Title Super Bowl Caps Banner Season In NFL Green Drive
Authors Marianne Lavelle, Amy Sinatra Ayres, and Jeff Barker
Published February 1st, 2013
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/02/pictures/130201-super-bowl-xlvii-nfl-green-drive/
This year the Super Bowl, the final game of the NFL season was held once again in New Orleans. This national geographic article is about the efforts of the NFL to promote green energy. This stadium and promotion of green energy seems to be a part of a larger movement towards more renewable energy practices in stadiums all across the world. The Mercedes Benz stadium in New Orleans has many positive aspects of green energy as explained in the article, "(the stadium)... is now buttressed with protective and energy-saving features. The stadium's outer wall is a specially designed double barrier system with improved insulation and rainwater control. The Mercedes-Benz Super dome as it is now known, is ringed with 26,000 LED lights, covering two million square feet and supported by five miles of copper wiring, but which draw only ten kilowatts of electricity—as much as a small home." The article goes on to talk about the various small programs the super bowl has instituted to protect the environmental from taking unused food and donating it to recycling banners into souvenirs. Overall this article is seems to represent the important steps that major events like the Super Bowl are now taking to promote renewable energy and with it being the most viewed event on TV in the entire year this is a great way to reach the general public.
Authors Marianne Lavelle, Amy Sinatra Ayres, and Jeff Barker
Published February 1st, 2013
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/02/pictures/130201-super-bowl-xlvii-nfl-green-drive/
This year the Super Bowl, the final game of the NFL season was held once again in New Orleans. This national geographic article is about the efforts of the NFL to promote green energy. This stadium and promotion of green energy seems to be a part of a larger movement towards more renewable energy practices in stadiums all across the world. The Mercedes Benz stadium in New Orleans has many positive aspects of green energy as explained in the article, "(the stadium)... is now buttressed with protective and energy-saving features. The stadium's outer wall is a specially designed double barrier system with improved insulation and rainwater control. The Mercedes-Benz Super dome as it is now known, is ringed with 26,000 LED lights, covering two million square feet and supported by five miles of copper wiring, but which draw only ten kilowatts of electricity—as much as a small home." The article goes on to talk about the various small programs the super bowl has instituted to protect the environmental from taking unused food and donating it to recycling banners into souvenirs. Overall this article is seems to represent the important steps that major events like the Super Bowl are now taking to promote renewable energy and with it being the most viewed event on TV in the entire year this is a great way to reach the general public.
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