ICAO HQ, Montréal, Canada 9 − 10 SEPTEMBER 2014

Fuelling Aviation with Green Technology, ICAO HQ, Montreal, Canada, 9 and 10 September 2014
 Contents
• About Eco-Airport
• Environmental initiatives at airports
• ASEAN-Japan cooperation

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About Eco‐Airport

What is Eco‐Airport?
• Environmentally-friendly
Environmentally friendly airport
• Voluntary environmental policy/measures at or
around the airports
• Improvement of the country’s image (an airport is
the g
gatewayy to the country)
y) -> Ecology
gy
• Reduction of operation costs by saving energy at
p
airports -> Economyy
Double ECO
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Procedure of Eco‐Airport
• The government formulates “Eco-Airport Guideline”
p Council of each airport
• The Eco-Airport p formulates an
annual Environmental Plan and takes initiatives
Actually each airport has unique conditions (size
Actually, (size, climate
climate, location etc.））
location, etc

Large-scale Off-shore Mountainous site Snowbelt

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PDCA
PDCA cycle
l
The Eco‐Airport Council
p of each airport 
p
survey of environmental status
Formulation of 
Formulation of “airport
airport environmental plan
environmental plan”
Plan (Setting Environmental Targets)

Do Implementation of the Plan

Evaluation
Check
Review of the Plan
Review of the Plan
Act Overall Evaluation  Announcement 
(10 years later) 5
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Outcomes of sustainable initiatives 
(exemplary case) Trends in CO2 reduction
(t‐CO2/one aircraft movement)
Environmental target
Reduce CO2 emissions by 3% in
total compared to that of

kt‐CO2
2007 by 2011

Outcome
R d
Reduced
dbby 19% b
by 2011 Lines: Basic unit of CO2 
f
Bars: Total CO2 emissions emissions per one aircraft 
movement
Reference: Centrair Green Report 2012, Central Japan International Airport Co., Ltd. 6
Environmental initiatives
Initiatives toward Eco‐Airport Guideline
Recycle plant Glass clippings for use Electric vehicles
as fertilizer

Solar panels
Recycle
R l andd reuse off
rain and kitchen wastewater Rooftop greening LED lamps
Ground power units

Turn off the lights Less idling

when not in use Water-saving Recycling
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Environmental initiatives

Eco‐technologies adopted in passenger terminal

Natural light Ceiling ventilation
Solar panels
Rooftop greening

LED lamps

Photocatalytic products
Geothermal power Co‐generation system Rainwater utilization system
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Environmental initiatives

Geothermal air‐conditioning system
Winter (cold) Summer (hot)
5℃ 32℃
Water
Terminal Terminal
Heat Heat
exchange
g exchange

Maintained at Maintained at
17℃ 17℃
(62.6℉） (62.6℉）
Heat-gained Heat- released
¾Lower power consumption 9
Environmental initiatives
C
Co‐generation system in terminal
i i i l
Conventional Co-generation
system system Electric
El t i
Generated energy
100% energy
Natural Engine 20~40 %
or
gas Turbine
Power
P Usable
U bl hheat
Plant
energy
30~60 %
Heat loss Transfer loss Overall CO2
reduction: 12.8%
Heat loss
56% 4% *estimate 10~30%
Efficiency:
Efficiency: 40%
more than 70%
¾Lower power consumption 10
Environmental initiatives

Photocatalytic products
Japanese new technology
for decomposition not only
by sunlight but visible light
Adopted inside
the building
g
¾Lower maintenance costs
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Environmental initiatives

LED lamps for airport taxiways
Ordinary New type
type (LED)
Taxiway
centerline
lights
(buried type)
Taxiway
edge lights
(above-
¾Lower power consumption ground type)
¾Lower maintenance costs
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Other initiatives 
General waste segregation
g g Turn off the lights
g
when not in use

Use motion
sensor lighting
Remove Turn off the lights
g
fluorescent lights frequently

¾Lower power consumption

¾Lower procurement costs
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Environmental initiatives

Regional contribution
Grass clippings for use as fertilizer Education of environmental
preservation

¾Lower maintenance costs

¾Better understanding & cooperation
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Environmental initiatives
“The Cool Project” at New‐Chitose Airport 
Balancing 
reservoir airport 1. Reduce BOD in de‐iced snow
2. Reduce energy consumption for 
air conditioning
Heat exchange 
facility

Pump
Pump  Snow cellar 
Snow cellar
(June~Sept.)
Reference: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Tokyo Regional Civil Aviation Bureau 15
Environmental initiatives
H t f ilit Terminal bldg.
Heat exchange facility
h T i l bld
7℃
Heat 
exchanger (45 F)
Schematic of the 
snow cooling system
li
water flow
w

3℃
14℃ (57 F)
(57 F)
Cold w

(37 F)
(37 F)
10℃ (50 F) Insulation
Warmed water flow Snow cellar
Capacity: 120,000 m3
Snow & melted snow water

Pump room
Reference: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Tokyo Regional Civil Aviation  16
¾Lower power consumption Bureau
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BOD Reduction in melting snow
Balancing 
B l i
reservoir

De‐icing Snow cleared from airport surfaces is 
Snow cleared from airport surfaces is
(Deicing agent  collected to be piled up mountain‐high. Melted snow water 
contains organic  is stored in the 
matter) balancing reservoir
balancing reservoir 
¾Lower environmental impact to reduce BOD.
Reference: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Tokyo Regional Civil Aviation Bureau 17
ASEAN‐Japan corporation

ASEAN‐Japan Cooperation
History
○ Endorsement of the ASEAN-Japan Eco-Airport Japan
Guideline at the 6th ATM+J held in Manila, the
Philippines in 2008
○ JICA seminar on Eco-Airport (The JICA Training
Course ‘Airport Development Planning Considering
Environmental Impacts’
Impacts )
○ The follow-up course for the JICA’s Eco-Airport
Seminar (Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh)
○ Questionnaire & field surveys on the progress of ASEAN
Eco-Airport
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