Airport terminal energy and facility management that follows the passengers
Airport terminal energy management means running HVAC, lighting, restrooms, concessions and baggage systems to the flight schedule and the passengers actually in each zone. Aqueduct baselines every terminal against weather and occupancy, finds faults and waste in air handlers, restrooms and baggage halls, routes fixes to your CMMS, and verifies every saving at the meter.
Why terminals waste energy around the clock
Conditioned for a full house
Air handlers serve every zone as if every gate were boarding, including concourses with no departures for hours.
Restroom faults in public view
A stuck flush valve or running tap wastes water all night and is reported by a passenger in the morning.
Baggage systems that never rest
Conveyors and sorters run between flight banks because nobody can see when they idle.
Mixed generations of controls
Each terminal expansion brought a new BMS vendor, so nobody sees the terminal as one building.
Terminal controls: keep, replace or build in
| Situation | Way in | What Aqueduct does |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal has a working BMS | Keep your BMS | Reads its points, baselines each zone, flags faults and routes fixes. The BMS keeps running. |
| Controls are aged out or unsupported | Replace your BMS | Takes over schedules and setpoints through BACnet or Modbus field devices, with owner approval. |
| New terminal or concourse in design | Build it in | Specified at design stage with your architects and MEP engineers, so metering and control are in from day one. |
What the numbers say.
of air handling units showed a fault on any given day across 60,000+ pieces of HVAC equipment.
Source: LBNL, 2023Sources1 references cited on this page
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Common questions
Most terminal waste comes from conditioning and ventilating zones for more passengers than are there. Aqueduct baselines terminal HVAC against weather and occupancy, finds zones running full during gaps in the schedule and, where control is enabled with owner approval, lets ventilation follow occupancy.
Yes. Aqueduct meters water per restroom block, flags continuous flow at night that points to stuck flush valves or running taps, and can track air quality during peaks. Tickets go to your CMMS with the block and the time.
No. Aqueduct covers building utilities, HVAC, water and air quality. Airfield lighting, security screening, access control and airport operations systems stay separate, so adding Aqueduct does not change their certification or cyber scope.
Yes. Aqueduct meters conveyor and sorter drives and compares run time with flight banks, so belts that keep running between departures are visible and priced. The baggage system's own controls decide how idle sections stop. See baggage handling system energy.
See Aqueduct on your own facility.
Bring a site, a utility bill or a question. We will show you where the loss is.