"In this eleventh segment of The Infrastructure Show podcast series, Host Professor Joseph Schofer of Northwestern University's Infrastructure Technology Institute and Tom Herman of Vocalo.org 89.5 FM talk with Jim Crites, DFW Executive Vice President of Operations, about the impressive story of how Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport has become one of the country's model green airports. DFW, the third busiest airport in the world in terms of aircraft movements and the seventh busiest in terms of passenger traffic, covers more than 29.2 square miles and supports more than 300,000 jobs. In 2008, DFW launched an airport-wide Sustainability Policy and Program, as part of the airport's strategic plan. The key elements of the Sustainability Initiative to date include: environmental management, energy efficiency and renewable energy, waste minimization and recycling, wildlife management, safety management, emergency response, asset development, and a clean vehicle fleet program. LISTEN TO IT AT VOCALO.ORG.