TRB Webinar: Airport Emission Inventories and Reduction Strategies

TRB conducted a webinar on November 7, 2013 from 2:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m. ET that featured research conducted by TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) exploring ways airport managers can reduce the impact of their activities through proper assessment and implementation of greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies. View a link to the recorded webinar.

This webinar highlighted findings from the following ACRP reports that addressed these issues:

Kristin Lemaster, CDM Smith, presented ACRP Report 56: Handbook for Considering Practical Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Strategies for Airports. Kristin focused on the practical applications of her team’s research and summarized strategies for how airport practitioners can identify, evaluate, prioritize, and implement practical, low-cost strategies to reduce and manage greenhouse gas emissions. She provided an overview of an interactive, electronic decision-support tool called AirportGEAR that will aid airport operators in evaluating and selecting the greenhouse gas emission reduction measures that are best suited for their airport.

John Pehrson, CDM Smith, presented ACRP Report 78: Airport Ground Support Equipment (GSE): Emission Reduction Strategies, Inventory, and Tutorial. John presented information to help airport practitioners assess and mitigate the contribution of GSE to air quality impacts at airports, including potential strategies to reduce emissions.

Michael Kenney, KB Environmental, Inc., presented ACRP Report 84: Guidebook for Preparing Airport Emissions Inventories for State Implementation Plans. Michael presented an overview of the guidebook, which is designed to assist in the preparation of airport emissions inventory component of a state implementation plan. He also provided a demonstration on how to produce and utilize the results.

Moderated by: Kris Russell, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

The first 60 minutes of the webinar were for presentations and the final 30 minutes were reserved for audience questions.

Learning Objectives:

• To identify strategies that can reduce the environmental impact of airport facility operations
• To learn how to assess and mitigate the contribution of GSE to air quality impacts at airports
• To understand how to prepare airport emissions inventory component of a state implementation plan, and how to utilize the results

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Registration information:
This webinar was sponsored by the Airport Cooperative Research Program. There was no fee to attend this webinar.

Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives:

The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) is making 1.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) available for A.A.E. If you are an A.A.E. and would like to apply for CEUs for this webinar, visit www.aaae.org/ceu. For questions about A.A.E continuing education units, please contact accreditation@aaae.org.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.