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What is this event about?
A series of short courses designed to raise awareness among industry managers, environmental specialists and government policy-makers about the development of environmental evidence and fresh information on the aviation sector’s sustainability performance.
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What is this event about?
The aim of this workshop is to disseminate findings of the Omega study on the potential to control noise associated with open rotor engine technology.
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What is this event about?
Under Kyoto rules, domestic aviation is considered part of national greenhouse gas totals which must be reduced by 2012, while international aviation is not reflected in internationally agreed frameworks. A post-Kyoto world is expected to include measures to control emissions from global aviation, and pressure will mount to include international flights in national inventories and targets.
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What is this event about?
Airports consume large amounts of energy through activities such as airside and landside handling, retail, customer transport, heating, cooling and lighting. Reducing airport carbon emissions means minimising energy use, buying energy from renewable sources and using carbon off-setting – compensating for your carbon emissions by investing in projects that create ‘carbon savings’, such as wind farms.
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What is this event about?
Non-CO2 emissions (chiefly nitrogen oxide or NOx) and contrails generated by aircraft are believed to be significant contributors to aviation’s overall impact on the climate. However, scientific knowledge is not yet mature and the aviation industry needs greater clarity on how the scientific debate will unfold.
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What is this event about?
Aircraft noise is a major community issue and also an obstacle to the growth in certain locations. Understanding public perceptions of noise and identifying suitable ways of measuring and controlling it is an essential part of planning a sustainable future for aviation. Improved knowledge of how people react to noise disturbance from current and future technologies (for example, open rotor powered aircraft) helps to inform strategies to minimise noise-related problems.
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What is this event about? The civil aviation sector needs to know whether alternative fuels represent a viable commercial prospect for aircraft. A number of alternative fuels are under consideration, including synthetic fuel and kerosene. There is also significant interest in bio-fuels, with a number of test programmes already underway.
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What is this event about?
This seminar will examine how emissions are affected by the life-cycle of an aircraft, from entry into service to removal from an airline fleet. It will explore how new technology is incorporated in the fleet, how manufacturers respond to airline demands, influences on aircraft turnover and purchasing trends. The discussion will also draw out the environmental issues associated with these factors and identify motivations for change and improvement.
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The environmental implications of different airline business models need to be better understood. For example, emerging services such as long-haul low-cost carriers and specialist business jet services will alter the air transport market and its impact on the environment.
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What is this event about?
The aim of the seminar is to disseminate and discuss outcomes from the Omega Air Transport Emissions Trading Scheme study.
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What is this event about?
The aim of the conference is to bring together parties who have an interest in the possible introduction of a large fleet of Open Rotor powered aircraft. There are a number of environmental and operational barriers to the introduction of such aircraft and there is a clear requirement for stakeholders (policy makers, airport authorities, etc.) to be able to predict the likely trade-offs between community noise costs and reduced carbon emissions that might ensue from their introduction.
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What is this event about?
The aim of the conference is to disseminate findings from Omega air quality projects and collaborative work with PARTNER and European networks. It will also provide an exposition of technical issues relating to current and future airport air quality.
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What is this event about?
The aim of the workshop is to disseminate the findings of three Omega studies: Environmental costs of aviation; Estimating the marginal costs of environmental issues; Economic Benefits of Aviation.
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Aviation condensation trails (‘contrails’) may look pretty as planes streak across the open sky. Increasingly, however, the cirrus-like clouds that contrails create have come under closer scrutiny as agents of potential climate change.
Omega are currently undertaking a two-year study into the global effects of contrails....
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Aviation condensation trails (‘contrails’) may look pretty as planes streak across the open sky. Increasingly, however, the cirrus-like clouds that contrails create have come under closer scrutiny as agents of potential climate change.
Omega are currently undertaking a two-year study into the global effects of contrails....
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The aim of event is to showcase Omega’s deliverables and achievements as well as to launch phase two of Omega.
