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1 2016 Environmental Benchmarking Survey General Environmental Questions 1. Contact information: * Airport 3 letter identifier Organization full name First name of survey respondent Last name Title Phone 2. While no individual responses will be shared with the public, do you give permission for ACI-NA to share information about your airport for internal purposes (for example to assist other airport members with an inquiry)? * Case-by-case basis (i.e. ACI notifies me first and seeks approval)

2 3. Does your airport have a formal environmental and/or sustainability policy statement? * environmental policy only sustainability policy only Both Neither t applicable 4. Does the airport have a person or team responsible for integrating sustainability throughout the organization (for example a Sustainability Manager) 5. Has the airport undertaken a materiality assessment for the purposes of developing a sustainability policy, program or reporting process? We plan to in the future I don't know

3 6. Does your airport have an Environmental Management System? * t applicable 7. If yes, is it certified? 8. Does your airport have a sustainability management plan or sustainable master plan? In development 9. Does your airport publish an annual (or otherwise regular) environmental and/or sustainability report?

4 10. If yes, do you report through the Global Reporting Initiative? 11. Does your airport track performance on sustainability initiatives? 12. If yes, what metrics do you use? Energy Efficiency 13. Does your airport you have an energy management program or plan? * t applicable 14. Does your airport undertake energy conservation activities?* * t applicable

5 15. Have you set energy efficiency or reduction goals? * t applicable 16. If so, please describe your goal and include tracking metric, as well as progress towards goal: 17. Have you developed a baseline energy inventory or energy audit in the last four years? we ve developed a baseline energy inventory we ve performed an energy audit In development 18. Has your airport performed re or retro commissioning activities?

6 19. Does the airport utilize alternative energy? Check all that apply: Solar Wind Fuel Cell Green power purchased from utility Geothermal / ground-based heat and cooling Other(please describe) 20. Approximately what percentage of the airport s power needs is supplied by alternative energy?

7 21. Identify electrical energy efficiency initiatives at your airport. (Please choose all that apply) Lighting occupancy sensors (automatic shutoffs) Exterior lighting movement sensors People-mover/moving walkway automatic start-up Radiant floor systems Energy Star appliances Variable Frequency drive motors Energy efficient lighting technologies Energy efficient entryways Upgraded to a more efficient Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system Building energy management system Other - (please specify) 22. Have you engaged airport tenants in any energy efficiency initiatives? 23. If yes, please briefly describe:

8 24. Please describe any other energy efficiency initiatives your airport has undertaken? 25. Do you own/operate a co-generation power plant? 26. If yes, please provide a short description of the facility Air Quality & Greenhouse Gas Emissions Questions

9 27. Has a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory been prepared for your airport? * In Development t applicable 28. If yes (or in development), what was the scope? (if you have prepared more than one inventory, select the highest scope you have completed): Scope 1 Scope 2 Scope Is the inventory publicly available? t applicable 30. Did you complete the inventory because of a regulatory or legal requirement? t applicable

10 31. If regulatory or legal requirement, please provide more information on the requirement, such as agency and level (local, state, federal?) requiring an inventory Local government / city State / Province requirement Federal requirement Legal requirement specific to airport (for example as part of a development/ construction project) Other requirement 32. What GHG inventory methodology did your airport use? (for example ACRP report 11, ACERT, The Climate Registry, EPA guidance, Airport Carbon Accreditation guidance etc.) 33. Has your airport developed or do you participate in a formal GHG emissions management program, such as Airport Carbon Accreditation? * We are considering joining t applicable

11 34. Has your airport established GHG emissions reduction and/or climaterelated goal?* * In development t applicable 35. If yes, please describe the goal(s): 36. Do you engage your airport tenants/stakeholders in any GHG emissions management initiatives? * t applicable 37. If yes, please describe how you engage your tenants and stakeholders:

12 38. Has your airport developed or considered a climate change risk assessment or adaptation plan or document? In development We've considered adaptation issues but have not developed a formal document 39. Does your airport have plan or program in place to reduce your local air pollutant emissions? * t applicable 40. If yes, does the airport have a specific local air pollutant emissions reduction goal and/or target (this may be included in the airports GHG emissions reduction goal)

13 41. If yes, please describe goal and progress: 42. If yes, do you engage your airport tenants to take actions to assess, minimize and/or mitigate their local air pollutant emissions? * 43. If yes, please describe: 44. Does the airport operator own and operate vehicles that use clean fuels (e.g., CNG, Propane, Electricity, Biodiesel, Hydrogen)?

