The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics\n(AIAA) congratulates Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) as the winner of\nthe 2024 Jay Hollingsworth Speas Airport Award for the creation of its\ncost-saving and emissions-reducing airport microgrid project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Jay Hollingsworth Speas Airport Award honors an\nindividual or individuals judged to have contributed most significantly in\nrecent years to the enhancement of relationships between airports and\/or\nheliports and other surrounding environments via exemplary innovation that\nmight be replicated elsewhere. The award is cosponsored by AIAA, the American\nAssociation of Airport Executives (AAAE), and the Airport Consultants Council\n(ACC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paul Hoback, Executive Vice President and Chief Development\nOfficer, and John Bevilacqua, Electrical Engineering Project Manager, at\nPittsburgh International Airport, will accept the 2024 Jay Hollingsworth Speas\nAirport Award during the awards luncheon on 6 March at the 2024 AAAE\/ACC\nAirport Planning, Design, and Construction Symposium in Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PIT\u2019s first-of-its-kind airport microgrid became fully\noperational in summer 2021, providing a complete electric power source for the\nPIT terminal and campus in the event of an outage that affects the traditional\ngrid \u2013 propelling the airport into a world leadership role in the transition to\nclean energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Built in partnership with People\u2019s Natural Gas, IMG Energy\nSolutions and CNX, the microgrid is fueled by natural gas and nearly 10,000\nsolar panels built atop a capped landfill, land otherwise unusable for\ndevelopment. PIT is planning to double the size of the solar array in the\nfuture. By utilizing cleaner energy, the microgrid provides a yearly carbon\nreduction of more than 6 million pounds and saved the airport and its partners\nmore than $1 million annually. The microgrid was built at no cost to the airport,\nconstructed and funded entirely by private sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The unique system is inspiring change across the world,\ndrawing numerous international delegations eager to see it in operation during\nthe first-ever Global Clean Energy Action Forum, which was held in Pittsburgh\nin 2022. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is now\nexamining its utilization of capped landfill space as part of a review of other\nsimilar opportunities to redevelop land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PIT\u2019s microgrid has been studied by government and business\nleaders from around the world as PIT has hosted several airports and airlines\nto examine the facility. Airports in the country have since announced their own\nmicrogrid plans while others are examining similar options. The microgrid makes\nPIT one of the most resilient airports in the world while significantly\nincreasing sustainability. The project has received several national and local\nawards and has been written about extensively in both local and national press,\nincluding Forbes magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) congratulates Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) as the winner of the 2024 Jay Hollingsworth Speas Airport Award for the creation of its cost-saving and emissions-reducing airport microgrid project. The Jay Hollingsworth Speas Airport Award honors an individual or individuals judged to have contributed most significantly in recent years […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airports","category-pennsylvania"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28113,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28112\/revisions\/28113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}