Annual Report 2012 (PDF) - Hamburg
Annual Report 2012 (PDF) - Hamburg
Annual Report 2012 (PDF) - Hamburg
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<strong>Hamburg</strong> Airport won the GreenFleet® Award <strong>2012</strong> for its pioneering economically and ecologically<br />
efficient fleet management last year.<br />
tion of aircraft noise. A special fee structure enables <strong>Hamburg</strong><br />
Airport to support the deployment of quieter aircraft,<br />
thereby reducing the noise generated by aircraft landing and<br />
taking off. This fee structure is further coupled with the existing<br />
restrictions on night flights. Take-offs and landings after<br />
10:00 pm and after 11:00 pm are subject to a surcharge<br />
of 100 percent or 200 percent, respectively. This encourages<br />
compliance with the restrictions.<br />
The Airport Usage Regulations prescribe the deactivation<br />
of APUs in order to avoid unnecessary noise emissions.<br />
<strong>Hamburg</strong> Airport therefore supplies the energy that an aircraft<br />
would otherwise acquire from an APU. This also further<br />
reduces the carbon footprint. The annual saving in carbon<br />
dioxide emissions resulting from the deactivation of<br />
APUs amounts to 9,200 tonnes of CO 2<br />
.<br />
Research for environmental efficiency<br />
Environmental protection also means continually monitoring<br />
new processes and technical innovations. <strong>Hamburg</strong> Airport<br />
is involved in <strong>Hamburg</strong> Aviation, an aviation cluster which<br />
aims to promote and further research and development in<br />
the aviation industry in <strong>Hamburg</strong>. The focal point is on environmental<br />
protection and environmental efficiency projects.<br />
The airport is participating in research on the improvement<br />
of energy efficiency in aircraft hangars and in the development<br />
of a multifunctional fuel cell.<br />
Looking towards future sustainable mobility, <strong>Hamburg</strong><br />
Airport joins companies such as Coca Cola and Hilton as<br />
one of the few premium partners testing Opel’s HydroGen4<br />
fuel cell car.<br />
The burnFAIR project (Future Aircraft Research), led by<br />
Airbus parent company EADS, is focussed on research into<br />
alternative fuels for aircraft. These fuels are aimed at a<br />
sustainable reduction in the influence of aviation on climate<br />
change. In 2011, <strong>Hamburg</strong> Airport took over the leadership<br />
of a project to test biofuel in a Lufthansa A321.<br />
“Green Airport 2030” is an ambitious project to be carried<br />
out by <strong>Hamburg</strong> Airport in cooperation with Siemens<br />
and the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The aim of this<br />
project is to establish fixed upper limits for all of the environmental<br />
indicators that have been developed, and to integrate<br />
these into everyday operations by 2014.<br />
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