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Air Traffic Management (ATM) influences the trajectories and route mileage flown by aircraft and therefore the environmental performance of the overall sector. Although safety considerations are always paramount, there is growing pressure to consider environmental impact when examining current efficiencies and developing new systems.
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Air Traffic Management (ATM) influences the trajectories and route mileage flown by aircraft and therefore the environmental performance of the overall sector. Although safety considerations are always paramount, there is growing pressure to consider environmental impact when examining current efficiencies and developing new systems.
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The aim of the seminar is to disseminate findings of Omega’s studies into Advanced Open Rotor Powered Aircraft.
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Aviation condensation trails (‘contrails’) may look pretty as planes streak across the open sky. Increasingly, however, the cirrus-like clouds that contrails create have come under closer scrutiny as agents of potential climate change.
Omega are currently undertaking a two-year study into the global effects of contrails....
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The world-class ALFA aircraft plume analysis facility at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) was given an additional boost by the Omega-funded three-month secondment of Prof Andreas Petzold, a world-class expert in particle measurement and analysis.....
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Carbon offset schemes aim to compensate for carbon emissions by investing in carbon saving initiatives such as wind farms and reforestation. Unfortunately, customer uptake of offset services for aviation has been low and questions have been raised over the accuracy of carbon calculators and the efficacy of emissions saving projects.....
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The world-class ALFA aircraft plume analysis facility at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) was given an additional boost by the Omega-funded three-month secondment of Prof Andreas Petzold, a world-class expert in particle measurement and analysis.....
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The world-class ALFA aircraft plume analysis facility at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) was given an additional boost by the Omega-funded three-month secondment of Prof Andreas Petzold, a world-class expert in particle measurement and analysis.....
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The world-class ALFA aircraft plume analysis facility at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) was given an additional boost by the Omega-funded three-month secondment of Prof Andreas Petzold, a world-class expert in particle measurement and analysis.....
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Projected growth in aviation over the next 20 or 30 years could have implications for global temperature changes as the effects of greenhouse gases (GHG) take their toll.
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14 - 20 July, 2008
If you’d like to discuss environmental issues that relate to a more sustainable future for air transport, drop by for a chat at our stand in Hall 2, C33.
Farnborough showcases the best of new technology. It is also expected to pick up on the sector’s environmental effects and to promote solutions. Omega will be there to raise the profile of the sustainability issue and extend the partnership’s linkages....
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Omega’s new website was launched at the end of April! It is set to provide a growing source of information for academics, the general public and those who are undertaking policy or commercial analysis.
The new site reflects how we’ve progressed since we launched in February 2007. Along with much more content than our old website, we’ve re-categorised our knowledge-base into eight distinct areas....
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Business travel is critical for many organisations and clearly brings economic benefits. Nevertheless, as a sizeable proportion of all air travel; business travel is a significant contributor to aviation climate impacts. Omega offers a way to save ‘business carbon’ and cost at the same time....
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17 – 19 June, 2008
Cranfield University
Omega is offering a three-day course outlining current and emerging knowledge on many elements of aviation environmental sustainability....
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The development of a suitable alternative aviation fuel may provide the aviation sector with an opportunity to address harmful emissions from air travel by sourcing fuels from renewable sources that do not compete with food supply. With growth in aviation continuing, the need to develop a fuel.....
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Responding to growing concerns about the effects of rapidly expanding air transport on our environment, we outline in this newsletter some of the initiatives Omega is working on since we were formed in early 2007.
No-one can ignore the world-wide concerns about the effects that man’s activities are having on the environment. In our own back yard, we have ‘the climate camp’ at Heathrow, and roof-top protests at the House of Commons about airport expansion...
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Academic network for aviation sustainability strengthens key scientific issues
Now in its second year, Omega is broadening and enhancing its ongoing knowledge transfer between nine UK universities and the aviation industry and NGOs with the addition of 20 new studies.
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A high-profile parliamentary reception was held in Westminster yesterday to highlight the important and innovative knowledge transfer work being undertaken by Omega.
