Top 7 greenest US stadiums

Lincoln financial field
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Since 2003, the Philadelphia Eagles football team has been working to ensure that the use of electricity in its Lincoln Financial Field stadium does not harm the environment.

Today, 100% of the electricity consumed at the stadium comes from renewable sources. Here everything is recycled - even forks and knives are made from maize-based materials, writes Share America.

Since 2004, thanks to the use of energy-saving LED lamps and the use of timers in heating and air-conditioning systems, the power consumption in the stadium has been halved.

Philadelphia Eagles is not the only stadium whose leaders are interested in environmental issues in the sports world.

We offer you more 6 stadiums fighting for environmental friendliness.

Sacramento Kings (basketball)

The Palace of Sports Golden 1 Center in Sacramento (California) opens this fall. It will be the first sports facility in North America to use electricity produced only by solar panels. Energy saving contributes to the system of natural cooling.

Washington Nationals (baseball)

Opened in 2008, in Washington, Washington, the National Park is the first LEED-certified venue in the history of American sports. 95% of the metal structures used in construction were obtained from scrap metal, and a green roof with an area of ​​585 square was installed above the stadium. meters

San Francisco Giants (baseball)

AT&T Park stadium was built in 2000. Here, for the first time in Major League Baseball, solar panels have been installed. Its solar panels generate enough electricity to power 5,2 homes across San Francisco.

Seattle Seahawks (American football) and Seattle Sounders (football)

About 35% of concrete structures for the construction of the CenturyLink stadium came from the Kingdome stadium that was demolished in 2002 year. Almost all waste was sent for recycling, and 19 million liters of biodiesel fuel was obtained from used vegetable oil.

New York Giants and New York Jets (American football)

Built in 2010, the new MetLife stadium in East Rutherford (NJ) is older than 2, but consumes 30% less power. Various energy efficient methods are involved, and in the 2012 of the year 1 350 solar panels were installed.

Pittsburgh Penguins (hockey)

During the construction of the Consol Center ice palace in 2010, recycled materials were used and there was no waste that should be taken to a landfill.

All of these clubs are part of the Green Sports Alliance, which brings together 377 professional and university teams that compete in 20 in various 14 world championships around the world.

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