Establishing Sustainable Airport Development and Operations

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Establishing Sustainable Airport Development and
Operations A Briefing to the Public Safety and
Security Committee Steering Group Committees
Role in the Sustainability Steering and Working
Groups Gloria Bender (with compliments to
James M. Crites) August 19, 2007
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Presentation Outline

• Evolution of Sustainability and a Definition
• ACI-NAs Approach
• Accomplishments of the Sustainability Working
  Group
• Sustainability Steering Group
• Forward Plan

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1970s Environmentalism as Altruistic
Deprivation

• Keep America Beautiful
• Crying Indian Ad Campaign
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Clean Air Act
• First Earth Day
• Greenpeace
• 1973/78 Oil Crisis

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1980s Need to Accept Responsibility

• Chernobyl Disaster
• Green Consumer Guide
• Acid Rain is Discovered
• Three Mile Island
• Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

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Sustainability Defined

• Development that meets the needs of the present
  without compromising the ability of future
  generations to meet their own needs.
• U.N. Commission on the
• Environment and Development
• (Report of the Brundtland Commission), 1987

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1990s Environmentalism as Economic Win/Win

• First Earth Summit Promotes Sustainable
  Development
• EPAs Common Sense Initiative
• First Energy Star Computer Award
• U.S. Green Building Council
• LEED Certification

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Sustainability Defined

• Robust triple bottom line solutions that clarify
  and strengthen a healthy and dynamic balance
  between environmental, social and economic
  prosperity
• U.S. Green Building Council

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The Essence of Sustainability
A balanced approach to assessing products,
services and business activities using the
following criteria

• Financial Criteria
• Economically sustainable
• Technologically feasible
• Operationally viable
• Environmental Criteria
• Environmentally robust
• Generationally sensitive
• Capable of Continuous learning
• Social Criteria
• Socially desirable
• Culturally acceptable

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Sustainability for the 21st Century

• Clarifies Holistic Mission
• Addresses Its not deprivation
• Includes LEED but its not all Green
• Requires Strategic Leadership
• Embraces Total Cost of Ownership
• Expects Pro-active Management
• Values Natural Resources, Human
  Resources, Financial Resources and Social
  Resources (our Community-at-large)
• Identifies Best Business Practices for the
  Long Term

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Sustainability for ACI-NA

• A holistic approach to managing an airport so as
  to ensure the integrity of the Economic
  viability, Operational efficiency, Natural
  Resource conservation and Social responsibility
  of the airport. (EONS)
• Airports Council International North America
• Aviation Sustainability Working Group
• A Joint Effort of the Environmental Committee and
  the Technical Operations Committee
• ACI-NA Board of Directors form Sustainability
  Steering Committee

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ACI-NAs Approach

• Environmental and Technical Committees establish
  the Sustainability Working Group
• Implementation of the Website and Best Practices
  Database
• Identify need to to integrate activities of all
  ACI-NA Committees
• Establishment of Sustainability Steering Group
• Forward Plan Identify sustainable opportunities
  aligned with Committee Work Plans

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Sustainability Working Group Products - Web Page
(Holland Young, Jacobs)
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Sustainability Working Group Products - Best
Practices Database (Eugene Peters, Ricondo
Assoc.)
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Sustainability Working Groups Challenge

• Sustainability is holistic and more than Green
• Transformation to sustainable airport development
  and operations requires efforts of all ACI-NA
  committees
• Website and Best Practices Database need to be
  populated with material from all committees

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Sustainability Steering Group

• Sustainability Steering Group established
• Representatives from all ACI-NA Standing
  Committees
• Mission Identify and promote opportunities for
  sustainable airport development and operations
  practices within each committees special scope
  of expertise
• Met for the first time in early August
• Resolution for consideration by Fall ACI-NA BOD -
  SIST and SIT

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SIST Forward Plan

• Identify initiatives from Committee Work Plan
  that can be aligned with sustainable development
• Incorporate relevant PSS sustainability resource
  data into website
• Highlight PSS best sustainable practices and
  include in database
• Promote opportunities for sustainable practices
  within PSS Committee

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Role of PSS Committee

• Potential PSS sustainability projects
• Consolidated receiving
• Long-term BSIS view of baggage screening
• Vetting/screening airport employees
• Identifying the sustainable layered security
  approach
• Review work plan to identify sustainable project
  opportunities
• Recruit interested PSS committee members for SIT
  
• Met for the first time in early August
• Resolution for consideration by Fall ACI-NA BOD -
  SIST and SIT

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