The world's first "green airport" ,100% by solar and wind power

As the global awareness of environmental protection and energy saving carbon reduction increase gradually, many environmental friendly building arises at the historic moment, whether it is used in commercial office buildings, shopping centers, hospitals or library, etc.Recently, Ecuador in South America and even the world's first 100% renewable energy power generation "green can airport", only by solar and wind power can hold up an entire machine place need electrical power.

The named Baltra Airport Airport is located in Ecuador's Galapagos islands (GalapagosIslands), the islands have many unique species and the ecological environment, the government will it as a national park in 1959, and the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization in 1978 will be the islands as a world natural heritage.In addition, the United States this year popular Travel magazine Travel + Leisure "is also to be voted in 2015, the world's best island, even if the distance is about 1000 kilometers, Ecuador's indigenous Galapagos still be many passenger's pocket.
Accordingly, to gradually growing tourism and poured into the crowds on the island, some ways, reconstruction can reduce the threat of nature or harm "green can airport", become one of the means of protection of natural ecology Galapagos.
Baltra Airport reconstruction since 2011, at a cost of $40 million, against the solar panels with three giant wind generator for electric power, building 80% of the raw material is used in the previous old Airport recycling building materials.As for the part of water resources, the airport has its own water desalination plants to achieve the purpose of saving water.
In addition to the world's first 100% in Airport, renewable energy generation Baltra Airport has become the first to get the United States green building council's green building certification system ─ ─ lead in energy and environmental design rating (LEED) gold certification green to the Airport.