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Thanks to the high-efficiency light bulbs used in terminal
lighting, electric conservation of 1,750,000 kWh/year has been
achieved.
Saved CO 2
emissions as a result of energy conservation:
1,576,000 kg/year
Saved CO emissions as a result of energy conservation: 71,640
kg/year
Esenboğa Airport is the first airport in Turkey to supply its
own electricity using a cogeneration electricity generation
facility. Thanks to this system, with which the Company
generates electricity on-site from natural gas, transmission and
distribution losses amounting to 8% are prevented and adverse
environmental impact is minimized. Total electricity generated at
the terminal is 28,000,000 kWh/year.
Comparison of electricity supplied by cogeneration with
electricity generated from coal or fuel oil yields the following
results:
CO 2
emissions as a result of electricity generated with
cogeneration: 11,200,000 kg/year
CO emissions as a result of electricity generated with
cogeneration: None
CO 2
emissions as a result of electricity generated from coal:
25,200,000 kg/year
CO emissions as a result of electricity generated from coal:
1,120,000 kg/year
Saved CO 2
emissions as a result of the cogeneration facility:
14,000,000 kg/year
Saved CO emissions as a result of the cogeneration facility:
1,120,000 kg/year
Thanks to the 400 Hz system installed in the terminal building,
parked aircraft can be supplied with the energy needed for
operation of their electrical and electronic systems, which in turn
allows the fuel-powered generators of the aircraft to shut down
and emissions of harmful CO and CO 2
gases to be avoided.
Saved fuel use with this system: 1,481,830 kg/year
Saved CO 2
emissions with this system: 93,126,000 kg/year
Saved CO emissions with this system: 4,223,000 kg/year
Total environmental impacts of CO 2
and CO gases, which cause
global warming and increase air pollution respectively, as a result
of the energy management at the terminal are as follows:
Total saved CO 2
emissions: 113,837,779 kg/year
Total saved CO emissions: 5,658,085 kg/year
Total saved fuel use by aircraft: 1,481,830 kg/year
Number of trees needed to clean the avoided CO 2
emissions in
a year: 135,600
Number of times an airplane can fly from İstanbul to Ankara
with the fuel conserved: 740
Water Resource Management at Esenboğa
With the water treated at TAV Esenboga’s waste water
treatment facility, at a capacity of 3,800 m3/day, 150 thousand
square meters of green area are irrigated, and 70 thousand tons
of water conservation per year is achieved.
Thanks to flow rate-controlled photocell batteries used at
sinks located in the terminal, 5,100 tons of water are conserved
annually.
Total water conservation of 75,100 tons/year corresponds to the
annual water consumption of 515 4-person families.
Green Areas
Ankara Esenboğa Airport emits 11,200,000 kg/year and
6,000,000 kg/year of CO 2
from electricity generation and heating
respectively, while supplying the energy needs of the terminal.
Thus, the terminal’s total CO 2
emissions amount to 17,200,000
kg/year. Since each tree grown cleans 2.3 kg of CO 2
per day,
20,488 trees would be needed to clean away this amount of CO 2
.
The terminal’s 150,000 square-meter landscaping area has a
total of 1,300 trees. Unsatisfied with this, TAV Esenboga created
a forest initially consisting of 2 thousand trees in the town of
Çubuk. The Company’s goal is to plant 20,488 trees and entirely
mitigate its CO 2
emissions.
An “Environmental” Move from TAV Izmir
In an attempt to prevent environmental pollution and leave
behind a healthy living environment for future generations,
TAV Izmir created an Environmental Management System
at the İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport International Terminal.
The Company also broke new ground in Turkey with its
Waste Management System, which is above the procedures
implemented in Turkey according to international aviation
standards.