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PAGODA - ATM Environmental Indicators |
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Update on Pagoda: April 2010 |
Pagoda is currently undergoing a review of its systems in order to update the methodology to reflect new developments in emissions modelling and the EU ETS. In order for this re-engineering to take place, the system will need to be taken off-line. It is expected that this will take until approximately the end of the year.
Current Pagoda users requiring assistance during this period should contact: pagoda@eurocontrol.int
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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PAGODA and the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) |
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PAGODA was used during the assistance provided by EUROCONTROL to the European Commission and to stakeholders during the design of the EU ETS directive.
In its decision 2009/339/EC on the inclusion of monitoring and reporting guidelines for emissions and tonne-kilometre data from aviation activities, the Commission of the European Communities states that "...Aircraft operators that are small emitters may estimate the fuel consumption using tools implemented by Eurocontrol...".
PAGODA itself would not provide Aircraft Operators with the necessary information and functions to achieve this. However, it is EUROCONTROL’s intention to provide a small emitter’s tool via our website. This is currently in the process of being approved by the European Commission. For further information please see:
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ETS Small Emitters Tool |
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For further information please contact
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PAGODA is EUROCONTROL’s environmental cockpit providing environmental performance indicators by monitoring and assessing the design and operation of the pan-European ATM network.
Initially, PAGODA was conceived to estimate fuel burn and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the pan-European ATM network in order to provide basic trend data prior to setting any performance targets. It has then been identified that much of the capabilities inherent to PAGODA could be modified at marginal cost to extend the scope of the indicators that it calculates. Work has therefore been undertaken to develop indicators for network (flight) environmental efficiency based on research carried out by the Agency on behalf of both the Environment Domain and the Performance Review Unit (in this case in support of EUROCONTROL Performance Review Commission – see PRR#8). This work has involved several Agency units, each of which has contributed either expertise and/or algorithms.
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more on the Performance Review Unit |
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more on PRR#8 |
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On 7 December 2005, PAGODA has been launched for beta-testing by stakeholders with a restricted access via OneSky Online, EUROCONTROL’s extranet. It will initially include two main features:
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This monitoring feature makes available estimates of fuel burn and GHG emissions for all air traffic which has operated in the area in which EUROCONTROL is responsible for the reception, validation and subsequent distribution of flight plan messages (IFPS zone). The data is aggregated by departing State and by month for domestic and international traffic.
The estimates are computed based on the ANCAT 3 methodology recommended by ECAC’s Directors General (Recommendation ECAC/27-3, 8-9 July 2003) for calculating aviation emissions for the establishment of aviation related inventories. The methodology has been adapted by EUROCONTROL to cover the wide range of aircraft operating in the European area.
Although the limitations of the ANCAT 3 methodology are well known (“equivalencing” all aircraft to just a few standard types, limited coverage of turboprop aircraft and no coverage of military aircraft, no consideration of the actual take-off weight of the aircraft nor of met conditions), ANCAT 3 represents the only harmonised and approved methodology for estimating aircraft emissions based on air traffic movements.
Work is currently under way within ICAO’s Committee for Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) to adopt a more accurate methodology. EUROCONTROL is closely involved in this work, through the provision to CAEP for peer review of the Advanced Emission Model 3 (AEM 3) methodology and tool developed at the EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre Society-Environment-Economics (EEC-SEE) research domain to estimate aircraft fuel burn and emissions. Once CAEP adopts a new emissions estimation methodology this will be reflected in a new release of PAGODA.
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