SUSTAINABILITY
THYAGARAJ STADIUM
New Delhi’s Thyagaraj Stadium is the first in the country to receive a gold rating from the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). Designed by architects Peddle Thorp for the 2010 Common- wealth Games, the venue has earned a CII-IGBC-Gold rating. Eco-friendly solutions at Thyagraj
include the use of solar panels to pro- vide all electricity for lighting – with
any excess generated being fed into Delhi’s main power grid using integrat- ed photovoltaic cells. Other key features incorporated in the stadium include the use of rainwater harvesting for flushing and horticulture, double-insulated glazing and an independent sewage treatment plant with a capacity of more than 200,000 litres a day. Thyagraj Stadium is owned by the
Government of National Capital Ter- ritory of Delhi (GNCTD) and is part of the larger Thyagraj Sports Complex. GNCTD’s Chief Minister. Sheila Dikshit said the award reflect- ed Delhi’s pioneering role in promoting
The Thyagaraj Stadium’s indoor arena
eco-friendly practices that would encourage other states in the country to become more “green”.
COVENTRY GETS GEO
Established in 1887 Coventry Golf Club celebrated its 125th anniversary by receiving the international ecolabel GEO Certi- fied in recognition of outstanding sustainability efforts across its course, as well as outreach work into the surrounding community. Phil Weaver, course manager
– who’s also chair of the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland – was part of the driving force behind Coventry Golf Club’s journey through the GEO OnCourse programme that led to the GEO Certified ecolabel. Weaver said: “We recognise the
pressures on the environment. Golf clubs have an important responsibility to take their stew- ardship of the land seriously. In the last few years we’ve become much more aware and active, making sustainability a consideration in every decision. The GEO OnCourse programme was easy to follow and made sure we thought about a wide range of practical areas and there were suggestions for improvements as we went along. GEO is a stakeholder-funded,
not-for-profit organisation, dedi- cated to helping the global golf community establish leadership in environmental enhancement.
WIRELESS ENERGY
DW Sports is in the process of adopting wireless building energy management systems (BEMS). Designed, installed and commissioned by WEMS International, trials have been completed at three sites, with average energy savings of more than 17 per cent. DW Sports are now em- barking on a phased roll-out programme. Dan Hubbard, the company’s utili-
ties manager, said: “At board level, DW Sports is committed to energy reduc- tion and sustainability in a very real and proactive way. We’d made some inroads by addressing the ‘low hanging fruit’ but knew the real energy efficiency solutions involved taking greater control of plant.” DW Sports’ ready-built estate featured two BEMS, controlling some kit, plus a
lot of independent control. The company wanted to remove “human error” from the equation in terms of more efficient operation and control of the estate. The WEMS solution was able to bring all of the controls together. Hubbard said: “We went through a
phase of evaluating and re-evaluating the available energy control technology that could help us achieve our targets. For us, technology must be a safe in- vestment, must not affect the customer experience in our fitness centres, and must go on in the background so as not to cause distraction or disruption. For these reasons, the installation
of a wireless solution such as WEMSys- tem made perfect sense. Hubbard and DW Sports team have worked closely with WEMS to scrutinise the initial data and optimise the trial sites to achieve maximum savings. Wherever waste is identified, a solution is presented to rec- tify the situation.
The wireless system is delivering an average energy saving of 17 per cent at three sites 48 Read Sports Management online
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