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Solar World Cup Stadium for Qatar from Foster + Partners
The FIFA World Cup may be over, but the obsession and affection forthe game is such that nations have already battling it out for one thatstarts in 12 years. Qatar is bidding to host the World Cup in 2022, andgetting the “Lusail Iconic Stadium” design at this point in time iscertainly an added advantage. Designed [...]
Solar Stadium Coming to San Fran for America’s Cup
If the Board of Supervisors of the America’s Cup approves of SanFrancisco hosting the 34th America’s Cup yacht race, then we could hopeto the most environmentally friendly race on record. Conceptualized bySkidmore, Owings & Merrill architect, the proposal suggests thetransformation of dilapidated piers 30-32 at the foot of Bryant Streetand Pier 50 south of the [...]
Suniva To Install Solar on Commonwealth Games Stadium
Atlanta-based Suniva and Reliance Industries’ Solar Energy Group has announced that theThyagaraj Stadium, which will be used for the 2010 Commonwealth Games,will feature a 1MW rooftop solar installation created using Suniva’sthin film mono-crystalline solar cells having an efficiency up to 20percent. The company uses the ARTisun Technology, which involves screenprinting for making contact lines on [...]
Blue Volcano Stadium Equipped With ‘Solar Cloud’
With innovation clubbed with environment sensitivity at its peak, a newstadium at Zaberg designed by Croatia-based njiric+ arhitekti is uniquein its own right. It is an amazing volcano shaped piece ofarchitecture, circular, made of light-weighted materials, the ‘BlueVolacano’ as it has been nicknamed rises a little above the groundsurface to surround the area within. [...]
Njiric + Arhitekti’s Blue Volcano Stadium Features ‘Solar Cloud’
Eco Factor: Sustainable stadium concept designed to harvest renewable energy. Njiric + Arhitektihas designed a large stadium that tries to push the boundary of humanexperiences of public spaces. The sustainable stadium is housed withinan artificial hill made of recycled rubber, with a blue pigment sprayedonto corrugated aluminum sheets. Thegreen stadium features an open roof which [...]
Solar Powered Hanshin Koshien Stadium
Japanese baseball goes green with The Hanshin Koshien Stadium inNishinomiya, Hyogo . Solar batterypanels are being installed on the roof above the stadiums infieldstands. The stadium, home to the Hanshin Tigers baseball team will beinstalled with 1600 solar panels, about 140 centimeters in width and 80centimeters in length that will generate a massive 193,000 [...]
Italy’s Solar Powered Stadium
On the outside I’m sure this stadium looks like a capsule, but thisparticular Gino Zavanella creation unveiled in Italy recently istotally plastered in energy-generating photovoltaic panels. Named‘Franco Sensi’ is not just the usual stadium, but will also boast ofRome’s football teams museum, restaurants, lounges and even bars. Thereis a band of LED screen around the [...]
FIFA World Cup Stadium to go green with ecofriendly cladding
Boogertman Urban Edge & Partners Design has developed new fiberC glassfiber concrete panels for FIFA World CupStadium, which they state is a greener alternative to fiber cementpanels or aluminum sheets. The stadium, referred to as The Soccer CityStadium, is under construction in the suburbs of Johannesburg, andcladding would complete in 80 days.