Hey Everyone, I am looking for examples of sports venues that have leveraged solar power. Here is the first in my hometown:
AT&T Park, San Francisco Giants
AT&T was one of the first parks in professional sports to embrace solar power and “green” event practices. Their current array can power the giant high definition scoreboard 40x over and the famed McCovey Cove boasts an additional solar array which pumps power back into the San Francisco electric grid.
Here is another one from my hometown.
Metlife Stadium, NY Jets & NY Giants
The BIPV panels, installed in 2012 produce about 25 times the energy needed to power the stadiums most prominent feature, a glowing ring of LEDs that circles the entire stadium. The ring atop MetLife Stadium consists of 47 sections and about 1350 total panels. The panels are what’s called building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV).The excess power produced goes “into the general stadium use or back to the grid.”
Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia Eagles
“Since January 2013, 11,000 solar panels and 14 wind turbines have been generating power at Lincoln Financial Field, home of the Philadelphia Eagles. The team’s 10-year-old “Go Green” campaign also includes reduced water and electrical use, recycled paper products for all tissues, conversion of cooking oil into biodiesel fuel, a digital version of the cheerleaders calendar to spare trees and compostable packaging for the hot dogs and Philly cheese steaks.
Signs in the men’s rooms at Lincoln Financial: “Recycle your beer here and your plastics outside.” Among other signs at the stadium: “The only water we waste is sweat.”
