Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11 - Manchester Airport

23NoiseAt all our airports we have various initiatives to reduceaircraft noise. Statutory Noise Action Plans have beenprepared at Bournemouth, East Midlands and ManchesterAirports; building on our earlier locally agreed obligationsand agreements.We report noise footprints for both daytime and night-timeaircraft operations by measuring and publishing noisecontours. We then monitor our compliance with ourprocedures and openly publish the results.Complaints about noise2007 2008 2009 2010Manchester Airport 1,928 950 1,282 1,084East Midlands Airport 6,674 2,618 1,064 800We work with our airlines to minimise and contain noise byfining noisier aircraft, rewarding good performance, usingPreferred Noise Routes (PNRs) and Continuous DescentApproaches (CDA), all of which have contributed to amarked decrease in noise complaints this year.Air qualityAir quality monitoring remains a vital part of ourenvironment programme. To be open and providereassurance to the local community, the airport routinelymeasures and reports the results of air quality monitoring.We continue to work hard to reduce our contribution toemissions, especially those arising from road transport toand from the airport. We have a number of initiatives inplace, ranging from extensive bus and rail servicesthrough to staff traffic reduction measures by encouragingalternative Cycle to Work schemes, partnerships with localtransport providers, and car sharing initiatives.Our environmentTogether, we’re working towards carbonneutralityOur goal is to grow our business sustainably by striking acareful balance between the environmental impact of ourairports and the economic and social benefits we bring.Throughout this year we have continued to build upon ouraims to use resources carefully, make our groundoperations carbon neutral by 2015 and actively manageour environmental impacts, with the regional airportbusiness being carbon neutral by 2013.Highlights from the yearn At East Midlands, installed the first commercial scalewind turbines at a UK airportn Following the successful accreditation of ManchesterAirport in 2008, we received Carbon Trust accreditationfor Bournemouth, East Midlands and Humbersideairports.n Manchester Airport launched the Carbon Challenge – anengagement programme encouraging onsitebusinesses to reduce their carbon footprint.n East Midlands Airport launched SustainabilityChampions – an initiative to engage colleagues insustainability.Managing our impactsMAG’s future depends upon our ability to manage andminimise the adverse impact of our operations through asystematic approach. East Midlands was the first airport inthe UK to obtain certification to the ISO14001environmental management system and we expectBournemouth, Humberside and Manchester Airports togain certification in 2011/12.Our successesIn March 2010, we planted the first cuttings for a willowfarm at East Midlands Airport. The second phase ofplanting began in March 2011, with first harvest expectedin 2013. The 26-hectare woodland will provide fuel for abiomass boiler to heat and power terminal buildings. Weexpect the farm to produce around 280 tonnes of woodfuel annually, and in turn, save 350 tonnes of CO2emissions.During 2011 Manchester Airport made a £107m capitalinvestment in energy reduction technologies that involvedintroducing lighting controls and LED lights, which typicallyhalve energy use.The car parks in terminals 1 and 3 now have LED lights.The terminal 3 car park has lighting controls around eachparking deck, which switch the LED lights off when thereis sufficient daylight. This provides total energy savings of55% or 288 tonnes carbon dioxide per year. Terminal 2 iscurrently being fitted with LED lights and we are now usingLED lights in the baggage halls in all three terminals, whichreplaced over 2,000 fluorescent lamps.The Manchester Airport Group PLC Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11