Stansted achieves Carbon Trust standard
12.10.10
Stansted, the UK's third-largest airport, has been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard for its success in reporting, managing and reducing its carbon emissions. The airport attained the standard after reducing its energy consumption by 3 percent between 2008 and 2009.
The airport has undertaken a number of green improvements, including installing a biomass boiler as part of £50m terminal extension, trialling single-engine taxiing of aircraft to reduce emissions from manoeuvring planes, and putting energy-efficient lighting across its airfield.
Dr Andy Jefferson, Stansted's head of health, safety and environment, said: ‘While celebrating this success, we also know there is more we can and must do. Around 92 percent of emissions from our buildings are generated by electricity use, so we have set a challenging target to reduce 2010 levels by 5 percent compared with 2009.’
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