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Hey sports fans; greener stadiums.

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#1 Shortpoet-GTD

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Posted 03 February 2013 - 06:22 AM

Many sports arena's have made the green choice; less water usage, energy efficient
lighting, recharging stations for E cars, utilizing solar and/or wind to augment their
electrical use, recycling cans/bottles/paper trash.

Now, that's something to cheer about. :cheer:

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See also-
http://www.nytimes.c...?pagewanted=all

http://www.motherear...x#axzz2JqWYF5Yh

http://prod.static.e...an2012_LR-3.pdf

http://washington.na...=green_ballpark

http://cleveland.ind...unity/green.jsp

I could post more links, but the positive steps these groups are taking is great.
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#2 FamilyTreeClimber

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Posted 03 February 2013 - 08:07 PM

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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Posted 04 February 2013 - 04:15 AM

And you know what else is good about it? So many people are sports fans, and when they hear of these things,
they will want to incorporate living greener into their lives. :biggrin:

#4 Phil

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Posted 04 February 2013 - 08:30 AM

My house has 10KW which handles about 85% of my electrical needs, so that's about 40 of my houses.  A little on the light side for an entire stadium I'd say, but better than nothing.   Perhaps 5-10% of their usage?

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