Lyon-Saint Exupéry renews its ACA 3+ certification - Carbon Neutrality
Aéroports de Lyon maintains its significant level of control over Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport’s environmental impact while it continues to develop and strengthen its activity. After obtaining its certification in May 2017, ACI Europe awarded Lyon Saint Exupéry the 2018 ACA 3+ carbon neutrality certificate , the global standard for the management of greenhouse gas emissions.
In order to develop sustainability, for the past ten years, Aéroports de Lyon has produced drastic energy savings. Since 2007, its electricity consumption has stabilised in spite of growth in terms of the number of passengers welcomed (+ 40% 2007/2017) and also in terms of infrastructure, with the new 70 000m² Terminal 1, which covers twice the initial surface area of the airport.
These savings are associated with other actions such as the construction of the 100% HQE Terminal 1, as well as the implementation of an Inter-Company Travel Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Aside from containing the environmental impact of its own activities, Aéroports de Lyon is in the process of training other companies on the Lyon-Saint Exupéry platform how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which is one of the conditions to obtain the ultimate certification.
These efforts are reflected in the results obtained, with an average 9% decrease of CO2 emissions from 2012 to 2016 (equivalent to 6879 tonnes of CO2) with just 6236 tonnes of CO2 emitted. These emissions are fully offset by the support of projects implemented by GERES, which are aimed at spreading low-carbon solutions that truly improve the living conditions of local populations. These include projects such as bioclimatic solutions for housing in Afghanistan and the deployment of improved cooking stoves in Cambodia.
All of these actions allowed Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport in 2018 to maintain the carbon neutrality of its activities as well as the renewal of its ACA (Airport Carbon Accreditation) 3+ certificate. They form part of the AirPact environmental policy, initiated in 2016 by VINCI Airports, the manager of Aéroports de Lyon together with with Caisse des Dépôts and Crédit Agricole Assurances.
For Tanguy Bertolus, Chairman of the Management Board of Aéroports de Lyon: "This certification is remarkable because, out of the 133 European airports in the programme, only 33, such as Lyon, have reached the maximum level of certification; a global standard for the management of greenhouse gas emissions from airports. Aéroports de Lyon would like to thank the VINCI Airports AirPact programme, an Aéroports de Lyon concession holder since 2016. Actions are already underway on the four pillars of AIRPACT for the next two years, and are as follows:
- the reintegration of the ISO 14001 standard in 2019
- obtaining the ACA level 1 for Lyon-Bron airport from 2020 and maintaining the ACA 3+ certification for Lyon Saint-Exupéry
- a 20% reduction in energy intensity between 2013 and 2020 by committing to the ISO 50001 (Energy Management System) approach
- the formalisation of the Biodiversity strategy based on the results of our global fauna-flora diagnosis in order to reconcile security and biodiversity."
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1. 4 levels of certification: ACA 1 (emission mapping), ACA2 (reduction), ACA3 (optimisation) and ACA 3+ (carbon neutrality of platform activities, excluding air traffic)
2. A European approach to greenhouse gas reduction supported by ACI Europe (Airport Council International) www.airportcarbonaccreditation.org
Key dates of Aéroports de Lyon's sustainable approach:
- 2008: implementation of a Grenelle Environment Plan 1
- 2011: Grenelle Environment Plan 2
- August 2011: 100% green airport power supply
- 2012: launch of the Inter-company Travel Plan
- April 2013: ACA certification 1
- March 2014: ACA 2 certification
- May 2015: launch of the Carbon Club
- November 2016: ACA 3 certification
- May 2017: ACA 3+ certification
- June 2018: renewal of its ACA 3+ certification
Major actions carried out between 2009 and today:
- Since 2009: Stabilisation of electricity consumption (despite the development of surfaces + 30,000 m² and 26% more passengers)
- 2008-2010: Reduction of energy consumption through lighting (major works, terminal repairs and trail markings)
- From 2009: Deployment of 400 hertz on the pier and then on the bridge, reducing the use of fuel generators.
- 2009 and every 5 years: change with the improvement of vehicle fleet, electric vehicles, and NGV vehicles (including the installation of a station), including constraints on emissions/km in the specifications of the call offers.
- 2011: Repair the waterproofing of the Central Building (airport terminal).
- 2011: Creation of quick release straps, 30 second gain on aircraft running.
- Since 2012: 100% electricity (1st French airport to do so).
- 2012: Creation of the Business Travel Plan, which will become mandatory in 2018.
- 2012: Creation of the Terminal 3 satellite in a HQE THPE approach (high energy performance) allowing a lower consumption of 20% of the RT2005 standard.
- 2013: Deployment of the soft modes, joint roads of airport, onsite bicycles.
- 2013-2014: Reduction of the consumption of the cold groups.
- Since 2014: Making staff aware of good practices (the human factor).
- From 2015: Decentralisation of heating networks, creation of the North and South heating plants allowing a heat network (90°) in hot water to replace superheated water (190°)
- 2016: New cogeneration engine outsourced gas, the purchase of heat.
- 2017: Installation of a car sharing station, Bluely.
- 2017: Delivery of Terminal 1:70,000 sqm, fully HQE certified (electricity, heat).
- 2017: Implementation of Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) to reduce aircraft waiting times before take-off and to reduce taxi time.
About Lyon Aéroport
Lyon Aéroport manages the operation of Lyon-Saint Exupéry airport for commercial aviation and Lyon-Bron airport, 3rd French airport for business aviation. As the leading airport in the VINCI Airports network in France with almost 9 million passengers in 2022, Lyon-Saint Exupéry offers more than 100 direct destinations in 2023 and is connected to the main international hubs. It is linked to the city centre in 30 minutes by the Rhônexpress tram-train. Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport, VINCI Airports' centre of excellence for innovation, offers recent infrastructure and an innovation strategy focused on a quality passenger experience and operational excellence for airlines. Certified Level 4+ by the ACA (Airport Carbon Accreditation), ISO 14001 and ISO 50001, Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport is developing in total control of its environmental impact.
www.lyonaeroports.com
About VINCI Airports
The world's leading private airport operator, VINCI Airports operates more than 65 airports in 12 countries in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Thanks to its expertise as a global integrator, VINCI Airports develops, finances, builds and manages airports by providing its investment capacity and its know-how in optimizing operational performance, modernizing infrastructures and managing their operations and environmental transition. VINCI Airports is the first airport operator to have committed to a global international environmental strategy in 2016, to achieve the goal of net zero emission across its entire network by 2050.
