Green Build Airport Project Earns Envision Award

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Green Build’s landside project at San Diego International Airport, San Diego, California, recently received the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure’s Envision rating system’s Platinum award.

Owned by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, the project is the first airport development to receive an ISI Envision award, and is also the 13th project in North America to receive an Envision rating system award.

The Green Build development comprised a major expansion of San Diego International Airport’s Terminal 2, which included 10 new gates, a dual-level roadway, enhanced curbside check in, more security lanes and expanded concession area. The project involved a construction timeline that began in 2009 with the construction of the apron improvements, additional aircraft parking and new USO facilities.

During the next several years, terminal construction began and parking in front of Terminal 2 was temporarily relocated to make way for construction of a dual-level roadway. In 2013, the airport’s new gates, facilities and roadway improvements opened to the public.

“The Green Build project was the largest construction in the airport’s history and now serves as a hallmark for developing future airport projects using sustainable building practices,” said president/CEO of San Diego International Airport, Thella F. Bowens. “Earning the Envision Platinum award for the project’s landside improvements – and being the first airport in the world to do so – demonstrates the airport’s commitment to taking a holistic approach to planning projects responsibly.”