Measuring Carbon Footprints in the Air ... from BACK Aviation Solutions
14 Junio 2007 - 10:57AM
PR Newswire (US)
EAST WINDSOR, N.J., June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- BACK Aviation
Solutions, a leader in providing strategic and technical consulting
and data information services to the aviation industry, announced
the release of their new Carbon Emissions Calculator. Developed in
partnership with the Official Airline Guide (OAG), the Carbon
Emissions Calculator allows airlines to calculate their carbon
footprints by equipment type, airline, airport, route, country or
world region. A "carbon footprint" is the amount of greenhouse
gases (measured in units of CO2) released by an activity or entity
such as airline flights. The objective of the Carbon Emissions
Calculator is to give airline companies, airports, manufacturers,
and regulators a tool to measure the impact of flight operations by
day, week, month or year in a continuous time series.
"Understanding the starting point of greenhouse gas emissions is
critical to the success of airlines' short- and long-term
environmental strategies," said John Weber, Managing Director OAG
Data/BACK Aviation Services. "Although commercial aviation
contributes less than 3% of greenhouse gases, every participant in
the air transport business is going to want do their part to reduce
emissions, and this tool will allow carriers and industry planners
to benchmark past and future performance to meet emissions control
goals." The Carbon Emissions Calculator is accessible online 24/7;
with results reported in a standard spreadsheet format that can be
easily downloaded and integrated with existing desktop
applications. Updated weekly, information is based on the formula
developed by the U.K. Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs (EFRA), plus historical, current, and projected data from
OAG airline schedules. To see an example go to
http://www.backaviation.com/ and click on BACK's CARBON EMISSIONS
CALCULATOR link. BACK Aviation Solutions and Official Airline Guide
are part of the Commonwealth Business Media's group of companies.
For more information please visit: Commonwealth Business Media,
http://www.cbizmedia.com/ OAG, http://www.oag.com/,
http://www.oagdata.com/, http://www.oagcargo.com/ BACK Aviation,
http://www.backaviation.com/ United Business Media Plc,
http://www.unitedbusinessmedia.com/ DATASOURCE: BACK Aviation
Solutions CONTACT: Jill Rodby, Vice President Communications,
+1-415-847-6768, , for BACK Aviation Solutions Web site:
http://www.backaviation.com/ http://www.cbizmedia.com/
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