HVAC heating of vehicles and during road emergencies

A method for managing an environment comfort system, the method comprising:

• determining, by a controller, a path interference event corresponding to a vehicle comprising an environment comfort system;
• adjust, by the controller, an operating parameter of the environment comfort system in response to movement of the one or more vehicle components between a current performance level and an adjusted performance level based on the path interference event determined;
• and
• communicatively coupling to a location positioning system, the location positioning system structured to provide path location data and determine at least one of a first time parameter corresponding to the vehicle proximate to a path location and a second time parameter corresponding to a path schedule, the first time parameter comprising an arrival time and the second time parameter comprising a departure time.

A system comprising:

• a control system communicatively coupled to a location positioning system, the control system including a controller structured to:
• determine a first time parameter corresponding to a vehicle proximate to a path location;
• and
• determine a second time parameter corresponding to a path schedule;
• determine a stop duration corresponding to the vehicle based on the first time parameter and the second time parameter, the stop duration being a time duration occurring when the vehicle stops and an engine of the vehicle continues to run;
• and
• adjust an operation parameter of an environment comfort system in response to movement of one or more vehicle components between a current performance level and an adjusted performance level based on the stop duration determined.