14 45. If yes, approximately what percentage of the fleet uses alternative fuels? 46. Does your airport provide any infrastructure to support alternative fueled vehicles (e.g., fueling stations, charging stations)? Check all that apply:, for airport owned vehicles, for tenant vehicles, publicly accessible 47. If yes, who owns the support infrastructure? (choose all that apply) Airport Tenant (for example airline, service station on airport property) Other - Please specify

15 48. Has your airport completed an airport air emissions inventory for any non- GHG emissions: (e.g., CO, O3, NOx, SOx, PM10, PM2.5)? * In Development t applicable 49. If yes, what year was it completed? 50. Has your airport provided an air emissions inventory input to the state or local agency in State Implementation Plan (SIP) development (i.e., facilitywide emissions inventory or budget)? (Applies to U.S. airports only) In development t applicable 51. Has a human health risk assessment been prepared for your airport? In development

16 52. If yes, when was it completed? 53. What initiatives does the airport undertake to reduce local air quality and GHG emissions? (check all that apply): loading bridges equipped with 400 Hz power (% of total bridges) loading bridges equipped with pre-conditioned air (% of total bridges) loading bridges with both (% of total bridges) employee trip reduction and/or ride share program cell phone waiting lot pay on foot parking smart parking systems consolidated rental car facility trip reduction incentives for commercial vehicles (i.e. hotel shuttles. Parking shuttles) bike parking low emissions passenger vehicle incentives (i.e. reduced fee parking) Other - Please describe

17 54. Which forms of public transportation serve your airport? Check all that apply: none Bus Light rail Subway Commuter rail Intercity rail Ferry Shuttle Other - Please specify 55. Does your airport have a program to encourage or require low emissions ground access vehicles for any of the following (check all that apply): Rental cars Taxis Town cars/limos Ride sharing (Uber, Lyft, etc.) Van service (ex. Supershuttle) Hotel shuttles Off-airport parking shuttles ne

18 56. If yes to any of the above, please provide additional details on your incentive or requirement program: 57. Does your airport have a fuel hydrant system? 58. If yes, who owns and operates the system (could be more than one entity):

19 59. Does your airport require the use of alternative fueled or low emissions construction vehicles and/or equipment or other emissions reduction strategies? (check all that apply): Alternative fuels Low emissions vehicles TIER compliant (i.e. limited to cleaner equipment) Anti-idling policies Retrofit emissions controls ne Other - Please specify ise and Land Use Questions 60. Does your airport have a noise management / mitigation plan or program? * t applicable 61. If yes, is it an FAA-approved Part 150 Study?

20 62. Does your airport actively participate in local land use planning to promote compatible land uses around the airport (for example, comprehensive planning, zoning, building code, etc.?) * 63. If yes, please describe the activities? 64. Does your airport track noise complaints?

21 65. Does your airport do any of the following activities (check all that apply) ise monitoring system Flight tracking system Flight paths/tracks to minimize noise (24 hr) Fight paths/.tracks to minimize noise (only certain hours) Preferential runway use (24 hr) Preferential runway use (only certain hours) Ground run up procedures Run up enclosures 66. Does the airport have a residential sound insulation program?, ongoing, completed 67. If the airport has an ongoing residential sound insulation program, approximately how many homes remain in the program? 68. Does your airport have a program with airlines encouraging noise abatement procedures (e.g., "Fly Quiet" program?)

