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DFW International Airport has won a goal-setting award for its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today.
The EPA, in collaboration with the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions and The Climate Registry, recognized 13 organizations, three partnerships and one individual with 17 awards in the fifth annual Climate Leadership Awards. DFW is the first airport to receive a CLA in the award’s history.
DFW Airport plans to achieve its greenhouse gas reduction goals by increasing its proportion of renewable electricity from 30 percent to 40 percent; introducing alternative fuel fleet vehicles; and integrating improved energy efficient technology into its facilities.
The airport is one of the world’s busiest airports, offering nearly 1,850 flights daily and serving 64 million passengers a year. It’s also one of the highest capacity commercial airports in the world, with seven runways.
The CLA recognizes businesses and groups that publicly report and verify organizationwide greenhouse gas inventories and publicly set aggressive emissions reduction goals.
DFW set an absolute target of an annual 2 percent reduction in direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions from 2010 to 2020. Under the global Airport Carbon Accreditation certification program, DFW also has an accompanying future intensity goal of 20 percent greenhouse gas reduction over the same period in direct and indirect emissions, normalized based on total DFW passengers.
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