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February 18, 2011

Baseball Season is here…so are Solar Efficient Stadiums

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Solar Efficient Stadiums

Arizona Diamondbacks Goes Solar

by Summer Minor
Originally published by Green Building Elements

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The Arizona Diamondbacks are going solar at their baseball field in 2011. The Chase Field, home of the Diamondbacks, will soon have a new solar array doing double duty at the stadium.

The 75 kilowat array will be pulling in solar energy to help reduce the amount of electricity used by the stadium during baseball season. The project, designed by HKS Inc. and built by Ironco division, will include electric car charging stations and battery storage for fans who want to make their baseball season a little more green.

The array will also provide much needed shade for fans as they wait in line to buy tickets. Built just over the entrance of the western ticket booth, the panels will be a welcome source of cooling shade for fans standing in the Arizona heat to buy tickets below. The solar panels will provide 17,280 square feet of shading for fans.

Behind the scenes, Chase Field will have a working lab to study new ways to get the most out of the solar power cells. For fans driving electric cars, the stadium will be looking at ways to get the most out of their usage. Charging stations will be set up with meters for fans to pay for solar power to keep their electric cars running.

“Like those coming out from Nissan and the Chevy Volt. Standard production model electric car stations,” he said. “If you’re coming to the ball park and have an electric car, you can charge your car there. That’s the concept.” The Diamondbacks are not the first major league baseball team to go solar. Many other stadiums in Seattle and LA have added solar panels to their designs to help reduce the impact of sporting events and help fans with electric cars.

Reprinted with permission from Green Building Elements.




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