22 69. If yes, please describe: 70. Has your local jurisdiction adopted a noise threshold and/or metric different from FAA s use of Day-Night Average Level (DNL) 65 db? (Applies to U.S. airports only) 71. If yes, what is the level and metric? 72. Does your airport undertake any activities to specifically address noise outside DNL 65 db (for U.S. airports) or outside of 10 nautical miles (for Canadian airports)?

23 73. If yes, please describe: 74. What kind of outreach tools do you use to communicate with people concerned about noise from your airport? (check all that apply) Online flight tracking Community meetings/forums Newsletters Website Other - Please specify 75. Does your airport restrict or prohibit certain aircraft operations?

24 76. If yes, please describe: 77. Are there any other noise initiatives your airport has undertaken? 78. Other than noise, does your airport have any other land-use compatibility issues? Please describe: Water Quality & Conservation

25 79. Does your airport have a stormwater management program that includes a data collection and reporting component and water quality monitoring? (click all that apply) *, data collection, water quality monitoring N/A 80. If your water quality program includes a data collection component, has this information been used to establish baseline data on deicing activities and deicing fluid management at the airport? N/A (minimal deicing activity) 81. Has your airport implemented any kind of program to quantitatively assess the performance of your current deicing runoff management technologies and/or collection system? * N/A (minimal deicing activity)

26 82. Has your airport identified and implemented improvements in its spent deicing fluid collection management practices (i.e. to improve collection efficiency and/or lower operating costs)? * In process N/A (minimal deicing activity) 83. Has the airport engaged stakeholders (airlines, deicing service providers, vendors, others as appropriate) to encourage improvements in deicing fluid management, for example by supporting airlines in implementing more efficient deicing fluid application techniques? N/A (minimal deicing activity) 84. Has your airport developed a water-use baseline inventory and/or audit in the past four years? 85. Does your airport have a water conservation program to minimize the use of potable water? *

27 86. If yes, do you have specific water conservation goals/objectives and/or targets? * t applicable 87. If yes, please describe: 88. Does your airport utilize any of the following strategies to minimize water use? Check all that apply: Low flow plumbing fixtures Automatic shut-off valves in restrooms Gray water use for irrigation Gray water use for cooling Drought-resistant landscaping Water reuse system for rental car facility car wash Stormwater reuse Other - Please describe

28 89. Does your airport engage and encourage airport vendors, passengers and other stakeholders to manage their water use? * 90. If yes, please describe: 91. Please describe any other water quality and/or conservation initiatives your airport has undertaken: Waste Management 92. Does your airport have a program to reduce waste at source, recycle and/or reuse waste materials? * t applicable

29 93. Does your airport have a specific waste reduction and/or recycling goal? * t applicable 94. If yes, please describe the goal and include your tracking metric: 95. Has your airport conducted a waste audit in the past four years?

30 96. What areas are covered by the waste reduction / recycling program? (Please choose all that apply) Public spaces (post-consumer) Concessions (pre-consumer) Administrative Offices Cargo Parking Lots/Structures Maintenance and Operations Airline Operational Areas Off-Aircraft Other - Please specify

31 97. If you recycle/reuse Municipal solid waste (MSW), what materials are included? (Please choose all that apply) Aluminum Glass Plastics Paper Cardboard Wood / pallets Metal Food/coffee grinds Landscaping waste Other - Please specify t applicable 98. Does your airport have a program to collect organics for composting?

32 99. Does your airport engage tenants in a recycling / waste reduction/ composting program? 100. Please describe any other waste management initiatives your airport has undertaken: Green Buildings / Infrastructure 101. Does your airport use any green/sustainable building, sustainable infrastructure or construction standards or guidelines? (excluding LEED - LEED questions are separate)

33 102. If yes, please describe 103. Does your airport have any LEED certified buildings? In the process 104. If yes or in the process, which buildings and what certification level? (e.g. Terminal, LEED Gold)

34 105. Does your airport have a regulatory or legal requirement to meet LEED or other Green Building certification standards for new or renovated buildings? 106. If yes, please describe (including level of certification required and whether tenants are subject to the same requirements) Final Questions 107. Please describe any other environmental initiatives your airport has undertaken and/or case study information that you may be interested in sharing with ACI-NA:

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