Avjet’s new solar-powered hangar at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., represents not only the most current environmentally friendly building design but also illustrates that going green doesn’t necessarily cost more. Shangri-La Construction built Avjet’s new hangar for roughly the same cost as a conventional facility, and that doesn’t take into account any solar-power incentives or the long-term benefit of selling excess electricity back to the local power company.
Avjet is leasing the new Hangar 25 from Shangri-La, which spent about $17 million to build the facility and holds the lease on the airport property. Hangar 25 can accommodate two Boeing 757s alongside some regular business jets, and Avjet plans to use the building to house charter/management customer aircraft and for customer offices. Avjet’s headquarters remains in another building on the airport.
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