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Sustainable Snow Removal for Airport Ramps

Posted January 21, 2014 12:00 PM by Engineering360 eNewsletter

Here's an example of using what's in your backyard: the Greater Binghamton, NY, Airport will tap geothermal energy to heat aircraft parking ramps. The prototype snow melting system will displace two existing boilers and include geothermal well field and water-source heat pump installation. Earthtechling says the system will also cool off the terminals during summer.

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01/21/2014 4:15 PM

Sustainable Snow Removal?

Two things come to mind immediately:

Spring, or if you are impatient, a shovel.

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01/21/2014 5:48 PM

Yeah we'll just wait until Spring for the next flight out...

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Yep, very sustainable. Sustained your presence in a place covered in ice.

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