DALLAS AIRPORT CEO SHAPED VISION FOR CARBON NEUTRALITY

摘要

In the U.S. airport infrastructure world, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport has long been at the forefront of sustainability and asset management. In 2016, it also became the 26th airport worldwide to achieve carbon neutrality, but only the first in North America. When CEO Sean Donohue took over in 2013, he saw the airport's 20 years' worth of sustainability efforts, such as refurbishing terminals with efficient heating, cooling and ventilation, converting vehicles to CNG and building LEED-certified structures. The airport also started purchasing renewable energy, particularly wind energy. Jim Crites, a recently retired executive vice president of operations and a 2014 ENR Newsmaker, "was a big driver of the recognition that we had to step up to these issues," says Donohue.