Airports and other large infrastructure agencies are embedding the principles of sustainability, resilience, and equity into their asset management programs, allowing them to make more immediate and impactful changes to society and meaningfully deliver on strategic goals.
Recently, there has been greater emphasis on embedding these considerations as part of large and strategically visible capital projects by employing tools such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), vulnerability analysis, and community outreach during the project planning and design process.