America's Healthiest
America's Healthiest Airports
If you’re traveling over the holidays, chances are you’re not looking forward to spending time in a crowded, stressful airport. Faced with the prospect of long waits, deafening public-address systems, and indigestion, you may quickly lose that festive feeling.
No. 8: Logan International (Boston)
28 million passengers per year
If you’re a green fanatic, you’ll love this: Logan’s terminal A, its biggest, is the world’s first airport terminal certified by the U.S. Green Building Council for using the highest green-construction standards. It features roofing that reflects heat, special storm-water filtration devices, low-flow faucets, waterless urinals, self-dimming lights, recycled construction materials, and more.
And Logan’s compressed-natural-gas shuttle buses prevent 7 tons of pollution emissions from reaching the atmosphere and causing smog every year, the equivalent of taking nearly 800 cars off the road. You care more about comfort than the environment? Logan pampers all weary travelers with 50 wooden rocking chairs, 16 decorated by local artists.
Last Updated: November 24, 2008
Advertisement






