Initiatives for the Environment Initiatives for the Environment

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Environment
Efforts towards the realization of an eco-airport (area heating and cooling business, etc.)
Measures against global warming including energy saving and the reduction of CO2 emission
Utilization of renewable energy (photovoltaic power generation business)
Aircraft sewage treatment in SD plant conforming to effluent standards

Clean energy

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Installing megawatt-class photovoltaic power generation facility in Haneda Airport

Megawatt-class photovoltaic power generation panels are installed in our company’s facility in the domestic cargo terminal of Haneda Airport.
We are introducing clean energy by generating electricity equivalent to the consumption of 270 households annually to cover some of the electricity consumed by the company’s facility.
This plan is implemented as a green project that contributes to resolving environmental issues, including global warming, and some of the expenses for investment are financed through green bonds.

The photovoltaic power generation facility owned by our company annually generates electricity equivalent to about 3,100t emission of CO2 in total. We will continuously contribute to the reduction of CO2 emission through investment in renewable energy.

Photovoltaic power generation panels on the roof of the cargo facility of Haneda Airport
Photovoltaic power generation panels on the roof of the cargo facility of Haneda Airport
Green bond relationship diagram
Green bond relationship diagram

Reference: Photovoltaic power generation facilities of our company

Construction completed in Name of facility Location Annual power generation Annual reduction of CO2 emissions*1
October 2013 Honsanrizuka Solar Power Plant Narita City, Chiba Prefecture Approx. 800,000 kWh Approx. 390t
March 2014 Kagoshima Airport
Hangar No.1, Hangar No.2, and warehouse (rooftop)
Kagoshima Airport Approx. 300,000 kWh Approx. 150t
January 2016 Gifu Mizunami Solar Power Plant Mizunami City, Gifu Prefecture Approx. 1.6 million kWh Approx. 780t
January 2018 TRC Distribution B Building Rooftop Solar Power Plant Ota-ku, Tokyo Approx. 2.5 million kWh Approx. 1,220t
December 2020 Domestic Cargo Terminal (rooftop) of Haneda Airport Haneda Airport Approx. 1.2 million kWh Approx. 590t
May 2023 the engine plant(rooftop) in Seletar airport, Singapore Seletar airport, Singapore Approx. 457,000 kWh Approx. 190t*2

*1: CO2 reduction = 0.489 (CO2/kWh) (Conversion factor based on the periodic report according to the Tokyo Metropolitan Environmental Security Ordinance)
*2: CO2 reduction = 0.416(CO2/kWh)
(Conversion factor based on Singapore's Operating Margin Grid Emission Factor)

CO2 reduction

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Donation of CO2 reduction to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Regarding environmental efforts, in addition to initiatives regarding renewable energy, our group is making active efforts to reduce CO2 emissions through facility investment for environmental measures, improvement of operation methods, educational activities to raise environmental awareness among employees in their daily work, etc. Such efforts resulted in emission reduction by our company and Tokyo Airport Heating & Cooling Co., Ltd., our group company, exceeding the required reduction level based on the Cap-and-Trade Program of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (*1). In March 2020, we donated the excessive reduction (*2) to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

Total reduction of CO2 emission by the Airport Facilities Group

First period of the plan (from FY2010 to FY2014)
Actual reduction
a letter of gratitude
We received a letter of gratitude for the donation from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in April 2020. We will continuously make active efforts to reduce CO2 emission to contribute in resolving the climate change issue.
*1 Cap-and-Trade Program of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government: An initiative to make it mandatory for large-scale facilities in Tokyo to reduce their CO2 emissions, and credit the reductions in emission achieved over the required level for trade among businesses
*2 As for excessive reduction during the first period, the total of the required reduction and the excessive reduction is larger than the actual reduction because the emission factor was reviewed due to the occurrence of the Great East Japan Earthquake (please refer to the Guidelines on the Operation of Emission Trading in Mandatory Reduction Targets and Emission Trade System).
*1 Cap-and-Trade Program of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government: An initiative to make it mandatory for large-scale facilities in Tokyo to reduce their CO2 emissions, and credit the reductions in emission achieved over the required level for trade among businesses
*2 As for excessive reduction during the first period, the total of the required reduction and the excessive reduction is larger than the actual reduction because the emission factor was reviewed due to the occurrence of the Great East Japan Earthquake (please refer to the Guidelines on the Operation of Emission Trading in Mandatory Reduction Targets and Emission Trade System).

Replacement to energy-saving equipment through the active use of LED lighting

Latest investments

Small aircraft hangar at Hiroshima Heliport
Small aircraft hangar at Hiroshima Heliport
Measures taken in small aircraft hangar at Hiroshima Heliport
Aiming to save energy for more than 50% compared to mercury vapor lamps and fluorescent lamps, LED is used for all lightings in small aircraft hangar at Hiroshima Heliport. They are working without problems since the completion of construction in March 2015.
Outline
Structure/number of stories: Steel-framed, two-storied
Use: Hangar for rotorcraft, office
Rinku International Logistics Center
Rinku International Logistics Center
Lightings inside the warehouse are changed to LED
For Rinku International Logistics Center, acquired in September 2001, electricity use is reduced by replacing the multi-halogen lamps used inside the warehouse with LED lighting. It also led to the improvement of work efficiency by improving worksite visibility with increased illuminance.
Outline
Structure/number of stories: Four-storied logistics building and six-storied office building
Use: Office, cargo-sorting site

SD plant

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About SD plant

Aircraft sewage treatment facilities (SD plant), treating sewage by utilizing microorganisms to comply with effluent standards, are concentrating the know-how of our company acquired through many years’ experience, and are currently working in eight different airports in Japan.
They contribute in the conservation of the water quality of rivers and oceans. In Haneda Airport, construction of a new plant was completed in March 2020 in anticipation of an increase in demand.

SD plant
SD plant
Aircraft contaminated water treatment flow
Aircraft contaminated water treatment flow

Area Heating and Cooling Business

We support aviation through area heating and cooling in Haneda Airport.

Haneda Airport is used by many people every day, not only for leisure and business travels, but also by people working within the airport area. Tokyo Airport Heating & Cooling Co., Ltd., our group company, supplies “heat,” which is a part of airport function infrastructure, just like electricity, communication, water and sewage, to support smooth and comfortable operation of Haneda Airport. In specific, we supply heat for air conditioning in Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 and in complex of our company, and heat used for special purposes in addition to air conditioning for hangars, maintenance plants, in-flight meal factories and airport-related facilities.

Center of heat supply
Center of heat supply: Energy Center (Tokyo Airport Heating & Cooling)
Energy-saving high efficiency freezer
Energy-saving high efficiency freezer: High efficiency freezers are actively adopted for the further development of our environmental measures.
Coolant water recycling equipment
Coolant water recycling equipment: Coolant water necessary for the discharge of impurities from cooling tower is recycled with high-performance filtering equipment introduced, to enhance our environmental measures.
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