Carbon footprint assessment of airport civil engineering design internship

Carbon footprint assessment of airport civil engineering design internship

Annually, the aviation industry is responsible for approximately 2% of the worldwide CO2 emissions. The sector targets a cap on net aviation CO2 emissions from 2020 onwards (carbon-neutral growth) and a reduction in net aviation CO2 emissions of 50% by 2050 relative to 2005 levels. These targets force the aviation sector to act and contribute.   

Although the majority of the aviation carbon emissions come from aircraft operations, also infrastructural works at airport contribute. Infrastructural works can entail construction of runways, taxiways, or aprons, or rehabilitation of these assets. Currently, there is no tool available to evaluate the carbon footprint of airport civil engineering designs.  

Objective

The goal of the graduation internship is to develop a tool to evaluate the carbon footprint of airport infrastructural designs. Existing carbon footprint calculation tools shall be evaluated and developed into a tool tailored for airport projects.  

Your profile

• You are a civil engineering student (or similar) at university level (Bachelor or Master); 
• You have affinity with the aviation sector, and airports in particular; 
• You are able to join us in our office in The Hague (NL) during your internship and have the right to work to do so.

What we offer you

An internship in an international and dynamic work environment, with enthusiastic and professional professionals from the field. In addition, you get:  

• The space to discover and further develop your own interests and specializations; 
• Personal attention and guidance; 
• An internship compensation (€450,- for a full-time internship). 

Where you will work

NACO, Netherlands Airport Consultants is a multi-disciplinary airport planning and designer for 660 airports since 1947. We are part of Royal HaskoningDHV, 140 years of independent international engineering and project management consultancy, well known for energy transition. With the combined expertise of aviation and energy transition, we are in a unique position to contribute to reduce the carbon footprint of airport infrastructure works.  

Are you our new intern?

Then we would like to meet you! Click on the apply now button at the bottom of the page and upload your resume and motivation. If you have any questions, contact recruiter Max Kapteijn via [email protected]