The major California airports are working together to understand and address the environmental and energy challenges that arise from the large amount of ground transportation operations at their facilities. The airports and their stakeholders also face increasing federal, state, and regional regulations and mandates. To meet these challenges, an increasing number of technology and funding options are available to support cleaner vehicle and equipment fleets, including alternative fuels, retrofit control devices, and low-emission vehicles. Following the successful Clean Airport Fleets Workshop that was held in San Francisco in 2010, a follow-up event was held June 14, 2011 at Ontario International Airport. The workshop was supported by the Southern California airports (Burbank, Long Beach, LAX, Ontario, Orange County, and San Diego) and was attended by airport staff and key stakeholders. Issues facing both airside and landside operations were addressed. Attendees benefited from increased knowledge of current and pending regulatory mandates, available technologies including operational experiences, and available funding.
Workshop Agenda
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9:00
Welcome
Robert Freeman, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)
John Boesel, CALSTART
9:20 Workshop Overview
Steve Sokolsky, CALSTART
9:30 Local Airport Policies, Mandates, Regulations, and Plans
LGB (Jeffrey Sedlak) LAWA (Robert Freeman) SNA (Maria Pope) * Please contact Steve Sokolsky for a copy of this presentation. SAN (Brett Caldwell)
10:15 BREAK
10:30 Relevant State and Regional Regulations and Mandates
CARB Overview of State Public Fleet, On-Road and Off-Road Rules
Eloy Florez
South Coast Air Quality Management District
Dean Saito
11:30 Clean Technology Spotlights – Vehicle and Product Overviews
| Access Control Group | Azure Dynamics |
| BAF Technologies | Clean Energy |
| Creative Bus Sales | Cummins Cal Pacific |
| Energy Xtreme | Ferrellgas |
| Impco Technologies | Landi Renzo USA |
| Miles Electric Vehicles | Propel Biofuels |
| Roush CleanTech | Trikke Tech, Inc. |
| Trillium Fuels | Valley Power Systems |
12:30 LUNCH and VEHICLE EXPO/VENDOR DISPLAY
Vehicles on display outside terminal
1:30 Best Practices and Lessons Learned from Clean Fleets
Adam Walters, Southwest Airlines
Russell Lewis, Los Angeles World Airports
2:30 BREAK
2:45 Funding Opportunities
Dean Saito, South Coast Air Quality Management District
Francisco Donez, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9
Steve Sokolsky, CALSTART, CARB Hybrid Truck & Bus Voucher Incentive Program
3:45 Wrap-Up / Takeaways
Take Home Messages
Resources
Final Questions
4:00 Adjourn
Vehicles on Display
- Ford Hybrid Shuttle Bus (Azure Dynamics)
- Ford Electric Transit Connect Van (Azure Dynamics)
- Ford E-350 CNG Passenger Van (BAF Technologies)
- Ford E-450 CNG Shuttle (BAF Technologies)
- El Dorado E-Z Rider Shuttle Bus (Creative Bus Sales)
- Starcraft All-Star 25 CNG Shuttle (Creative Bus Sales)
- Senator E-LO Gasoline Shuttle (Creative Bus Sales)
- El Dorado Arrow Elite Bus (Creative Bus Sales)
- Police car with power management system (Energy Xtreme)
- Ford F-250 Propane Pickup (Ferrellgas)
- Ford E-350 Propane Passenger Van (Ferrellgas)
- Ford Transit Connect CNG Bi-Fuel (Impco Automotive)
- General Motors CNG Passenger Van (Impco Automotive)
- General Motors Sierra CNG Pickup (Landi Renzo USA)
- Miles Electric Car (Miles EV)
- Miles Electric Work Truck (Miles EV)
- Ford E-450 Propane Shuttle Bus (Roush CleanTech)
- Re-powered diesel-to-electric pushback tug (Southwest Airlines)
- Personal Electric Vehicle (Trikke)
Check out the some additional photos here. Please direct questions or comments to Program Manager, Steve Sokolsky, call 510-307-8772
