Sea-Tac Airport to cool its jets
01-14-2009, 09:12 PM
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Sea-Tac Airport to cool its jets
Yeah, I like it when someone blows fuel-saving, greenhouse gas emission-reducing preconditioned air in my face. 
From THE ASSOCIATED PRESS:
SEATAC -- Sea-Tac Airport plans to supply air conditioning to parked planes so airlines can cool their jets without adding to air pollution.
Port of Seattle commissioners approved design work Tuesday for the project that will cost $33 million. Grants from the Federal Aviation Administration are expected to cover $22 million.
The cooled -- or heated -- air would be piped into planes at each gate from a central utility plant.
The ports says allowing planes to shut down auxiliary power plants will save fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Construction is to start in 2010 and the "precondition air" should be blowing by the end of 2012.
SEATAC -- Sea-Tac Airport plans to supply air conditioning to parked planes so airlines can cool their jets without adding to air pollution.
Port of Seattle commissioners approved design work Tuesday for the project that will cost $33 million. Grants from the Federal Aviation Administration are expected to cover $22 million.
The cooled -- or heated -- air would be piped into planes at each gate from a central utility plant.
The ports says allowing planes to shut down auxiliary power plants will save fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Construction is to start in 2010 and the "precondition air" should be blowing by the end of 2012.
01-14-2009, 09:36 PM
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I wonder if a precondition to lease SEATAC gate space will be to park the airline owned ground air condition and heat units in favor of SEATAC brand fuel-saving, greenhouse gas emission-reducing preconditioned air?
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