Towards sustainable airport management and passenger movements

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1 Towards sustainable airport management and passenger movements Ben L.J. van Os Project Manager Green Sustainable Airports Programme Mananger Interreg Northsea and Interreg Europe Presentation Title

2 Our sponsor 2

3 Introduction GSA 3

4 Eight regional airports from six European countries bundle forces to work on sustainable airport solutions Partner airports leverage their areas of expertise Sandefjord (TRF) pax in % PRIVATELY owned State of the art sustainable winter management SUSTAINABLE WINTER ## MANAGEMENT London Southend (SEN) pax in 2012 TRAIN STATION at terminal TRF LED TWY LIGHTING SEN Lydd (LYX) 500 pax in 2012 PRIVATE BIZ. Travel LYX MSE GRQ BLL BRE Billund (BLL) pax in 2012 High SERVICE/EFFICIENCY Strong LOCAL BUISNESS (Lego) A/C HEATING + COOLING AREAMANAGEMENT KJK Bremen (BRE) AIRPORT ACCESSIBILITY Manston (MSE) pax in 2012 High CARGO volumes (Ad hoc cargo) AIRPORT ACCESSIBILITY Kortrijk (KJ) pax in 2012 Flight schools & Helicopter High freq. of PRIVATE BIZ travel TERMINAL CONSTRUCTION Groningen (GRQ) pax in 2012 NEW LCC OPERATIONS CDO pax in 2012 Strong LOCAL BUSINESS (Airbus, MB) RYANAIR TERMINAL CO2 MONITORING RWY EXTENSION Source: GSA Passenger Statistics (2012) 4

5 Partnership GSA 01 Provincie Drenthe 02 Groningen Airport Eelde NV 03 International Airport Kortrijk-Welvegem 04 London Southend Airport Co. Ltd. 05 Institute for Sustainability London 06 Kent County Council Representing Manston and Lydd 08 Sandefjord Lufthavn AS 09 Billund Lufthavn A/S 10 Flughafen Bremen GmbH 11 Der Senator für Wirtschaft und Häfen 12 Der Senator für Umwelt, Bau, Verkehr und Europa 13 Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund 14 Verkehrsverbund Bremen/Niedersachsen GmbH 15 Bremer Straßenbahn AG 16 Vestfold County Council S1 Billund Municipality S2 Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia A/S S3 Billund Varmeværk Amba 5

6 Role of the region Share holder Political commitment Licensing authority Environmental Habitat and Bird Directive Responsible authority for public transport 6

7 Challenges of European regional airports are caused by fluctuating demands, ever changing policies and opposition by the public Growth and challenges Significant passenger growth followed by stagnation Passengers Managerial and Operational Headwinds Overcapacity Economic Downturn Industry Crisis Aviation taxes Profit Airport business with decreasing profit margins over the last years Costs Increasing operational costs (e.g. doubling of costs for energy consumption over the last decade) Customers Growing expectations from airport users (passengers and airlines) Public Awareness High public awareness on airports and increasing relevance of Corporate Social Responsibility LLC Evolution Environment & Emissions Market saturation, changing policies and the industry downturn severely harm traffic to regional airports Policies Increasing relevance of environmental impact of airport operations Unpredictable, inconsistent and tightening regulation on EU and state level Source: GSA Passenger Statistics, Paper on Policy Recommendations 7

8 The cooperation jointly works on various methods to make airport operations more sustainable Selected Measures of GSA Accessibility concepts for airport connecting public transportation Sustainable plant & area management Sustainable infrastructure development for small and medium-sized airports Sustainable heating & cooling of aircrafts Integrated airline- public transport ticketing STRATEGY SOLUTIONS Co2 monitoring and Scope 3 certification readiness Effective noise reduction measures Sustainable Winter Management COMMUNCICATION Introduction of a company policy for sustainable tendering Green airport marketing LED lighting for taxiways and runways Continuous Descent Approach (CDO) for regional airports Joint policy recommendations Regional economic impact study 8

