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Sustainability Initiatives in Airport Buildings
Peter Koulos – Director, Transport
“With an increased focus on energy
performance, system life and
operational management in airport
buildings, this presentation will look at
initiatives for assessing and identifying
opportunities for improved energy
management and return on investment
on both existing and new buildings.”
Sustainability Imperatives
What defines sustainability?
Sustainability Imperatives
Nearly all organisations today are looking at sustainability, addressing the following areas (or some variant of this):
Economic
Operational
Environmental
Social
“Almost two-thirds of non-aeronautical revenue is generated through property and retail at
airports” Quote from Dr Rafael Echevarne – ACI Director, Economics & Programme Development
Sustainability Imperatives
Of these four sustainability imperatives, the one
area that offers significant opportunities for
improvement is Environmental, which covers the
following areas:
Energy
Emissions
Water
Waste
Noise
How Sustainable are You?
Setting the benchmark to assess
sustainability
How Sustainable are You?
Before you can implement any initiatives, you
need to benchmark what you have:
Measure
Monitor
Report
Feedback
Improve
Image from Los Angeles World Airports Sustainability Plan April 2008
Strategies to start measuring sustainability
Identify the key areas of opportunity Do I have the information available to make an
informed decision?
What can provide a quick return?
What will require strategic planning?
Assess the alternatives Conduct life cycle analysis
Review any operational impacts
Develop a strategy for implementation Cost planning
Implementation
Delivery and operation
Frameworks and Compliance Requirements
Australian and International context
“All leased federal airports (except for Tennant Creek and Mount Isa) are
subject to a planning framework in the Airports Act 1996 (the Airports Act). As part of the planning framework, airports are required to prepare a Master Plan
that incorporates an Environment Strategy. The Master Plan is a 20 year strategic vision for the airport site which
is renewed every five years”Excerpt from Dept. Of Infrastructure & Transport website - http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/aviation/airport/planning/
Frameworks & Compliance Requirements
As part of establishing your sustainability initiatives reference should be made to existing frameworks:Australia
Green Star Communities
NABERS (Buildings – Offices/Hotels)
International General Buildings
– LEED
– BREEAM
– Green Mark
– GRI
Airport Focussed– Airport Carbon Accreditation
– Clean Airport Partnership
– Sustainable Aviation Guidance Alliance
Sustainability Initiatives
What is the industry doing?
“Don’t discount the basic initiatives.
These can offer the platform for
expansion and conversion to significant
improvement”
Sustainability Initiatives
Sustainability vs Customer Experience = $$$ Return on Investment
Any sustainability initiative needs to be financially viable.
Capital Cost vs Operational Cost
Retro-fit impacts
Operational downtime in a live environment:
– Cut over requirements
– Cost of planning & implementation
Sustainability Initiatives
Energy
Lighting– LED technology (maturing)
– Lighting control optimisation• Dimming, zoning
– Natural light & control
Mechanical Systems– Control (tuning)
– Zoning (mechanical & fire)
– Gate zoning
– Temperature Set-points (transit environment)
Renewable energy – PV, solar, wind
Lift/Escalator operation
Energy efficient replacement
equipment
– Performance KPIs
– Minimum Standards
Co/Tri-Generation Systems
– Waste water re-use
– Power distribution
management
Sustainability Initiatives
Water
Rainwater harvesting & recycled water
– 3rd pipe arrangement
– Green roofs
– Irrigation
– Fire fighting
– Cooling
Water saving devices– Taps
– Low flush toilets
Solar hot water
Sustainability Initiatives
Waste
Establishment of Materials
Recovery Facilities
– Recyclables
– Compost
– Fuels
Sell or re-use
Image from Chicago Dept. Of Aviation – A Sustainable Path Report pg 33
Sustainability Initiatives
Noise & Emissions
Traffic flows – transport
carbon
Alternative Fuels
– CNG & Hybrid Vehicles
– Electric vehicles
– Vehicle fleet management
Vehicle consolidation
Passenger experience
– Flow & Connectivity
– Technology
Building Design
– Shading
– Glazing
– Usage of spaces
Other considerations
Sustainability Initiatives
Other considerations
Retail
– Retail design standards
– Sustainability guidelines
Aircraft Technology
– Ground Power
– PCA systems
Supply chain management
– Sourcing & disposal
Impacts of Technology
Increased service demand
Increased power consumption
On site data centres
Redundancy requirements
Energy performance
What to Report?
Reporting practices and promotion
“Climate change is currently on top of the international agenda, heightening both environment awareness as well as the expectations from all organizations to
communicate about their environmental, economic and social performance to their
stakeholders. The potentially large environmental impact of airports and the aviation industry, in general, has led to
increasing demands from stakeholders for companies to report on their sustainability
performance.”Excerpt from GRI Research and Development Series - A Snapshot of Sustainability Reporting In the Airports Sector
Reporting
GRI(Global Reporting Initiative)
An established reporting
framework to present
sustainability objectives, targets
and results
GRI undertook an assessment
of airport facilities in 2008
Look at setting normalised
benchmarks
Excerpt from GRI Research and Development Series - A Snapshot of Sustainability Reporting In the Airports Sector
Reporting
Excerpt from GRI Research and Development Series - A Snapshot of Sustainability Reporting In the Airports Sector
Promote what you do
Internal education
Promote sustainability
Seek feedback
Walk the talk
Marketing opportunities
Promote the initiatives
Promote the successes
“Because of the expanse of sustainability,
it must be embraced by all levels of an
organisation to be effective.
Initially it needs to be continually
benchmarked. Clear, measureable and
achievable objectives need to be
defined that can be delivered on,
reported on and improved over time”