Speaker Biograghy: Charles has been the Utilities Manager with the Asset Management and Sustainability Division of the Planning and Development Bureau of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport since 2012. He has worked with the Department of Defense as a Resource Efficiency Manager in energy management, energy performance contracting, building automated systems, energy security and renewable energy. Fort Benning, the US.Army’s largest training installation, has received numerous accolades for its energy programme, with Charles serving on the Energy Management Team to help the installation move towards reaching the mandated federal energy regulation goals. In addition, Charles worked with the Energy Management Team of the Atlanta Housing Authority, at that time the fourth-largest housing authority in the USA, to implement the first energy savings performance contract for a public housing authority; he also managed its energy management programme.


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

16:15 - 17:15 - Panel Discussion: How are energy issues influencing airports' long-term development strategies?
Synopsis: Airports are energy intensive infrastructures that are operated 7 days a week and under a high demand of reliability for energy supply. Questions of energy supply, costs, grid reliability and environmental impacts are important for airports that need to develop their infrastructure that will be in operation for decades. As such, airports need to consider energy aspects when developing their airport. This is best done by developing and implementing a long-term energy strategy. The panelists from different world regions and airports will discuss the various aspects.

Audience will learn:

• Which are the key factors in energy management that are of importance to airports
• Which are energy critical airport operations or infrastructure to consider in strategies
• Key elements of energy strategies with relevance to airports

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

09:05 - 09:35 - The synergy between asset management and sustainability
Synopsis: Asset management: provides a proactive approach to monitoring long-term thinking about our facilities development and ownership; focuses on the total cost of facility ownership to better link capital investment and ongoing operating costs; provides clear data on project performance; institutes an industry-best management practice that maximises and links the efficient use of available funds; and further integrates environmental, social and financial performance. Sustainability encourages stakeholders to communicate and inspire a commitment that business actions will be conducted within a framework of socially responsible values, such as fairness, inclusion, openness and economic development for all. To be successful, we must create and foster a community dedicated to sustainability through best-in-class leadership, and implement solutions and practices that will reduce the carbon footprint of the airport. Airports can only be successful if their plans are developed through a framework of sustainable, creative, cost-effective and proactive solutions, combining economic, social and environmental values to airport challenges, while humanising the vast scale of the airport environment.

Audience will learn:

• Case studies demonstrating the synergy between asset management and sustainability
• Evaluation matrix for capital projects and initiatives that incorporate the three circles
• A discussion about where the industry is heading related to sustainable asset management