Construction of Optimal Management Strategies on Energy Saving and Carbon Reduction for Kaohsiung International Airport

Abstract

Energy saving and carbon reduction (ES & CR) has become global issues. All governments and private industries work hard together to make great efforts on ES & CR. The aviation industry that bleeds CO2 to the atmosphere directly is an important one of the industries. The airport is one of the key parts of airway transportation, because they caused most of energy consumption, that they become the one of key factors on ES & CR. In this study, the SWOT analysis, TOWS matrix cross-analysis and expert interview were used to analyze the key factors of management strategies of ES & CR in the case study of Kaohsiung International Airport (KIA). The results showed that four strategies of SO, ST, WO and WT were proposed firstly. Then, four strategic aspects with sixteen strategic executions were established through expert interview. It can not only provide the management strategies for the international airport in response to international competitive environment, but also can achieve the sustainable development.