previous / next / 2009 / in its efforts to renew its faa certification, the ithaca tompkins regional airport initiated a new "sustainable airport aster plan" to make it the greenest airport in the united states. part of this plan was to have the concourse building l.e.e.d. certified under the "existing buildings" protocol. the class provided a set of research materials and recommendations for how this building and its grounds could be renovated in order to achieve a gold l.e.e.d. rating.