Watch Switch on Saturday and Find Out. By Katherine Preston How much energy does one person use in a day? A year? A lifetime? Where does our energy come from? How do we produce it? Are we running out of conventional energy sources? Can alternative energy sources ever meet our full energy needs? In a [...]
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What is the World’s Energy Future?
Posted by mdye on September 5, 2012
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2012/09/05/what-is-the-world%e2%80%99s-energy-future/
Boeing and ACI-NA Host 787 Webinar
By Matt Griffin On Tuesday, Boeing and ACI-NA hosted a webinar to update members on the general and technical specs of the 787. Representatives from Boeing provided ACI-NA member airports and associates information on general characteristics of the 787 including parking and ground servicing of the aircraft, electrical and pre-conditioned air specifications, [...]
Posted by webmaster on March 1, 2012
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2012/03/01/boeing-and-aci-na-host-787-webinar/
Breaking Down Airport Silos
By Katherine Preston “Expand your horizons” “A meeting of the minds” “You learn something new every day” “Change is good” “Many hands make light work” … I could go on but I think you get the point. These familiar idioms are just some that come to mind when describing the joint sessions of the Operations [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on October 17, 2011
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2011/10/17/breaking-down-airport-silos/
Fuel Hydrant Systems a Concern at Airports
By Katherine Preston Day one, hour eight, minute fourteen…so far no IT issues, missing speakers or ACI-NA staff melt-downs (the air conditioning in the conference room is too powerful to allow that)! Needless to say, the Environmental Affairs Committee is on a roll! In all seriousness, today has been an exciting day with a lot [...]
Posted by Tom Smith on October 15, 2011
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2011/10/15/fuel-hydrant-systems-a-concern-airports/
ACI-NA Announces 2011 Environmental Achievement Awards Winners
By Morgan Dye Albuquerque International Sunport, Aéroports de Montréal, Vancouver International Airport and the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Northwest Program (which is comprised of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Portland International Airport, and Spokane International Airport) have been selected as winners of Airports Council International – North America’s (ACI-NA) 2011 Environmental Achievement Awards. “Airports remain focused on better [...]
Posted by mdye on September 23, 2011
http://www.aci-na.org/blog/2011/09/23/aci-na-announces-2011-environmental-achievement-awards-winners/