roughly every 10,000 litres saved attracts about €1,000 in support on top of the fuel cost avoided.
Funding and legal basis
ECOfleet operates under the Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme (EEOS), S.I. 131 of 2014, which gives effect to Article 7 of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive 2012. It should not be confused with the UK’s Article 8 scheme, ESOS. The money is commercial, not a State grant: with obligations administered by Retrofit Energy Ireland Limited (REIL). The only formal requirement is that a fleet registers at the outset of its project. Joining is free, and the savings window runs to 2030.
For fleet managers
The business case is cost first: less fuel bought, lower operating cost, and a payment for the saving. Vehicle diesel and site or depot electricity can both be included, and savings can come from reducing kilometres, improving driver and vehicle performance, or switching to electric and alternative fuels. When customers, tenders or ISO audits ask for proof of decarbonisation, ECOfleet issues an independent certificate of performance with benchmark insights, while keeping commercially sensitive data confidential.
For regulators and reporting
The platform has been progressively aligned with the GLEC Framework, ISO 14083 and the CountEmissionsEU regulation taking effect in February 2026. Fuel and electricity savings are quantified in energy and CO2e terms per kilometre and per tonne-kilometre, with a documented measurement and verification trail. That trail supports EEOS credit claims, transport energy audits to EN 16247 Parts 1 and 4, and the emissions data that shippers increasingly require from their carriers.
Track record
ECOfleet launched in 2006 with an innovation award from the then Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Enterprise Board, now the Local Enterprise Office. In 2012 ECOfleet partnered with REIL and the IPIA’s Enprova fund to pilot ‘Save fuel and get paid’ with Ireland’s largest fleets. Article 7 became the EEOS in 2014, the FTAI partnership followed in 2016, and in 2020 the IRHA’s Ecodriving / Smart Driving programme joined. In 2018 ECOfleet’s Conor Molloy was invited on to the Global Logistics Emissions Council expert panel. More than 100 Irish freight operators can now be paid for verified fuel and CO2 savings over 2014-2030.