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Environment fact sheets

Canberra Airport is a leader in environmental performance and strives to inform and promote the reduction of environmental impacts to all stakeholders including employees, tenants, adjacent landholders and the community at large. To view our environment principles and achievements please download the following fact sheets.

Air Quality

Air Quality
Caberra Airport recognises that air quality is important for the health and well being of Airport passengers and staff as well as the surrounding community... To find out more please click here.
Heritage

Heritage
In 1926, the present location of Canberra Airport was confirmed as Canberra's permanent airfield. The following year RAAF gave its first mass fly pass display for the opening of Parliament House... To find out more please click here.
Natural Resources

Natural Resources
Canberra Airport has progressively developed and adopted
Re-NEW management principles... To find out more please click here.
social & community

Social & Community
Canberra Airport is an active participant on numerous industry and professional associations and has proved itself to be a leader in the implementation of environmental and community
initiatives... To find out more please click here.
Sustainable transport

Sustainable Transport
Canberra Airport actively promotes and provides sustainable transport options for workers and passengers of Canberra Airport... To find out more please click here.
threatened species

Threatened Species
Canberra Airport is located at the edge of the south-west corner of the Majura Valley Natural Temperate Grassland community which supports listed threatened species such as the Grassland Earless Dragon and Golden Sun Moth... To find out more please click here.
tri-generation

Tri-generation
The tri-generation plants use natural gas to power a 1,200kW gas generator to produce electricity. The excess heat, otherwise known as fugitive emissions, is captured to heat buildings in winter and then cool them in summer by using absorption chillers... To find out more please click here.
Waste

Waste
Canberra Airport has adopted the Green Building Council policy to reuse, reduce and recycle waste from Airport operations... To find out more please click here.
water conservation

Water Conservation
Reducing potable water consumption across the Airport is achieved using a multi-targeted approach. Monitoring water consumption is vital to find more ways to improve water efficiency... To find out more please click here.

water management

Water Management
Canberra Airport lies within three local catchments.Stormwater is sampled at a number of sites,entering and exiting the Airport. The results clearly show that Airport activities are not having a negative effect on water quality... To find out more please click here.