Calgary International goes green

Canada’s Calgary International Airport has become the first Canadian airport to be recognized for its environmental best practices by the Building Owners and Managers Association Canada (BOMA Canada). The Go Green certification is given in recognition of environmentally sound practices in a number of areas, such as:

• Resource consumption, including electricity, gas, and water;
• Waste reduction and recycling, in particular construction waste reduction;
• Building materials, specifically hazardous materials, materials selection, and ozone depleting substances;
• Indoor environment, indoor air quality (IAQ) and HVAC maintenance; and
• Tenant communication program

“This is a significant achievement for a facility which processes millions of passengers annually at one of the country’s major airports,” BOMA Canada said in making the announcement. “In being awarded this national recognition, the airport authority’s operations staff was required to demonstrate its performance against a national industry environmental standard to an independent verifier.”