This years New York Yankee’s season is diffidently going to be one for the ages sports fans. With the opening season of the new stadium, major changes and upgrades are apparent. With the opening of the new stadium, it is not just larger, but much more suited to save and conserve energy.

With the energy crisis in full swing, every step to help conserve energy and improve usage is being taken from the lighting system all the way back to the restrooms. The new automated system that controls the lighting saves 300 watts than a typical stadium fixture and reduces light spillage by 50%. These improvements reduce CO2 emissions by over 200,000 pounds, which is the equivalent of planting a single tree for every pitch during the home season.

Yankee Stadium is also strategically placed in the city so that people are encouraged to use the subway, Metro-North, and busses so that emissions from cars are reduced. In fact, the cooking oil that is used to fry up the fantastic food everyone loves is recycled and converted into Bio-Diesel fuel. Of the over 8,000 gallons of oil recycled and converted into fuel, almost 130,000 pounds of carbon emissions have been reduced; that’s the equivalent of 11.7 cars taken off the road for a full year.

Even the plumbing system of Yankee Stadium has been improved to increase efficiency. The new restrooms throughout the stadium are designed to save over 3 million gallons of water, and reduce consumption by 22 percent. GoJo hand soap is available in all restrooms and requires no water. An additional 1 million gallons of water can be saved if every guest in the stadium opted to use GoJo, over the traditional soap and water.

Yankee Stadiums service manuals have also undergone changes. A new digital version of all service manuals has been made to reduce all paper and solid wastes. This new system will save 10 trees, 100 pounds of solid wastes, 1,000 gallons of water and 10,000 kilowatt hours of electricity.

The air conditioning system has been redesigned to so that the Great Hall and entryway are not air conditioned at all. Instead, they rely on natural cooling fans, which save as much energy as 10,000 New York City apartments.

It truly is an amazing age we live in when an old stadium can be replaced by a new stadium, increase its size by over 60% and still be eco-friendly. In the midst of the energy revolution, the new Yankee Stadium is the pioneer in retrofitting large halls such as stadiums, auditoriums, and fields and making them more eco-friendly.

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