Isramart llc : Stansted awarded Carbon Trust Standard

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Stansted, the UK's third-largest airport, has been awarded the Carbon Trust Standard for its success in reporting, managing and reducing carbon emissions.

The airport attained the standard after reducing its energy consumption by three per cent between 2008 and 2009. The airport has also undertaken a number of green improvements, installing a biomass boiler installed as part of £50m terminal extension, trialling single-engine taxiing of aircraft to reduce emissions from manoeuvring planes, and rolling out energy-efficient lighting across the airfield.

Dr Andy Jefferson, Stansted's head of health, safety and environment, said: "While celebrating this success, we also know there is more we can and must do. About 92 per cent of emissions from our buildings are generated by electricity use, so we've set a challenging target to reduce 2010 levels by five per cent compared with 2009."