"Perspectives 2011" - Sustainability and Annual Report (pdf)

Introduction Company profile and strategyService portfolio Communication and social responsibility) www.dgnb.deThrough the rules and guidance in this manual, weaim to achieve reductions in carbon emissions innew builds by up to 40 percent compared to currentbuildings on campus. We are also following theprocedures for sustainable building described in themanual in all of the buildings we operate jointly withDeutsche Lufthansa at Munich Airport.One key focus in sustainable building is on life cycleassessments. The benefit of LCAs is that they showhow higher initial investment during the creation ofa building can be offset in the longer term by lowerfollow-up expenses in the form of running costs.Our second freight-forwarder facility was commissionedto the specifications in our own building manualand the German Sustainable Building Council’s stand -ards. A pre-check conducted to verify compliance withthe sustainability targets set under the DGNB certificationsystem showed that the facility, if built asplanned, would qualify for ) silver standard certification.In 2010, we launched an architectural competition todesign a children’s daycare center for Munich Airport.A core requirement for the designs submitted wasthat they should conform to sustainable constructionprinciples. The plans based on the winning designhave now been optimized for cost and, according to apre-check, the building could achieve bronze or silvercertification.Our control point for persons and goods in Hangar 3is another example of sustainable building practicesat work. It is the first structure on campus with a heatpump system for exploiting geothermal energy, andduring the last winter it withstood its first real testwith ease.Information events: Raisingsustainability awarenessCombating climate change is a challenge that calls forconcerted action, because our ability to lessen ourenvironmental impacts as an organization dependscrucially on the buy-in of our workforce.100