Britain's National Air Traffic Services (NATS) is looking to leverage Formula One (F1) technology to help cut carbon emissions at Heathrow Airport. F1 currently uses “modeling software to analyze live racing data and visualize a range of potential scenarios -- allowing pit crews to make strategic decisions in the blink of an eye -- all in an effort to get their cars back out onto the racetrack milliseconds ahead of their competitors.” NATS hopes to leverage similar software to reduce CO2 emissions that result from wasted time circling over the airport and taxiing on the ground.
The technology currently streamlines complex race data to a simple circle. Similarly the technology will simplify multifaceted airport data into a rectangle. While currently in a proof of concept phase, if successful this technology could potentially reduce CO2 emissions significantly for the 3rd busiest airport in the world. The benefits do not stop with the environment. More efficiant logistics means less wasted fuel (money saver for the airlines) and less time wasted taxiing (happier passengers).
The below video further explains this fascinating best practice sharing between two seemingly unrelated businesses. Ref. cnn.com, wikipedia.org
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