[sustran] Re: Examples of "green" airports?

[Sunny Kodukula]

Or was the question how to make airports "green" in terms of energy consumption, and resource utilisation. 

For suggestion made by Carlos, i would recommend seeing at Templehof Airport in Berlin. The airport is closed now and the run way is a great public space now. 

sunny
 
On 19-Aug-2011, at 5:54 PM, Sudhir wrote:

> I understood the question as  - do you know of good recommendations for
> reducing emissions from Airports?
> There can never be something called as Green airport as we don't have green
> roads ( excluding footpath and bikeways)
> 
> SG
> 
> 
> On 19 August 2011 20:18, Pardo <carlosfpardo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> You should start your search of green airports by finding airports that
>> have closed.
>> ought
>> Pardo
>> 
>> Typed on keyboard projected onto a glass surface. Please excuse typos.
>> 
>> On 19/08/2011, at 6:43, Pascal van den Noort <operations at velomondial.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Indeed, we are not here to judge, we are here to analyse, encourage and
>> improve.
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>>> On 19 aug 2011, at 12:53, Dharm Guruswamy wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I agree. I think all airports should take common sense steps to ensure
>>>> sustainability. These include:
>>>> 
>>>> 1) Offering recycling
>>>> 2) Encouraging the use of public transportation
>>>> 3) Requiring rental car companies and hotels to share shuttle buses
>>>> instead of running individual shuttle operations
>>>> 4) Trying to make their terminals and other facilities as "green" as
>>>> possible
>>>> 
>>>> Some have pointed out (correctly) that the planes that fly into airports
>>>> are polluting and I agree. In addition, aviation forecasts call for
>>>> growth, but then again do forecasts for the number of automobiles and
>>>> heavy vehicles (e.g. trucks, buses). Please remember, much of the
>>>> developing world suffers from exceedingly poor air transportation. For
>>>> example, my wife missed her connection in Bangkok on the way to Sri
>>>> Lanka late at night. She was rerouted the next day via Kuala Lumpur and
>>>> Singapore because the next flight that day didn't leave until the
>>>> evening. Even though three airlines fly the route two of them (Cathay
>>>> Pacific and Thai) only fly four times a week and their flights leave
>>>> within an hour and a half of each other. Sri Lankan flies the route at
>>>> least daily but when they fly more than daily both flights leave in the
>>>> evening. This is service linking Colombo the only international airport
>>>> in a country of 20 million with Bangkok a major metropolitan area. Even
>>>> in Brazil there are over 1,000 flights a week between Rio and Sao Paolo
>>>> and in India there are over 800 flights a week between Delhi and Mumbai.
>>>> My only point is folks don't ding the poor people of the developing
>>>> world if all they want is to have the air service others in the
>>>> developing world already enjoy.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Dharm
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:58 +0200, "Pascal van den Noort"
>>>> <operations at velomondial.net> wrote:
>>>>> Yes, as an airport enterprise building they do their best!And so they
>>>>> should.
>>>>> 
>>>>> However the number of plains they attract obviously polute the whole
>>>>> environment.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Therefore they can never be Green; at best they will be sustainable.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Which is a very laudable goal.
>>>>> 
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>>>>> On 19 aug 2011, at 11:49, krishna gopal wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.newdelhiairport.in/environment.aspx
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Pascal van den Noort <
>> operations at velomondial.net> wrote:
>>>>>> Schiphol suggests that they want to become be green. However, that
>> will never be possible; for no airport for that matter. They can become
>> sustainable, because that comprises economic and socialo elements as well as
>> environmental. Just green is a limited option that no enterprise should
>> pursue. There should be a nice balance between economic, social and
>> envronmental objectives.
>>>>>> 
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>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 19 aug 2011, at 06:25, GDRC|Hari Srinivas wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Dear folks,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Does anyone have good recommendations of airports that have gone
>> green?
>>>>>>> Any other info on the topic will also be welcome ...
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks a lot,
>>>>>>> Hari
>>>>>>> 
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