Sustainability

 

Sustainable airport and ATM news and features

DFW breaks ground on eCUP

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) has broken ground on the construction of a new electric Central Utility Plant (eCUP)

Schiphol deploys new e-GPUs

Fuel generators at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol are being replaced by 30 new electric Ground Power Units (e-GPUs)

Heathrow trials lower-carbon concrete

Heathrow has begun exploring the viability of lower carbon concrete, which cuts emissions by 50% compared to a conventional concrete

Bristol funds local projects

The first half of 2023 has seen Bristol Airport’s Local Community Fund support local community projects to the tune of £170,000

SITA and Envision Digital join forces

The two firms will collaborate on solutions designed to help airports cut fuel and power costs while advancing their net-zero ambitions

Origami tech to feature in vertiport construction

Swedish design and technology company Stilfold has forged a new partnership with air mobility company Kookiejar, also based in Sweden

New Rajkot airport inaugurated

Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has inaugurated a new international airport in Rajkot, in the western Indian state of Gujarat

Further electrification on cards for Schiphol

Royal Schiphol Group will collaborate with network operator Liander to create a new high-voltage substation at the Amsterdam hub

Hudson and The House of R&C team up

Dufry firm Hudson and The House of LR&C have opened a store at DEN offering Russell Wilson’s Good Man Brand fashion line

Arup and WWU release hydrogen report

New fuels and technologies will account for between one half and three-quarters of the reduction of carbon emissions in aviation by 2050