Rian Burger, Principal, Stantec, Canada

Speaker Biograghy: Rian is an architect with over 20 years of experience, specialising in airport terminal design since 2005. He has an intimate understanding of airport operations, the hard and soft constraints that affect the design of airport terminals, and the building systems that support them. As an airport architect for Stantec, Rian is currently leading the design of Toronto Pearson Airport’s Terminal 3 Enhancement Programme, and counts among his clients most of the large Canadian airports and a major Canadian airline. His 18-gate Edmonton International Airport terminal expansion is set to be one of the first LEED-certified new terminal buildings in North America. In 2007 Rian's Stantec team won the award for Most Visionary Building in the Cascadia Region Green Building Council’s Living Future competition. Rian is an accomplished speaker, having presented at various conferences in North America, including ACI, ACC, AAAE and IAAE.


Day 2 - 26 March
Session:
Energy, Environmental Issues & Sustainability


15:00 - 15:30 - Benchmarking airport terminal utility use in Europe, Americas, and Asia-Pacific
Synopsis: What really constitutes efficient terminal building performance? Airports are seen as a highly specialised building type, and little or no benchmarking data exists for them, making it difficult for airports to see themselves in context and set realistic consumption targets. This presentation reviews ongoing airport benchmarking research, initiated in 2012, from which energy and water consumption baselines for North American airports have been derived. It reviews the major findings of the study, giving insight into the current state of affairs and the opportunities that exist for airports to not only radically reduce their energy and water consumption, but also reduce their ongoing utility costs. It will outline how some European airports have participated in a similar study, the outcomes from this study, and ultimately discuss how airports internationally face similar challenges in terms of understanding resource consumption and defining best practices.

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