The award scheme, sponsored by the Airport Authority, recognises the best carbon reduction performers, as well as best practice and innovation in carbon reduction, among the 54 airport business partners signed up to the initiative.
All participants are grouped into three categories according to their annual carbon footprints: below 2,000 tonnes, 2,000 to 10,000 tonnes, and above 10,000 tonnes.
Hactl’s award as overall category winner was given for its outstanding carbon reduction achievement since 2015, measured monthly through the Airport Authority’s Carbon Audit System. As one of the airport community’s largest operators, Hactl’s efforts have helped the airport achieve its overall target of 25% carbon reduction.
Contributing factors to Hactl’s latest carbon reduction included optimisation of the mechanical ventilation and air conditioning chiller plant through re-programming and greater use of the most efficient units; the installation of plastic strip partitions dividing the Box Storage System from the rest of the cargo terminal, reducing warm air leakage into the air-conditioned zone; and the installation of high intensity lights above the driveway of the Cargo Storage System, along with the replacement of fluorescent lighting at the cargo transfer point with low level 100W LED lighting.
Hactl’s Senior Manager – Quality Assurance, Benny Siu, received the award on behalf of the company. He commented: “It is very gratifying to have Hactl’s continuing achievements recognised in this way. Our carbon footprint has been steadily reduced from 2008 to 2015, with an independently audited reduction of 12% from 2011-2013 alone.
“As we become more and more environmentally friendly, it naturally becomes more challenging to make significant further improvements. Nevertheless, we target 5% further carbon reduction by 2020, and will continue to look for new and better ways to run our terminal so that its overall environmental impact – not just in carbon footprint terms - is minimised.”
