Green Initiatives
at Gillette Stadium
Agenda
• Vision / Mission
• Property Overview
• Green Initiatives
• Utility Usage and Reduction
• Waste Water / Reuse Plant
• Patriot Place Solar Project
• Other Initiatives
• Q&A
Vision
Ensure Our site program encompasses all facets of Gillette
Stadium and Patriot Place operations and recognizes its
environmental responsibility to set and define measurable
goals and objectives to be tracked and monitored to ensure
eco-friendly standards are achieved.
Mission
Manage and sustain a comprehensive site-wide program
dedicated to:
– Practicing waste prevention
– Maximizing water and energy conservation
– Promoting awareness of long-term environmental
solutions
– Fostering partnerships with environmentally conscious
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individuals and organizations
Property Overview
Stadium Overview
• 1.5 million sqft sports and
entertainment center.
• l t i ll d it
10 MW electrical load capacity,
(double fed high voltage) Siemens
electrical distribution system.
• controlled.
Siemens BMS and LSS controlled
• GE Lighting control.
• Dunham-Bush 1700 ton air cooled
chiller plant with free cooling
system for winter operation.
• Bryan 1100 BHP FHW boiler
plant.
• Total organization 16 folks in
operations and project
management.
Patriot Place Overview
• 1.3 million sft. mixed use retail
development
• 7 MW electrical load capacity
GE Main gear and distribution.
• Siemens BMS and LSS
controlled.
• Common areas RTU DX
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indirect gas fired with electric
reheat.
• design
Non Centralized design.
• Sustainable design practices .
• White roofs.
• Energy efficient HVAC
standards.
• Lighting pollution reduction
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strategies.
Green Initiatives
Green Initiatives
• Recycling Program
– Paper and Cardboard
– Plastic Bottles
– Parking Lots
• Carpooling Incentives
• Green Clean
• Operational
Paper/Cardboard Initiative
• Gillette Stadium employees are urged to recycle
white paper, mixed paper, bottles and cans, and
cardboard throughout the site.
• Audits are conducted to monitor employee
performance
Clean cardboard is segregated out of waste stream,
• Cl db d i d f
installed into “clean compactor” in stadium
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• All recyclables are process through Rand Whitney
Recycles facilities located throughout New
England.
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Stadium Bottle Initiative
• Bottle shaped receptacles are placed in and
around the stadium
• Fans are encouraged to recycle bottles and
cans into such receptacles
• Bulk items are cleared from seating areas
and during post-event clean up
• Recycling of clean cardboard, bottles and
cans to redemption center
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Parking Lot Initiative
• Translucent recycling bags are distributed to
every car that enters into Autotrader.com
parking lots on Patriots game days
• Fans are encouraged to place their empty
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bottles and cans into the bags and leave the
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bags in the parking space post-event
• The bags are collected by Gillette Stadium
personnel and sent to recycling plant
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Employee Carpool Initiative
• Employees who carpool together on game
days receive a $10 g card p employee
y $ gas per p y
• Not-for-profit employees receive a $10
donation to their respective organization
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Clean Green
• Green Chemicals
– Use of only sustainable cleaning products with
ingredients not derived from non-renewable
sources
Ingredients constitute at least 80% of active ingredients
– I di t tit t t l t f ti i di t
(excluding water)
– Follows Green Seal’s guidelines
• Recycled Content Trash Liners
– Contracts with manufacturers to meet EPA’s
Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines f post-
C h i P G id li for
consumer recyclables
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– Includes chlorine-free bleach processes
Operational
• Partnerships with local food banks
– Food that was never served is donated to shelters
• Operational Recycling
– Scrap metal and other construction materials
– Fluorescent lights
– Obsolete IT Equipment ( Computers, Monitors, TV’s
etc)
– Printer Toner Cartridges
• Carbon Offset for large stadium events
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Utility Reduction
Utility Consumption
• Electrical Consumption was reduced by
26% from 2003 to 2009!
• N t l Gas C ti d d
Natural G Consumption was reduced
by 43% from 2003 to 2009!
• Leveraged building management
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systems
• Aggressive scheduling of equipment
(on/off)
• Changed occupancy set points ( 72° f
summer / 68 ° f winter
• Leveraged NGRID efficiency programs
and incentives
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Emissions Equivalents
• Since 2003 we have reduced our electrical consumption by
8.1 M kWh and 307,142 therms of natural gas
• This reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions equates to:
– 7,358 metric tons of Carbon Dioxide
– Emissions from 1,407 passenger vehicles
– Emissions from 827,602 gallons of gasoline
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– 17 110 barrels of oil consumed
– Emissions from electricity and gas used by 893 homes
y
for one year
– 136,248 propane cylinders used for home barbeques
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WWT / Reuse Water Plant Overview
• Recycling capabilities enhanced the
commercial viability of the
development.
• 250,000 GPD, membrane bio-reactor
wastewater treatment plant – Accepts
flows up to 1.1 MGD.
• Typically the WWTP reclaims 75% of
the total flow for reuse on site /
development
• In the period between February 08 and
January 09 this plant reclaimed 15.6
million gallons of water, that’s over 23
Olympic size swimming pools worth of
drinking water saved!!!
• 2.4 acre leach field – on site wastewater
discharge and recharges local aquifer
• Reclaimed water is utilized for stadium
and mall toilet flushing
Site Renewable Energy Projects
Renewable Initiatives
• Patriot Place Solar Project ~ 500 kw across
7 roofs.
• Wind Power – Feasibility study MTC grant
filed.
application filed
• Large Event / Game Day – Wind Offset,
Constellation supplies wind power for full
stadium events ( Football, NCAA Lax,
Concerts)
Solar Power Overview
• ~ 500 kw solar power arrays across 7
ft t P t i t Pl
roof tops at Patriot Place.
• Systems will generate ~ 600,000 kWh
/ yr.
• Approximately 25% of the common
area electrical usage / yr.
• Local Massachusetts products 2800
Evergreen Solar PV panels.
• Patriot Place is a host to
Constellation’s system via a PPA.
Daylighting of Neponset River
-Longest river corridor
ever created in MA.
-Wetland Creation
-Stormwater management
-Floodplain buffer
Other Environmental Initiatives
•Bog naturalization
- Organic Bog
- Last operating bog in Foxborough, MA
•Cardboard Recycling to Rand Whitney Recycle
plants
•Renewable research efforts
- Wind/solar powered parking lot lighting
- LED parking lot lighting
- LED digital displays
•Future projects
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- Permitted with planned environmentally
friendly design practices (i.e. Designated
parking for elec cars, bicycle friendly
projects, etc.)
- Master planning around existing assets (i.e.
WWTP)
Q&A