Airport Sustainability Practices—Drivers and Outcomes for Small Commercial and General Aviation Airports (2016) / Chapter Skim
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14 This chapter presents in-depth case examples of 14 selected small airports that participated in this study. One state division of aeronautics is also highlighted in a case example to showcase the division's efforts at encouraging sustainability plans at airports throughout the state.
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15 FAA (2014b) also states: Volunteer services furnished by professional and technical personnel, consultants, and other skilled and unskilled labor may be counted as cost sharing or matching if the service is an integral and necessary part of an approved project or program.
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16 • Insist on professionals. Most board members, for example, have other skills used in their fulltime line of work that may benefit an airport in a unique way.
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17 FIGURE 5 CDOT sustainability initiative (Source: CDOT Division of Aeronautics WIMS 2015)
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18 CASE EXAMPLE 3: ELECTRIC/DIESEL UTILITY VEHICLES AND TERMINAL RETROFIT Monroe County Airport, Bloomington, Indiana FAA General Aviation Airport Economic Vitality/Operational Efficiency; Air Quality Enhancement; Energy Conservation; Buildings/Facilities The staff of the Monroe County Airport, located in Bloomington, Indiana, was exploring ways in which to be more environmentally friendly. Because the airport had a small budget for sustainable initiatives, it was important to consider initiatives that were affordable yet created the intended environmental impact.
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19 now carry out many of the same tasks using the smaller and more efficient, diesel-powered utility vehicles and electric-powered golf cart. Although the pickup truck remains in the airport's fleet and is used to travel to the store for supplies, for example, maintenance personnel mostly use the new vehicles in their daily work.
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20 The airport has pursued two sustainable initiatives. In an effort to reduce electricity use, the airport replaced 39 flood lights that illuminated the ramp -- at 400 watts each -- with the same number of 152-watt LED lights.
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21 sustainability initiatives, the payback is almost immediate, whereas others have longer-term payback periods. As Ellis explained, "By contracting out work, the cost will be higher, which will extend the payback period." He encouraged airports to be innovative in their approach and discover ways to perform work in-house, either with airport labor or city or county labor.
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22 CASE EXAMPLE 6: LEED EQUIVALENCY College Park Airport, College Park, Maryland FAA General Aviation Energy Conservation; Water Conservation; Buildings/Facilities College Park Airport, located in College Park, Maryland, is recognized as the world's oldest continually operating airport. Established in 1909 as the military demonstration site for the Wright brothers, the airport is owned and operated by the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission (MNCPPC)
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23 to be more sustainable, it became clear that installing a solar field was one way to accomplish the goal (Table 12)
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24 Assistant airport director Lori Hinton explained that the airport has worked closely with the FAA Airport District Office to include LED lighting in appropriate projects already in the Airport Capital Improvement Plan. Concern was expressed by FAA that LED lights on the airfield would need supplemental heater coils in Denver's winter climate.
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25 experiences of other airports undertaking sustainable projects, Centennial Airport was able to use in-house electricians to upgrade all of the internally illuminated airfield signs to LED, which reduced the overall cost of the project. Lessons learned, according to Hinton, include learning that LED is significantly brighter than incandescent or quartz lamps, and if part of the airfield is LED and part is not, pilots will notice the difference, possibly to the point of confusion.
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26 • Consider airport land that may not be beneficial for aviation use but could be used for renewable energy projects. CASE EXAMPLE 10: PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR FIELD AND ROTATING BEACON Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport, Smyrna, Tennessee FAA Reliever Energy Conservation/Renewable Energy; Land/Property Use; Operational Efficiency The Smyrna/Rutherford County Airport, located 12 nautical mi south of Nashville International Airport is an FAA-designated reliever airport located on more than 1,700 acres, some of which is designated as nonaviation use (Table 15)
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27 were approached by a solar contractor in search of land to build a solar field. This field would be partially funded by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
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28 CASE EXAMPLE 11: RECLAIMED WATER Livermore Municipal Airport, Livermore, California FAA Reliever Water Quality Protection and Water Conservation; Land and Natural Resources Management Another airport located in the drought-stricken state of California, the Livermore Municipal Airport, which is owned and operated by the city of Livermore, is located next to a water treatment plant that produces thousands of gallons of treated water monthly (Table 16)
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29 not be used to water food crops, it can be used to irrigate airport land, including more than 100 acres of adjoining golf course owned by the city. Because of water pressure requirements, the reclaimed water is effectively provided in only a 2- to 3-mi radius from the treatment plant.
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30 CASE EXAMPLE 12: SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENT Ocean County Airport, Toms River, New Jersey FAA General Aviation Land and Natural Resources Management; Land/Property Use Ocean County Airport, located in Toms River, New Jersey, is owned and operated by Ocean County. The airport is uniquely located within the Pinelands National Reserve, a 1.1-million–acre environmentally protected region established by Congress through the passage of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978.
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31 In addition to these environmental restoration projects, the airport was prohibited from creating ground disturbances that are not reflected in the airport layout plan (ALP)
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32 electricity use, and thermal window shades to minimize heat loss during winter and heat gain during summer, which minimizes HVAC demands and subsequently lowers utility use. According to Simmone, the location of the airport in an environmentally protected National Reserve affects programmatic decisions most significantly.
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33 being married to a beekeeper made the establishment of the bee colony easier, but he encourages all airports with a remote land area and available course of water to consider such an initiative and contact a local beekeeper for advice. Once established, maintenance of the colony is low, with regular visits to the hive by a beekeeper required simply to check on the health of the hive and ascertain that enough honey (40–60 lb)
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34 (Table 19)
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35 the fuel returned to the aircraft, the airport has the ability to have the fuel recertified for future use. This recertification requires sending a sample of the fuel to the analytical laboratory that tests fuel, a process that may take 1 to 2 weeks.
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