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"Green" Stadiums

Tuesday, 22 April 08, 05:08 AM

Today is Earth Day and being a self-described hippie I felt like I should write something on the subject. Stadiums tend to be large sources of pollution, mostly due to their immense size and energy consumption. But recently some stadium designers have decided to buck that trend and use stadiums to create energy rather than consume energy. So, here are the stadiums I picked:

The Princes Park; Dartford, England (Dartford Football Club - Isthmian League Division One North)

This tiny stadium in Kent has received big reviews from architects and designers. The 4,000-capacity stadium is home to Dartford FC, who had been a nomad club of sorts between 1992 and the stadium's completion in 2006. Groundtastic magazine named the stadium it's choice for "Best new non-league ground, 2006" and English fashion designer and architect Wayne Hemingway "the absolute number one new stadium in the country" in early 2007.

In addition to the grass roof and solar panels the stadium goes the extra mile and has a small lake used to collect rainwater for recycling purposes.

The Royal Institute of Charted Surveyors has acknowledged the stadium for being "green".

St. Jakob-Park; Basel, Switzerland (Footballclub Basel - Swiss Super League)

Arguably the finest stadium in all of Switzerland, St. Jakob-Park, home to Swiss giants FC Basel, will host the opening match, two quarter-finals, and one semi-final at this summer's European Championships. The ultra-modern stadium features a large solar installation on the roof of the main stand that supplies a large portion of the stadium's required energy.

World Games Stadium; Kaohsiung, Republic of China (No fixed tenant)

I have previously blogged about this stadium in depth, so I'm going to be lazy and relink that post.

I apologize for my lack of posts over the last week, but if you read my personal blog you'll see a long explanation as to why. I've had kidney stones and been in pain.

Oh well, happy Earth Day everyone and best wishes to all of you.

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