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TAV Airports Holding Annual Report 2008
sustaınabılıty and the envıronment
As part of the Environmental Management System, TAV Izmir
groups recyclable waste such as residential waste, metals,
cables, fluorescent waste, paper and cardboard separately from
medical wastes and recycles them as applicable.
TAV Izmir plans to expand the use of battery boxes placed in
2008 at the International Terminal to all public entities and
companies within the boundaries of the airport beginning in
2009. As a result, recyclable batteries will be used to the benefit
of the Turkish economy.
The Company uses refillable printer cartridges. Non-refillable
cartridges, which are considered dangerous waste, have been
eliminated in accordance with the relevant regulation.
As part of its joint efforts with the Destination İzmir Promotion
and Business Development Group, TAV Izmir conducts training
sessions for the region’s hotels on environmental and energy
matters.
In cooperation with the İzmir Metropolitan Municipality, TAV
Izmir ensures that dangerous and medical wastes are collected
with special vehicles and treated so as to not harm the
environment.
TAV Izmir expends its best efforts to ensure that all materials
and chemicals used at the International Terminal are
environmentally friendly.
Furthermore, the Company encourages employees to conserve
energy in their homes by conducting information meetings and
providing technical assistance as needed.
“Energy Efficiency Project”
As part of the Energy Efficiency Project launched to preserve
natural resources, TAV Izmir has implemented many projects for
energy and natural gas conservation.
TAV Izmir won the EBSO Environment Committee Special Award
at the 2008 Environment Award Competition organized by the
Aegean Region Chamber of Industry (EBSO). The Company was
deemed worthy of this award from among many active industrial
facilities in the Aegean Region, despite the fact that it is not an
industrial facility.
As part of the Energy Efficiency Project:
• In cooperation with the İzmir Institute of Technology (İYTE)
on energy efficiency and environmental matters, TAV Izmir
identified heat leakages at the terminal using a thermal camera
and insulated them. In addition, the Company recorded all
materials used in the terminal’s construction and their thermal
device readings in a special thermal efficiency computer program
and initiated thermal efficiency efforts.
• TAV Izmir installed vents on the vaulted-roof fire dampers.
• TAV Izmir installed new automation software between the
cooling tower and the chiller.
These implementations bore fruit in short order as follows:
• As a result of the “Energy Efficiency Project”, TAV Izmir reduced
its CO 2
emissions by 2 thousand tons and conserved 6,010 trees.
• In a period of eight months, the Company achieved 15.23% and
14.94% conservation in electricity and natural gas consumption,
respectively.
• On a per passenger basis, conservation in electricity and natural
gas consumption were 19.51% and 19.23%, respectively.
• In order to preserve its water resources, TAV Izmir installed
special apparatuses on all water batteries at the terminal that
regulate water pressure and reduce the flow rate without
impacting comfort standards. As a result, water conservation of
11.5% per passenger and total water conservation of 6.76% were
achieved.
• In 2008, TAV Izmir collected 1,250 batteries (25 kg) in battery
boxes placed in the International Terminal in an attempt to
prevent environmental pollution.
• On average, TAV Izmir collected 35 tons of recyclable waste
such as glass, metal, paper, cardboard and plastic per month
throughout the airport, separately from other waste, and turned
them into an economic asset.
TAV Georgia received the Environmental Management ISO
14001 certificate.
TAV Georgia successfully completed the Environmental
Management ISO 14001 certification audits.
TAV Georgia, which operates the Tbilisi and Batumi International
Airports in Georgia, received the Environmental Management
ISO 14001 certificate as a result of its efforts since early May. TAV
Georgia has set up the ISO 14001 Environmental Management
system in order to determine the environmental impact of its
airport services and other operations, and to mitigate significant
environmental damage. This certificate is a first for airport,
terminal and ground handling operations companies in Caucasus
Region airports.