ENTRENCHING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS A CULTURE AT AIRPORTS: A CASE STUDY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR AIRPORTS IN SOUTH AFRICA

The best and most technically correct energy efficiency advice and strategies to reduce energy consumption, namely, eliminate energy wastage and reduce carbon footprint, will not achieve their targets for a specific site without entrenching energy efficiency as a culture within the site or organization where these aims are planned to be achieved. The people within the various departments onsite making decisions for and influencing the decisions taken by the organization as well as executing day to day tasks that affect the site's energy consumption, need to start thinking about energy efficiency in every aspect of their work such that a culture of energy efficiency is created. Requiring compliance with energy efficiency requirements may be necessary to set the standard for the level of energy efficiency required, but as time progresses, it is in the company's best interests to create a culture of energy efficiency where it becomes first nature. This paper presents the work done to inculcate the practice of energy efficiency within the Airports Company South Africa with the aim for this to become company culture for the airports in South Africa.