A December 2015 presentation by Sea-Tac Airport's Director of Environmental & Planning outlines how the airport is weaving sustainability into its Master Plan across three phases: what and where it builds, how it builds, and how it operates. The plan is guided by the Port of Seattle's Century Agenda and the airport's own Strategy for a Sustainable Sea-Tac (S3), with development concepts for airfield, terminal, and landside areas being screened against sustainability-based evaluation criteria. Key planning constraints include meeting passenger demand growth without adding new runways, improving airfield efficiency through NextGen technology, and converting sustainability goals into measurable decision-making criteria.Open full document
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Presentation by Elizabeth Leavitt, Director of Environmental & Planning at Seattle-Tacoma Int’l Airport, delivered December 15, 2015 in Crystal City, Virginia at the Airport NEPA and Planning Workshop. Covers integration of sustainability into the Sea-Tac Airport Master Plan via the Strategy for a Sustainable Sea-Tac (S3) and Century Agenda, including three phases: what and where to build, how to build, and how to operate. Addresses screening development concepts for airfield, terminal, and landside areas; requirements including no new runways, NextGen accommodations, and airfield simulation; and conversion of sustainability goals into evaluation criteria.