From June 2010, Martinair will take occupation of its new head office building, named TransPort. Along with other motorised forms of transportation, harmful emissions from aviation affect the environment. Over and above introducing fuel-saving measures, Martinair strives to achieve sustainable operations. The new building at Schiphol East has been named TransPort. It’s a fitting name, as it will house both Martinair and Transavia.com who, each year, jointly transport millions of passengers and many tons of cargo. The Dutch Green Building Council has awarded the first BREEAM-NL certificate to Schiphol Real Estate, the developer of the building, for the sustainable construction of the TransPort office building. As such, Schiphol Real Estate is the first developer and investor in the Netherlands to have constructed an office building in compliance with the new Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM-NL) for newly constructed buildings. BREEAM is the most important and widely applied sustainability standard for buildings in the world. The method takes integral account of factors such as energy consumption within the building, land use, ecology, the construction process, water use, waste, pollution, transport, materials, health and comfort. TransPort was rated “very good.” The TransPort office building was also developed in compliance with the Platinum level of the internationally renowned Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED …
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