Operational goals and metrics in Virginia airport sustainability management plans
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2018
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Gu, Y.
Johnson, M.E.
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39th International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management, ASEM 2018: Bridging the Gap Between Engineering and Business, 2018, pp.1-10
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39th International Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Management: Bridging the Gap Between Engineering and Business, ASEM 2018 (17 Oct 2018 - 20 Oct 2018 : Coeur d'Alene, US)
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Sustainability is in the Engineering Management Body of Knowledge (EMBoK) and is an emerging concern in engineering management. Airports across the US are creating sustainability management plans (SMP) either as standalone plans or incorporated into airport master plans. Many airports have developed SMPs and the resulting plans took different forms and different purposes. While the Triple Bottom Line uses social, economic and environmental aspects, the FAA suggests the addition of operational aspects for airport sustainability.
With 66 public-use airports in Virginia, the Virginia Department of Aviation (DOAV) has developed a statewide SMP framework and separate guidance for each of three classifications of airports. These plans extend far beyond environmental management systems. The DOAV asserts that sustainability is a "strategic approach to airport planning, development, asset management, and resource protection", uses the triple bottom line approach, and ranks operational needs for today and the future.
This view of sustainability closely aligns with the EMBoK. This paper explores the SMP guidance for three categories of airports: commercial service, reliever and general aviation, and community and local service. Based on the operational sustainability activities presented by the Sustainable Aviation Guidance Alliance (SAGA), particular goals and metrics in the DOAV guidance are identified as affecting operational sustainability. This paper compares operational goals and metrics suggested in the DOAV guidance for the three categories of airports, and develops a new categorization of metrics for airport operational sustainability. These operational sustainability metrics may be useful for engineering managers in developing plans and measuring performance of future projects, and in improving the sustainability of their organizations.
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Copyright 2018 American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM).