ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA Philippines presented the Austrian Green Planet Building (AGPB) Award to Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA) on 6 November 2023 in Cebu. Commercial Counsellor Christina Steiber presented the award to Aboitiz InfraCapital President and CEO Cosette Canilao, MCIA CEO Athanasios Titonis together with MCIAA General Manager and CEO Julius Neri, Jr.
The AGPB Awards are jointly presented by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology and ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber. The award honors Austrian companies whose technologies significantly support the climate protection and energy efficiency goals of Austrian Green Planet Building.
The MCIA’s roof structure is made entirely of glulam by Rubner Holzbau. 4,500 m3 of glulam were required for the architecturally distinctive, wave-shaped barrel roof load-bearing structure with a height of 15 meters and a span of 30 meters. The long arch truss halves were all prefabricated in Rubner Holzbau’s factory in Austria and the components were shipped to the Philippines in three tranches. The airport offers a pleasant indoor climate due to its remarkable height. The architecturally sophisticated wooden roof corresponds to the climatic and tectonic conditions of the area: it can withstand wind loads of up to 200 km/h and the building joints can move in the event of an earthquake.
In addition, more than 6,300 PV modules are installed at the roof of the airport comprising of 65 Fronius Symo 3-phase inverters, offering real-time online system monitoring and added safety functionality, such as arc and ground fault protection. The 1.6 MWp PV-system is calculated to save 1,301,580 kg of CO2 each year.