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Business is now acutely aware of the carbon as well as cost pressures of travel. Making the right choices on whether and how to travel is increasingly affected by environmental considerations. A new toolkit – ICARUS – which helps business make carbon effective decisions on travel is the subject of a travel and business seminar in London today.
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The importance of aviation sustainability as a political issue towards the next election was made plain at the weekend. The three main parties weighed in with views on policies to combat climate change impacts from aviation. All three want a better understanding of what will really make a difference.
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Omega, the pioneering partnership set up to tackle the environmental challenges of aviation growth is paying a flying visit to Parliament to showcase its progress to date.
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RUTH Kelly, Secretary of State for Transport, has given her support to Omega's crucial work on aviation and environmental sustainability.
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The Sustainable Development Commission's (SDC)'Breaking the Holding Pattern' report published on 21 February suggests that progress to tackle aviation environmental performance is partly hampered by lack of consensus on the core evidence about impacts and options.
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‘Aviation – Environmental Implications, Post-Kyoto’
June 26 – 28, 2008
This three-day conference at Wilton Park, the prestigious Foreign and Commonwealth Office Conference Centre, provides an opportunity to discuss how to include aviation in post-Kyoto Protocol climate change controls. These include the reduction of greenhouse gas totals for domestic aviation by 2012.
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Ruth Kelly, the Secretary of State for Transport, has given her backing to Omega's vital work on aviation and environmental sustainability.
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This year, the Farnborough International Airshow will celebrate its 60th birthday, commemorating its first show in 1948. The show, which now takes place every other year, boasts exhibitors from around the globe representing every aspect of air tranport.
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Omega recently ran its first short course on aviation sustainability. The course, hosted by Cranfield University, aimed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the environmental issues facing aviation and give delegates the latest knowledge to help them plan for the future. Among those taking part were delegates from the Department for Transport, Cathay Pacific, WWF, NATS and Birmingham International Airport.
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At the end of June, Omega, through the University of Southampton and its Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, shared the latest environmental knowledge on advanced open rotor (AOR) powered aircraft with industry, academics and Government.
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The FCO's conference centre, Wilton Park, was the prestigious venue for Omega’s recent international conference to explore how aviation might be included in a post Kyoto agreement. Omega sponsored and led discussion around the inclusion of aviation in post-Kyoto climate control structures. Omega is an Aviation Sustainability Partership based at Machester Metropolitan University.
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Welcome to the July edition of Omega's Newsletter. The gathering of the aeronautical clans at Farnborough. International 08 is a showcase of the innovation and technical excellence of the aviation industry. It is also a reminder of the underlying strength and growth prospects of a sector that has significant environmental impacts.
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Omega, the one-stop-shop providing impartial world-class academic expertise on the environmental issues facing aviation to the aviation industry, Government, NGOs and the public, who are based at Manchester Metropolitan University, took a stand at the world’s biggest air show - Farnborough International - last week. The week-long show, a key calendar date for the aviation industry, with some 1200 exhibitors and a footfall of 100,000 people, was dominated by an industry underlining its ‘green’ credentials through advertising and sponsorships. The new Airbus A380, a 525-seat superjumbo, was on the runway with billboards claiming it as the world’s most fuel-efficient plane.
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Aviation condensation trails (‘contrails’) may look pretty as planes streak across the open sky. Increasingly, however, the cirrus-like clouds that contrails create have come under closer scrutiny as agents of potential climate change.
Omega are currently undertaking a two-year study into the global effects of contrails....
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Aviation condensation trails (‘contrails’) may look pretty as planes streak across the open sky. Increasingly, however, the cirrus-like clouds that contrails create have come under closer scrutiny as agents of potential climate change.
Omega are currently undertaking a two-year study into the global effects of contrails....
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Welcome to the July edition of Omega's Newsletter. The gathering of the aeronautical clans at Farnborough. International 08 is a showcase of the innovation and technical excellence of the aviation industry. It is also a reminder of the underlying strength and growth prospects of a sector that has significant environmental impacts.
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