Dubai International Airport succeeded in lighting the aircraft park position through the airport, which has an area of 12.5 square kilometers, using the most lighting and efficient LED lamps, after completing a major modernization project, which is expected to achieve an annual energy savings of approximately 7000 MWh, i.e. The equivalent of compensating 495 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions or planting more than 8,000 seedlings over a 10-year period.
Dubai Airports Corporation said in a statement yesterday that 1000 new high-performance LED lights have been replaced with a total of 1,880 conventional lamps with a capacity of 1000 and 2000 watts to illuminate the aircraft and parking lots as part of this project.
She added that it is estimated that this transformation and dependence on high-efficiency LED lamps will provide loads of 2200 kW, i.e. consumption of only 810 kW, which is a significant decrease in annual consumption of 63%.
Omar Bin Adi, Senior Vice President, Engineering Services Affairs at «Dubai Airports» said, “This project is an important part of the wider efforts at (Dubai Airports) to reduce the carbon footprint of airports.”
He added: “As an institution that puts the principle of sustainability at the forefront of its long-term commercial strategy, we usually look for ways to help us reduce energy consumption”, noting that “development projects that improve efficiency through development or through the adoption of the latest technical systems, Instead of old, legacy systems is one of the fastest ways to achieve this goal. ”
Bin Adi explained that the development is an essential part of the project that was announced last year to replace 150 thousand conventional lighting units at Dubai International Airport for LED lamps, pointing out that Dubai Airports launched a series of green initiatives since 2019, including a project to replace the fleet of service vehicles The floor includes electric and hybrid vehicles, in addition to installing a solar group of 15 thousand panels in the Passenger Building (No. 2), which is the largest project of its kind in the Middle East, in addition to banning single-use plastic materials at Dubai International Airport and Al Maktoum International Airport as of First January 2020.