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World’s First Net-Zero Stadium to Host World Cup
Brazil will be the host of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics and is renovating its biggest stadium, Estádio Nacional de Brasília, to prepare for those huge events. When the renovation is finished this year it will be the first net-zero-energy stadium in the world and will be certified LEED-Platinum. Besides increasing capacity to [...]
2014 World Cup Goes Solar
The Brazilian government is working toward embedding solar cells and other sustainable technologies to its stadia for the 2014 Football World Cup. Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV) is grabbing large attention these days. Installation of BIPV is a standard way to turn stadiums of big sports events into solar power units for reaping energy. Most soccer [...]