International Airport Review
Summary
At Brussels Airport (BRU), sustainability has been an integral part of our strategy for over 10 years. As an airport, we are a responsible player in Belgian society, which is why we are constantly looking for a balance between the impact of our activities and the concern for the surroundings – people and environment – in which we operate.
In the past 10 years we have taken many measures to limit our impact on our environment. We have reduced our own CO2 emissions by 32 per cent over the past decade, and we are not stopping there, along with several other airports in Europe, we have been carbon neutral since 2018. We achieved this by reducing our carbon emissions year after year and through our carbon offsetting projects in Asia and Africa, and we aim for net zero carbon at the latest by 2050.
With our two solar parks and a cogeneration plant, we have greened our energy consumption and in every new building project renewable energy is integrated. We make use of energy efficient cooling installations and geothermal water pumps for the heating and cooling of our airport buildings. In recent years, the replacement of regular lights with LED lights resulted in energy savings of 55 per cent for lighting. We continue to replace lighting systems with LEDs when possible.
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