Airport Sustainability and Environment Management

Learning Objectives

On completion of this course participants will be able to:

• Recognize the principal environmental impacts associated with airport operations and how these impacts can be successfully managed.
• Understand how Sustainable Development can be implemented in an airport environment.
• Understand how to successfully manage:
  • Impacts of airport and aircraft noise on local communities.
  • Local Air Quality (LAQ).
  • Climate change and greenhouse gases.
  • Resources associated with airport operations.
  • Waste produced by a typical airport operation.
• Identify the benefits of, and the steps involved in, implementing an Environmental Management System.

Who Should Enrol?

• All personnel with responsibilities related to airport environmental management and/or sustainability.
• Personnel seeking to improve their knowledge and understanding of airport environmental management.
• Personnel wishing to enhance their career opportunities and advance to leadership and management positions.
• World Business Partners and Associates who wish to improve their knowledge and understanding of airport environmental management.

Course Content

The Airport Sustainability and Environment Management course consists of the following seven modules:

Airport Environmental Management and Sustainable Development

• Managing the Environmental Impacts Associated with Airports
• Principles of Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Development – Practices and Actions
• Sustainable Development – Reporting and Certification

Noise Management and Community Relations

• Introduction
• Noise Science
• Community Response to Noise
• International Standards and Guidance
• Noise Management Practices
• Land Use Planning
• Community Engagement
• Ground Based Noise Sources

Managing Local Air Quality

• Understanding LAQ
• Standards and Regulations
• Monitoring LAQ
• Airport Emissions Inventory
• Dispersion Modeling
• Emissions Management and Mitigation

Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Management

• Climate Change and Airport Greenhouse Gas Management
• Drivers for GHG Management
• Emissions Inventory and Goal Setting
• Measures to Reduce Airport GHG Emissions
• Reviewing, Reporting and Certification
• Efforts on Aviation Emissions

Resource Management

• Energy Management
• Fuel Management
• Potable Water Conservation
• Storm Water Management
• Land Use Management
• Hazardous Materials Management
• Office Resource Management

Waste Prevention and Management

• Introduction
• Waste Classification and Management
• Waste Collection and Recycling
• Airfield and Deplaned Waste Collection
• Construction and Demolition Debris
• Wastewater and Stormwater Management
• De-icing and Anti-icing Fluid Management
• Contaminated Soil and Groundwater

Implementing an Environmental Management System

• Introduction
• What is an Environmental Management System?
• Benefits of an EMS
• What makes Airports different to other sites?
• Implementing an EMS at an Airport
• International Accreditation

Assessment

Each training module includes an integrated online assessment.

Candidates must successfully complete all module assessments to receive a Certificate of Completion.