Greening the game

American Football is a billion-dollar industry, so can making stadiums greener encourage sports fans to do the same?


Bringing tens of thousands of people together for a single sporting event has its inherent challenges when it comes to sustainability - from the traffic and waste generated to the energy and water needed to keep these stadiums functioning.

The Dallas Cowboys' stadium uses 10 megawatts of energy on game days - that's roughly the same as keeping 7,500 US homes running during those hours.

But, increasingly, teams from different sports around the world are introducing eco-friendly practices as well as modifying their stadium's infrastructure so they can do better by the environment.