Eng. Badr Mohammed Al Meer, Chief Operating Officer of HIA and Special Adviser to the ACI Asia-Pacific Board, and other officials with the certificate during the 12th ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly in Doha.
Hamad International Airport (HIA) yesterday announced it has become the first airport in the GCC and the second in the Middle East and Northern Africa (Mena)region to have reached Level 3 ‘Optimisation’ status in the Airports Council International (ACI) Airport Carbon Accreditation programme.
The certification was awarded to Eng. Badr Mohammed Al Meer, Chief Operating Officer of HIA and Special Advisor to the ACI Asia-Pacific Board on Tuesay, during the 12th ACI Asia-Pacific Regional Assembly in Doha. HIA’s achievement comes only 18 months after first initiating its carbon management programme in 2015. The airport has also recorded a 14.2 percent improvement in carbon efficiencyin 2016 compared to 2015.
Al Meer said: “This accreditation acknowledges HIA’s commitment to tackling climate change, and was achieved by continuing to measure the airport’s carbon emissions, implementing airport-wide energy reduction programmes and engaging airport stakeholders to measure and manage third-party emissions associated with the airport. Central to this commitment is HIA’s target to improve carbon efficiency per passenger by 30 per cent by 2030 against a 2015 baseline.”
HIA has developed a Carbon Management Strategy that provides the framework for energy reduction initiatives throughout the airport. An Energy Working Group has been created to identify and promote energy saving initiatives across the whole airport.
