Policies and Contracts

Policies and Contracts

Goal: Recycle 50 percent of all demolition waste.

Policies guide the Aviation Department business decisions and affect everything from capital improvements to purchasing supplies used for day-to-day airport operations. Contracts promote and coordinate sustainability efforts with suppliers, tenants, and other business partners.

The Aviation Department promotes sustainability in its policies and contracts by:

• Requiring the use of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards for building construction projects
• Maintaining a robust staff training and accreditation program on LEED
• Promoting contractor use of cleaner construction equipment with the Design and Construction Services (DCS) Green Guide for heavy civil pavement projects

In 2016, five goals were created for further incorporating sustainability into policies and contracts:

• Improve green design and construction practices during airport construction with consistent application of the DCS Green Guide.
• Increase Aviation Department use of environmentally preferable products and services at PHX
• Increase recycling of airport construction and demolition waste to support the City’s waste diversion and minimization goal.
• Promote sustainability during tenant construction projects via the Tenant Improvement Handbook.
• Review sustainability during airport capital improvement decisions.