A transport carbon footprint methodology to assess airport carbon emissions

Airports are important nodes in the air transport system, but also local sources of environmental impacts. Emissions of CO₂ are among the most relevant ones because of their potential greenhouse effects. Many policies and guidelines have been identified at national and world level to reduce such kind of impacts. In this paper, a Transport Carbon Footprint methodology has been set to identify Unit Carbon Footprints (UCFs) linked to some identified emission macro-sources – i.e., land vehicles, on-ground aircraft, airport handling and terminal equipment – to compute the contribution of the single macro-source to the total amount of CO₂. Particularly, UCFs due to transport activities have been defined according to some relevant transport variables. The computation of UCF values for a given airport allows computing both the contribution of each macro-source and also evaluating the effectiveness of transport-related actions aiming at reducing the carbon impact. The methodology has been applied to the airport of Bologna, in Northern Italy, and its UCF values for the identified macro-sources have been computed.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2014.03.001
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969699714000234
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/31005945
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Postorino, Maria Nadia
  • Mantecchini, Luca
• Publication Date: 2014-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 76-86
• Serial:
  • Journal of Air Transport Management
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0969-6997
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09696997

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airports; Environmental impacts; Greenhouse gases; Stationary sources; Sustainable development
• Identifier Terms: Bologna Guglielmo Marconi International Airport
• Geographic Terms: Bologna (Italy)
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; Terminals and Facilities; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01526640
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 29 2014 10:15AM