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World’s Greenest Private Jet Hangar

By Stephanie Wilson

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Avjet Corporation, an international provider of private air travel solutions, is celebrating its first month operating the world’s “greenest” private jet hangar, located at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California.

Developed in conjunction with Shangri-La Construction, Hangar 25 opened in December 2008 as the world’s first private aircraft hangar to achieve Platinum certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Rating System. Hangar 25 was unveiled at a ceremony in December attended by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, representatives from U.S. Green Building Council, officials from Bob Hope Airport, and members of the general aviation community.

Hangar 25’s key sustainable design features include:
• Solar array that produces 110 percent of the building’s operational electricity needs.
• Electric tow and other vehicles powered by the solar array instead of diesel.
• Daylight harvesting through strategic design, including a diamond-polished concrete floor that reflects light.
• Diamond-polished concrete floor does not use toxic sealants that require regular reapplication and maintenance.
• Water-based, high-fog fire suppression system eliminates volatile chemicals that require storage infrastructure, regular replacement, and, if deployed, damage aircraft and require hazardous materials cleanup.
• Fans and evaporative coolers employed to eliminate need for refrigerant-based cooling.
• Plumbing that reduces water use by 60 percent through low-flush, low-flow and waterless fixtures to reduce the burden on city water supply and wastewater systems.
• Sustainable landscaping including the use of drought-tolerant native plants and a no-mow, no-water Synlawn.

“We are proud to have been selected by Shangri-La as the operating partner for Hangar 25,” said Avjet Chairman and CEO Marc Foulkrod. “They have proven to be wonderful business partners in a process that will set the standard for environmental responsibility in our industry for years to come. Hangar 25 is further evidence of Avjet’s ongoing commitment to taking a leadership role in general aviation.”

Via Avjet

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