It's great to see these positive steps being taken. The San Francisco 49ers are building a new stadium in Santa Clara, CA. I wondered what efforts they are making as this region is open to green building. This is what I found:
1. The stadium will be equipped with solar power, enough to produce 400kW at peak (someone more knowledgeable can tell me if that's good, moderate, or low output).
2. The stadium will earn the LEEDS certification for green building.
3. It will also be built with recycled materials, use water conservation measure, and be accessible for public transportation and bike traffic (I'm not sure many would ride their bike to a game.)
That's what I was able to learn from this article:
http://www.sustainab...w-49ers-stadium
From that article, I also learned that there is something called the Green Sports Alliance. It was formed in 2011. It came about as an alliance between sport teams and the NRDC. I was looking over the website and it seems a good effort. I'd like to sports and environmentalism more closely related. Here is the website:
http://greensportsalliance.org/
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