9 STRATEGY SOLUTIONS COMMUNCICATIO In cooperation with the GSA partnership London Southend Airport has assessed and tested various LED applications SOLUTION LED Aeronautical Ground Lighting SEN tested LED on taxiways and developed a business case on LED lighting together with GSA airports LED installations on taxiways can meet the current ICAO regulations and show better performance than halogen lights ROI for implementing LED highly depends on factors such as hours of operation, maintenance costs, staffing costs Potential to save around 1400 in electricity and 10 tons in CO2 for every 1000hrs of use (of 370 LEDs on taxiways) Estimated 60% electrical power consumption Led is now at Groningen Airport Eelde, extended in Southend and being tested at Billund 9

10 STRATEGY SOLUTIONS COMMUNCICATIO While extending its Runway Groningen Airport developed a framework to ensure significant environmental benefits STRATEGY Better Runway GRQ RWY extension from 1.800m to 2.500m Company policy on sustain-ability requires successful bidder to consider eco-efficient practices New RWY layer on recycled material (ground ash) LED at TWYs, turnpad and signage CO2-savings by 25 percent (6900t) compared to similar projects Cost benefits 30 % on electricity (LED) 10

11 STRATEGY SOLUTIONS COMMUNCICATIO As first regional airport in the Netherlands GRQ introduced successfully Continuous Descent Operations (CDO) SOLUTION Introduction of Continuous Descent Operations (CDO) I Together with ATC Groningen Airport Eelde trialed and introduced Continuous Descent Operations (CDO) First CDO flight (gliding flight) hosted at 17th February 2012 Higher for longer: Flying higher above ground for a longer period noise impact can be reduced, fuel and emission savings can be realized Challenges prevail in developing new arrival procedures (risk assessments, safety assessments,..) Project experience show strong support of Eurocontrol Experiences has been widely shared within the GSA partnership other partner airports started to implement CDO locally 11

12 Electric GPU Innovation Own development at Billund Airport Shared with GAE Running costs only % compared with diesel powered GPU Less noise Less CO2 12

13 Willows instead of grass Willow grown in the surrounding area Advantage: only small birds in willows so less risk of bird damage Chopped willow can be used as sustainable fuel in district heating Covers 25 % of the energy need of Billund airport Green marketing event Working together with a University Contest for Design students Ten best has been carried out Exhibition at the airport Showing the world in a surprising way that the airport is going green 13

14 STRATEGY SOLUTIONS COMMUNCICATIO How to use district heating for heating of aircraft? a promising solution is developed at BLL SOLUTION Sustainable Heating and Cooling of A/C Instead of using diesel powered units at terminal positions aircraft are connected with a NILAN ventilation and heat recovery unit units Aircraft served by NILAN unit, providing heating and cooling via terminal infrastructure Provision of cooling by using electricity Provision of heating by local district heating, generated by biomass, solar panels Compared to use of A/C APU s potential to decrease CO2 emissions by 80 percent Application is now tested at Billund Airport 14

15 GSA is a true success story benefits for partner airports make regions a better place to live, work and invest in Achievements of GSA enabling for sustainable ops GSA airports became green applying jointly tested solutions helped to cut energy consumption and CO2 emissions realising cost savings Substantial cost-savings were realized by implementing energy efficient airport solutions at all partner airports driving Innovation Jointly developed and tested innovative concepts enabling reliable solution and multiplying of benefits ensuring cooperation GSA developed a lasting cooperation platform for better exchange of knowledge and experiences in the field of airport sustainability developing an interest group GSA became a strong self-driven and non-commercial interest group of regional airports to express positions to (European) rule-makers 15

16 DECARBONISATION AT REGIONAL AIRPORTS Local pressure, political statement or good business case? Perhaps it started with the first two, but it is in fact a good business case 16

17 Exchanged knowledge with large airports Smart Airport Conference

18 Cooperation with European Organisations Smart Airport Conference

19 Some publications available on the website 19

20 Thank you for your attention Smart Airport Conference

21 Contactinformation R.J.J. (Jeroen) Hartsuiker MSc B.L.J. (Ben) van Os Policy advisor Transport Economics Programme Manager Interreg Smart Airport Conference