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60 APPENDIX C Sustainable Guidelines and Resources For airports with a desire to pursue sustainability initiatives, it can be confusing to determine which set of guidelines to adopt. Rather than "reinventing the wheel," airports should adapt existing guidelines to guide their sustainability efforts.
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61 • Proactively work with the City and County to promote compatible land uses for properties adjacent the airport. Provide incentives to attract "green" businesses and industries.
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62 ACRP REPORT 119: PROTOTYPE AIRPORT SUSTAINABILITY RATING SYSTEM -- CHARACTERISTICS, VIABILITY, AND IMPLEMENTATION OPTIONS In ACRP Report 119, Lurie et al.
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63 ACRP REPORT 43: GUIDEBOOK OF PRACTICES FOR IMPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE AT SMALL AIRPORTS Published in 2011, ACRP Report 43, although not the most current of available guidance, is especially useful for its focus on environmental initiatives at small airports. Although environmental performance is one aspect of sustainability, the report categorizes environmental initiatives into the following areas: • Air Quality • Emergency Planning and Response, to include spill prevention, pesticides, underground storage tanks, and hazardous materials transport • Noise • Planning and Development, to include fish, wildlife, and plants • Waste Management • Water Resources • Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
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64 • Noise – Establish a noise complaint system – Produce a "Fly Quiet" report – Establish a community noise roundtable – Track noise complaints through a geographic information system (GIS) – Implement a preferential runway use system – Identify aircraft engine run-up areas – Implement a voluntary curfew or voluntary restraint from flying – Discourage use of reverse thrust – Establish real estate disclosures • Planning and development – Implement green buildings construction and design/Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Standards (LEED)
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65 – Conduct independent inspections of construction-related storm water best management practices – Provide general aviation (GA) tenants with sump fuel disposal containers – Store materials and waste in areas sheltered from rain and runoff – Perform outdoor maintenance and store equipment in a designated paved area – Develop a storm water management master plan – Provide training and access to storm water pollution prevention plan – Use other properties for regional storm water infiltration – Reduce the amount of impervious surface – Reuse cut grass instead of applying fertilizer – Protect topsoil – Reduce flow velocities in storm water conveyance systems – Install energy-efficient water aerators to maintain water quality • Energy efficiency and renewable energy – Implement transit-first policy for employees, passengers, and other airport users – Provide transit use incentives to employees – Utilize energy-efficient lighting – Work with airlines to group flights into a given part of the concourse during nonpeak hours – Utilize prefabricated equipment – Track energy use – Track sustainability elements in construction projects – Utilize contractors with sustainability experience – Include environmental clauses in lease agreements – Establish an environmentally preferable purchasing program – Encourage use of local vendors/suppliers – Specify environmentally preferable materials – Purchase environmentally preferable supplies for administration activities – Encourage vendors to purchase environmentally preferable products – Purchase and install recycled furniture – Purchase and install furniture systems that are Greenguard certified – Reuse materials or use materials with recycled content, sourced locally/regionally, and/or made of rapidly renewable resources, certified wood, or salvaged materials – Create and follow a sustainable vision/mission statement – Develop or adopt sustainable design guidelines – Establish a sustainability team/committee – Integrate all airport departments in sustainability planning – Establish a "sustainable meetings" policy – Encourage staff to pursue Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
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66 Performance Measure: Capture and recycle 80% of cardboard and 90% of office paper within two years of program implementation (McGormley et al.
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67 An EMS is a strategic management framework that is based on the Plan-Do-Check-Act model and allows airports to address environmental issues. By assisting airports in "balancing environmental performance with business objectives through a process of continual improvement, [i]
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68 • Implementing the EMS to meet these objectives. This includes activities such as training of employees, establishing work instructions and practices, and establishing the actual metrics by which the objectives and targets will be measured.
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69 • Conduct initial assessment. "An evaluation of current conditions, programs, important contextual factors establishes a baseline upon which further actions can be selected" (SAGA n.d., pp.
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70 sustainable objectives is not as important as performing the actual tracking of objectives. This concept, although new to some, is no different than an airport tracking the success of an airport marketing plan, for example.
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71 According to the Sustainable Aviation Guidance Alliance (SAGA) website: The use of airport-specific sustainability guidelines and metrics will assist an airport operator in tracking, measuring, and reducing water and energy use, waste, reliance on non-renewable materials, and air and greenhouse gases (GHG)
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