Synopsis: In recent years several high-profile weather events have impacted airports around the world. Climate change will make such events more frequent and more intense. This is an operational and business risk for airports. Some are now working to make operations and infrastructure more resilient to potential impacts, carrying out risk assessments and developing adaptation plans. But are we doing enough, and are we doing it quickly enough? The results of a new Eurocontrol survey of European aviation organisations shows that more action is being taken but many are still to act. What can we do to accelerate action?

The audience will learn:

• The main climate change risks for airports
• The results of the Eurocontrol 2018 Climate Change Adaptation Stakeholder Survey
• Are we doing enough to adapt to the potential impacts of climate change? Are we doing it quickly enough?
• What we can do to promote and accelerate climate adaptation action
• What an airport can do to adapt and build resilience to climate change

Synopsis: Air transportation in the Southeast Asia region (ASEAN) has been growing very quickly. Challenges come with global concerns about keeping the balance between economics and the environment. ASEAN airports have played a significant role in global aviation in terms of passenger numbers and level of service. Furthermore, adaptation to global climate change, carbon reduction, airport experience and digital transformation are the key drivers to move forward more quickly to airport sustainability.

The audience will learn:

• Challenges faced by the ASEAN aviation industry – theoretical operation vs. practical operation
• Airport sustainability: burden or benefit?
• Carbon reduction: new rules of the game

Synopsis: Opening in 2014, the transformation of Qatar Airways’ hub to the five-star Hamad International Airport enabled rapid growth and unparalleled end-to-end customer experience for passengers in the air and while transiting through Doha. The collaboration between airport and airline is evident across the environmental agenda, covering issues such as the specification of sustainable infrastructure, joint adoption of efficient operational procedures, setting and monitoring progress towards shared environmental targets and collective engagement of passengers and employees. The outcome has been the establishment of the building blocks that Hamad International Airport and Qatar Airways use as a platform for a sustainable future.

The audience will learn:

• Initial and ongoing specification of HIA’s sustainable design features
• Creation of shared environmental performance management information and collaborative monitoring
• Joint management review meetings
• Collaboration in the preparation of management systems and other certification schemes
• Preparation of common annual sustainability reports

Synopsis: The presentation will summarise the approach being taken by the Heathrow team as they plan for an expanded airport.

The audience will learn:

• Management of airport growth
• Balancing environment and economy
• Environmental leadership

Synopsis: The presentation provides an update on implementation of DAA's sustainability strategy and commentary on some of the challenges and positive aspects to date.

The audience will learn:

• Key features of DAA's sustainability strategy
• Progress to date
• Major challenges to implementation

Synopsis: Gatwick’s sustainability strategy, 'Decade of Change', emphasises environmental efficiency and innovation and multi-faceted community investment. Gatwick’s approach empowers teams across the business to identify and deliver innovative and incremental ways to meet the Decade of Change targets. As a result, Gatwick has significantly reduced its energy, water and waste footprint even as passenger numbers have increased by 50% since 2010.

The audience will learn:

• Gatwick's approach to sustainability planning
• Setting priorities for sustainability innovations
• Examples of Gatwick sustainability pilots and investments

Synopsis: Low-carbon approaches in aviation must consider operational energy and embodied energy associated with materials and equipment. Expansion provides an opportunity to reorganise and plan for low-carbon strategies. Innovative approaches should consider new technologies and reducing demand by implementing more passive or biophilic strategies. The carbon content of the grid has a downward trajectory as a result of a strong uptake in renewable energy, which needs to be factored into the thought process. We will use a case study to explain the approach to low-carbon expansion in the aviation industry and how these issues can be addressed.

The audience will learn:

• Prediction versus actual energy consumption – implementing the new design for performance standard
• Why embodied energy is important
• The national grid carbon content trajectory and what impact this may have
• Strategies for reducing occupant energy demand
• Low-carbon cooling and heating system strategies

Synopsis: From the start of conceptual design of the New International Airport in Mexico City, the goal was to incorporate environmental sustainability as a key pillar of designing a world-class 21st century terminal. The decision was made to design a terminal building that would meet the highest level of certification available: LEED v4 Platinum. This talk will discuss the integral part that sustainability will play in shaping the future of airport terminals through the lens of four key impact categories: energy, water, materials and indoor environmental quality. We will talk about the key takeaways from the application of the LEED v4 green building standard to terminal buildings, and future opportunities for airports to reduce their environmental footprints and shape the future of the industry.

The audience will learn:

• Challenges and successes of applying LEED v4 to airport projects
• Driving change in the local construction materials market
• Improving the passenger and airport employee user experience through design
• Sustainable design techniques for airport terminal buildings

Synopsis: In our new age of speed and globalisation, the pressures of high technology are mounting while the planet's resources are being depleted at a very fast pace. Accordingly, architects should surpass the energy-efficiency and environmental regulations in an interdisciplinary design approach. A collaboration between architects and researchers in technology would contribute to determination of optimum future-proof sustainable design solutions. Reviewing the sustainable design principles applied at Haneda Airport, which achieved the highest level of CASBEE, the presentation will discuss the future impact of technology on airports' lifecycles, with a focus on energy efficiency and sustainability.

The audience will learn:

• Energy-efficient and eco design principles used at Haneda Airport
• Methods for development of future-proof energy-efficient design strategies
• Benefits of an increased focus on sustainability, environment and energy efficiency
• Future trends and how technology may contribute to sustainable design

Synopsis: The new St Denis airport is an ecologically responsible airport on Reunion Island. This expansion project is part of a rapidly changing approach to energy on the island, which is seeking independence in 2030. It takes ambition to decrease the airport's energy consumption by four times the amount in comparison with conventionally air-conditioned airports. To succeed in this venture, it is implementing bioclimatic design concepts with aerodynamic architecture, favouring the natural ventilation of the building.

The audience will learn:

• Airport bioclimatic concept in a tropical climate
• Aerodynamic testing in wind tunnel
• Enhancing the experience of passengers through their five senses

Synopsis: WSP has been working with a number of airports globally on implementing renewable technologies that will allow all-electric operations for passenger surface access, terminal buildings and airside operations. The presentation will demonstrate how innovative and integrated use of energy storage, electric vehicles, heat pumps and e-taxiing can lead to near-zero-carbon airport operations. This is a co-presentation where practical examples will be given by WSP's airport partners, including MAG and LJLA.

The audience will learn:

• All-electric airport operations
• Energy storage developments
• Integrating electric vehicle systems
• Electric pushback and taxiing
• How to get to near-zero CO2 operation

Synopsis: When considering a sustainable airport energy masterplan and electricity service option, the priority should be to maximise efficiency and minimise energy usage, while maintaining the overall economic and sustainable performance of airport facilities and operations. Addressing the potential for on-site generation or procurement of alternative energy services is one of the steps in solidifying the energy security and reliability of airport facilities. Join the presentation to understand how the installation of a utility-grade microgrid system will enable an airport to become more energy efficient and should be the first strategic step taken towards its energy independence.

The audience will learn:

• How to enable your facilities to become sustainable
• How to manage the use of power more efficiently and cost-effectively
• How to increase the power reliabilities and redundancies
• How to reduce the emission of CO2 and improve the air quality
• How to use environmentally friendly alternative sources of energy