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Last month, Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle’s new sports and events center, opened its doors with a Coldplay concert, 12,500 plants and trees, electronic entry tickets — no paper! — that double as free public transit passes and all-electric operations powered by 100 percent renewable electricity.
莎莉·福特（Sally Fouts）, Amazon’s global leader of The Climate Pledge, sat down with Chris Roe, Amazon’s head of sustainable operations, to learn details about the innovative features of the new arena building, property and functionality — and how it’s setting a new sustainability standard for event centers around the world.
萨利·福特（Sally Fouts）：气候承诺竞技场于10月开业，其大胆的目标是使历史成为第一个通过国际生活未来研究所获得净零碳认证的活动中心，从而为可持续设计设定了新的标准。该认证需要什么，什么时候将是正式的？与世界各地许多体育场所所取得的LEED认证有何不同？
Chris Roe:The net-zero carbon certification from the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) is the first worldwide third-party certification standard dedicated to recognizing highly energy efficient buildings that are designed and operated to fully account for their carbon emissions impacts. This means that certified buildings will be all-electric, energy efficient, powered entirely by renewable energy and with a demonstrated reduction in the embodied carbon of building materials. A building must be operational for a year before being able to be certified, so while the arena is registered and on-track for certification, we’re excited to see a year’s worth of operational performance data before Climate Pledge Arena will officially become certified the first net-zero carbon arena in the world. While LEED certification focuses broadly on green building, this ILFI standard goes above and beyond LEED with regards to reducing carbon emissions.
在气候承诺竞技场上旋转数字显示，具有气候承诺签名成就。图像由气候承诺竞技场提供。
Fouts：我对设计的各个方面（无论是物理属性及其功能）如何为事件中心设定了一个新的标准。您可以分享一些您喜欢的细节，而这些细节可能不会被公众看到吗？
鱼子：许多人没有意识到与建筑材料相关的碳排放（包括采矿，制造和运输）在他们进入建筑物之前很久就发生了。好用的买球外围app网站这就是为什么我真的很兴奋的是，气候承诺竞技场保留了最初为1962年世界博览会建造的现有4400万磅的屋顶。该竞技场还以低于等级的方式建造，这意味着整个建筑物中的材料较少。
西雅图的克莱肯溜冰场在气候质保险竞技场。图像由气候承诺竞技场提供。
Given the importance of ice to our earth’s climate and the abundance of rain in Seattle, I also love the "rain to rink" system that uses rain water to supply the greenest ice in the NHL for the Kraken. There are large cisterns underground that collect rain water from the building’s roof, which is then processed through a system that is all-electric — even the Zamboni is all electric — and uses natural refrigerants (typically a potent source of greenhouse gas emissions) powered by 100 percent renewable energy both from a 1.2MW on-site solar system and off-site renewable energy projects.
Fouts: And how about the sustainable operational details that visitors experience?
鱼子：这就是使气候承诺竞技场真正独特的原因。Oak View Group做得很棒，将可持续性整合到与会者的体验中。竞彩足球app怎么下载首先，随着免费的公共交通通行证，所有游戏门票都会加倍，以鼓励替代方式到达竞技场。
电子票在气候质保险竞技场替代传统纸票。图像由气候承诺竞技场提供。
Events at the arena will be zero waste with durable and compostable containers at the concession stands. A minimum of 95 percent of all arena waste will be diverted from landfills on a weight basis and the arena is working with food and beverage suppliers to eliminate single-use plastics entirely by 2024.
And finally, at least 75 percent of the arena’s food ingredients will be sourced locally within a 300-mile radius and on a seasonal basis to support regional farmers and producers. All viable unused food from events will be donated to local community food programs.
可回收和可重复使用的饮料容器有助于减少气候承诺竞技场的浪费。图像由气候承诺竞技场提供。
福特：令人印象深刻。那美丽的生活墙呢？
鱼子：它的长度为200英尺，高14英尺，拥有天然国西北太平洋地区的植物，并迅速成为整个竞技场的最爱景点 - 规模和美丽的设计将数字展示与本地植物一起整合在一起，并且是该场地的一个非常惊人的部分。
The 1,681-square-foot living wall at Climate Pledge Arena. Image courtesy of Climate Pledge Arena.
福特：您还想与我们分享什么？
鱼子：Climate Pledge Arena has many "firsts" — including the first zero carbon arena in the world and the first naming rights agreement named for a cause rather than a company. We’re proud to be part of a partnership that brings awareness and inspiration on the urgency of climate action to thousands of fans over 200 nights per year.
气候承诺竞技场的舞台。图像由气候承诺竞技场提供。
福特：竞技场的下一步是什么？
鱼子：既然竞技场正在运作，我们开始收集绩效数据，并很高兴与公众分享这一点。The arena is launching a public facing dashboard to provide more insight into the arena’s sustainability commitments around carbon, energy, waste, food and many other areas, and we hope this provides a measurement mechanism to identify and track additional improvement opportunities so the arena continues to reduce its impact over time. We’ve also heard from a number of other venues and arenas, so we hope the lessons and learnings from Climate Pledge Arena will help others continue to raise the bar on sustainability throughout the sports and entertainment industry.
Chris Roe, Amazon’s Head of Sustainable Operations, at the Climate Pledge Arena construction site in 2020. Image courtesy of Amazon.
For more details on the sustainability features of Climate Pledge Arena, visitclimatepledgearena.com/竞彩足球app怎么下载sustainability.了解有关气候承诺的更多信息 theclimatepledge.com.
