In the American Red Cross Adopt-a-Charger Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment Project, Schneider Electric partnered with the non-profit organization Adopt-a-Charger, to design and install two dual-port Level 2 charging stations (four charging ports) and four Level 1 charging outlets to support eight Electric Vehicle charging-enabled parking spaces in high use and visible parking areas at the American Red Cross facility in Silicon Valley. The Silicon Valley project site is a blood collection and training facility, with an emergency response center.
During the project period, Schneider collected one year of throughput, usage, and operations data from the project to analyze the data for economic and environmental impacts. From January 1, 2014 and December 30, 2014, there were a total of 1,735 accumulated sessions reported at the two dual-port Level 2 charging stations. During these sessions, there was an accumulated savings of 2,176 gasoline gallon equivalent and an accumulated savings of 7,283 kilograms of greenhouse gases.
Based on a combination of national, state, regional and local market trends as well as ongoing monitoring and analysis of usage of the charging infrastructure, additional Electric Vehicle infrastructure is planned for the future. It is likely that the American Red Cross will need to install additional charging stations to meet the demand by American Red Cross employees and the public.
