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Geneva Airport goes green

Environment

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In late 2022, Geneva Airport embarked on a major adventure: over the next three years, the airport plans to be fully connected to the GeniLac hydrothermal system, dramatically diminishing its reliance on fossil fuels, and reducing its annual carbon footprint by 60%. This form of sustainable air conditioning — which is already being used by the UN, the IRIC, and the UNHCR — is powered by the water of Lake Geneva to both cool the city’s buildings and heat them (using heat pumps). The airport’s new East wing was specially designed to be directly connected. The GeniLac system will also power several neighbourhoods, positioning Geneva as a leading Swiss city in energy transition efforts.

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