Climate Pledge Arena First Arena To Earn Net Zero Carbon Certification
The post Climate Pledge Arena First Arena To Earn Net Zero Carbon Certification appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Climate Pledge Arena becomes the first arena in the world certified as net carbon zero. Climate Pledge Arena The Seattle Kraken Zamboni runs on electric power. This isn’t just a neat Pacific Northwest-themed nod to sustainability, but part of an all-encompassing move by the team and building owner Oak View Group to turn Climate Pledge Arena into a net zero carbon facility. It now officially has met that goal, becoming the first arena in the world to achieve that status, as certified by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI). While original plans for a completely new arena under a historic roof in downtown Seattle didn’t have a bounty of striking sustainability aspects, when Amazon AMZN signed on as a venue sponsor and named the venue Climate Pledge Arena, the entire focus of the building shifted. The home of the then-to-come NHL’s expansion Seattle Kraken required major changes in building design to focus on the net zero carbon effort. All the natural gas piping was ripped out in favor of a 100% electric building, requiring the team to reinvent the way it planned to deliver food, heating, lights and cooling. The Kraken even had to figure out an electric Zamboni (along with all the building’s maintenance equipment turning electric). “One of the critical tenants of the certification,” Rob Johnson, Kraken’s vice president of sustainability, tells me, “is not using any fossil fuels in the building. During the global pandemic we redesigned the entire facility.” All energy used in Climate Pledge Arena is 100% electric. Climate Pledge Arena/David Conger Once the building opened, the team needs to demonstrate at least 12 months of energy usage, highlighting the void of fossil fuels and showing the ability to offset any carbon—whether from construction or operations. “It is very much a ground-breaking project,” Lindsay Baker,…
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Climate Pledge Arena becomes the first arena in the world certified as net carbon zero. Climate Pledge Arena The Seattle Kraken Zamboni runs on electric power. This isn’t just a neat Pacific Northwest-themed nod to sustainability, but part of an all-encompassing move by the team and building owner Oak View Group to turn Climate Pledge Arena into a net zero carbon facility. It now officially has met that goal, becoming the first arena in the world to achieve that status, as certified by the International Living Future Institute (ILFI). While original plans for a completely new arena under a historic roof in downtown Seattle didn’t have a bounty of striking sustainability aspects, when Amazon AMZN signed on as a venue sponsor and named the venue Climate Pledge Arena, the entire focus of the building shifted. The home of the then-to-come NHL’s expansion Seattle Kraken required major changes in building design to focus on the net zero carbon effort. All the natural gas piping was ripped out in favor of a 100% electric building, requiring the team to reinvent the way it planned to deliver food, heating, lights and cooling. The Kraken even had to figure out an electric Zamboni (along with all the building’s maintenance equipment turning electric). “One of the critical tenants of the certification,” Rob Johnson, Kraken’s vice president of sustainability, tells me, “is not using any fossil fuels in the building. During the global pandemic we redesigned the entire facility.” All energy used in Climate Pledge Arena is 100% electric. Climate Pledge Arena/David Conger Once the building opened, the team needs to demonstrate at least 12 months of energy usage, highlighting the void of fossil fuels and showing the ability to offset any carbon—whether from construction or operations. “It is very much a ground-breaking project,” Lindsay Baker,…
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