Photo: Houston Airport System
From Green Right Now Reports
Houston Mayor Bill White and the Houston Airport System today announced that the City of Houston Department of Aviation has received $8.8 million in Federal Aviation Administration grants to install state-of-the-art equipment at George Bush Intercontinental Airport that is projected to reduce emissions by up to 60 percent.
The two grants awarded through the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program be used to purchase and install solar panels, heaters and chillers in the airport’s central operating plant, which controls the air conditioning and heating in the airport’s five terminals. The upgrades will replace an outdated gas-powered steam generation system currently in use.
