EPSRC Press Release Issue Date: Thursday 31st January, 2013 The humble ‘virtual chimney’ fences that could reduce the impact of airport pollution Simple ‘blast’ fences called baffles could deliver improvements in air quality for people living near airports, new research has found. Placed behind a runway, the baffles could serve as a ‘virtual chimney’, funnelling […]
Airport Energy Technologies Network
The trade-off between taxi time and fuel consumption in airport ground movement
Springer-Verlag Journal of Public Transport ISSN: 1866-749X (Print)1613-7159 (Online) DOI: 10.1007/s12469-013-0060-1 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12469-013-0060-1# Stefan Ravizza, Jun Chen, Jason A. D. Atkin, Edmund K. Burke, Paul Stewart Abstract Environmental issues play an important role across many sectors. This is particularly the case in the air transportation industry. One area which has remained relatively unexplored in this context […]
The Low Carbon Airport of the Future Symposium
The EPSRC Airport Energy Technologies Network AETN will be holding a two-day event entitled The Low Carbon Airport of the Future Symposium The Symposium will take place at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th December. The Symposium will showcase the research projects conducted in this area by the large number […]
Airports and Behavioural Change Project Presentation Feb 2012
AETN event, Manchester Airport 1st – 2nd February 2012 THE ‘ABC’ PROJECT. AIRPORTS AND BEHAVIOURAL CHANGE: TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACE ACCESS TRAVEL ABC presentation – 1-2-12 Dr Tim Ryley, Loughborough University with inputs from colleagues at Cranfield University, University of Leeds & Loughborough University
Airport Environmental Efficiency Presentation
A presentation on the Airport Environmental Efficiency which is run by Dr Francesca Medda at UCL and given at the last Airport Energy Technologies Network AETN event at the Manchester Airport Concorde Centre in February 2012 can be downloaded here: environmental toolkit 2