Airport Sustainability Practices (2008) / Chapter Skim
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Airport Respondents U.S. Airport Respondents Large Hub Medium Hub Small Hub Non-Hub En1.
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50% 50% Medium Hub (4) 75% 25% Large Hub (9)
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0% 50% 0% 50% Storm water • Pollution Prevention Plan Medium Hub (4) 0% 100% 0% 0% Large Hub (9)
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, and requiring a stormwater pollution prevention plan for all new construction. Onsite wastewater treatment plants.
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passenger access Intraterminal train, automated people movers.• Comprehensive public transportation network, invest-• ment in light rapid transit to airport, subsidized public transport. Flyaway program providing parking and reduced rate • bus service from remote locations to the airport (reduced emissions by more than 1,000 tonnes last year)
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aircraft must have a power source at the gate to maintain electronic systems and pneumatic pressure for air conditioning. aircraft formerly met this need with portable ground power units, or by running an onboard auxiliary power unit (aPU)
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Wildlife hazard management plan.• Wetland mitigation program.• Vegetation management/habitat protection. • 300-acre dunes preservation area -- largest remaining • coastal dunes fragment in Southern California, home of endangered El Segundo blue butterfly; two landscape technicians remove noxious/invasive species and reestablish native species; biologist annually monitors endangered species.
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Survey respondents listed the following practices related to materials use at their airports: Free-trade coffee purchased for offices.• Compostable food serviceware.• Soy-based ink.• Carpeting with high recycled content.• Restroom paper products with high recycled content.• construction Materials Use of strawboard instead of gyprock.• Reuse of building materials onsite; very high reuse of • concrete and asphalt during construction projects.
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Compost coffee grounds from an airline for use in air-• port landscaping. Food service operations participate in the food scraps • composting program.
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Noise mitigation program with full-time staff and • extensive noise monitoring system.
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Escalator sleep mode.• Solar hot water panels reduce natural gas consumption, • as boilers are not required in the summer. 20kW capacity solar photovoltaic panel array on roof • of airport building.
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City's green building ordinance specifies that con-• struction projects larger than 15,000 square feet should achieve a minimum LEED rating of Silver. Terminal building design is 30% more efficient than • required under federal law -- high-performance glazing, enhanced daylight, energy-efficient fixtures, efficient entryways, efficient ventilation, outside air economizer, energy management and control system, variable-flow chilled and hot water systems.
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