Bologna Airport joins the elite of European Airports against pollution
Bologna Airport has been awarded the accreditation level of Mapping as part of the ‘Airport Carbon Accreditation’ program endorsed by Aci Europe (the European region of Airports Council International) to encourage airport handling companies to become carbon neutral, that is to reduce their CO2 emissions through energy saving and efficiency.
Marconi Airport’s decision to apply to join the program is in line with their ongoing efforts and focus on environmental defence over recent years. At present, there are only 33 European airports in the program, including Frankfurt, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol and the two Milan airports, Malpensa and Linate.
Bologna Airport achieved accreditation “in recognition of their efforts to manage their CO2 emissions, as part of the European airport industry’s response to the challenge of climate change”.
The program involves a number of initiatives aimed at reducing the environmental impact of airports: from reducing emissions produced by vehicles on the ground, to using renewable energy sources and reducing energy waste in buildings in order to improve energy efficiency. Bologna Airport is already tackling all of these issues.
Marconi Airport was one of the first airports in Italy to invest in photovoltaic power, with an 80 kW system installed on the terminal roof which covers an area of around 1,100 sq.m. In the second half of the year, Marconi Airport plan to build a 1 MegaWatt trigeneration system (for the simultaneous production of electrical energy, heat and cooling), which will cover around 50% of the airport’s current energy requirements. Between 2001 and 2008, in spite of the terminal building being extended, the airport’s energy consumption fell by 5%.
The ‘Airport Carbon Accreditation’ program is administered by WSP Environmental, a leading consultancy in the field of climate change, and overseen by an independent board including representatives from the European Commission, Ecac (European Civil Aviation Conference) and Eurocontrol.
According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), civil aviation accounts for 2% of total CO2 emissions, which is the main gas responsible for the greenhouse effect. Of that figure, airports account for 5% of emissions.
Source: Bologna Airport
Bologna Airport has been awarded the accreditation level of Mapping as part of the ‘Airport Carbon Accreditation’ program endorsed by Aci Europe (the European region of Airports Council International) to encourage airport handling companies to become carbon neutral, that is to reduce their CO2 emissions through energy saving and efficiency.
Marconi Airport’s decision to apply to join the program is in line with their ongoing efforts and focus on environmental defence over recent years. At present, there are only 33 European airports in the program, including Frankfurt, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Amsterdam Schiphol and the two Milan airports, Malpensa and Linate.
Bologna Airport achieved accreditation “in recognition of their efforts to manage their CO2 emissions, as part of the European airport industry’s response to the challenge of climate change”.
The program involves a number of initiatives aimed at reducing the environmental impact of airports: from reducing emissions produced by vehicles on the ground, to using renewable energy sources and reducing energy waste in buildings in order to improve energy efficiency. Bologna Airport is already tackling all of these issues.
Marconi Airport was one of the first airports in Italy to invest in photovoltaic power, with an 80 kW system installed on the terminal roof which covers an area of around 1,100 sq.m. In the second half of the year, Marconi Airport plan to build a 1 MegaWatt trigeneration system (for the simultaneous production of electrical energy, heat and cooling), which will cover around 50% of the airport’s current energy requirements. Between 2001 and 2008, in spite of the terminal building being extended, the airport’s energy consumption fell by 5%.
The ‘Airport Carbon Accreditation’ program is administered by WSP Environmental, a leading consultancy in the field of climate change, and overseen by an independent board including representatives from the European Commission, Ecac (European Civil Aviation Conference) and Eurocontrol.
According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), civil aviation accounts for 2% of total CO2 emissions, which is the main gas responsible for the greenhouse effect. Of that figure, airports account for 5% of emissions.
Source: Bologna Airport
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