Mexico unveils eco-friendly design for new airport

Mexico has unveiled an eco-friendly design for its capital's new airport.

Mexico's presidential spokesman Eduardo Sanchez Friday said that the new airport would be the first one outside Europe to include "neutral carbon footprint", a system to generate renewable energy and remove the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, Xinhua reported.

"More green areas, clean water and better roads will have an impact on the quality of life. This will help transform the ecological damage into opportunities for sustainable development," Sanchez said.

The new airport will also boost green business since 70 percent of the water used will come from their own water treatment plants.

Sanchez added that the new airport will use clean energy such as sunlight and bio-gas and will be the first airport to obtain Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, the highest award granted to a green building.