![]() KeyArena, the facility’s predecessor, was responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than any other city-owned building, said Sandra Mallory, of the city’s Office of Sustainability and Environment. Some 37 percent of Seattle’s emissions come from building operations, according to an inventory of its greenhouse gas sources. A third-party auditor will verify whether it meets the requirements. The arena management group plans to file next October for zero-carbon certification from the International Living Future Institute, a sustainable building organization. The idea to go carbon-neutral at the arena started at the top - with the building’s roof. “We hope that’s going to show cynics we really mean it.” Reuse, reduce “It’s a moral imperative,” said Rob Johnson, the vice president of sustainability and transportation for the Seattle Kraken and the Climate Pledge Arena, adding that a full and transparent accounting of the arena’s carbon impacts will be public. After calculating the cost of travel, food and merchandise among fans, Johnson will purchase carbon offsets in an attempt to balance the arena’s climate impact. ![]() Rob Johnson, the vice president of sustainability and transportation for the Seattle Kraken and Climate Pledge Arena, will be in charge of calculating the cost – in carbon emissions – of attending concerts, Seattle Kraken hockey games and Seattle Storm basketball games. emissions and prime targets for carbon reductions. ![]() Team and arena executives hope their lofty ambitions and the attention they’re seeking to promote them will overcome skepticism and jump-start a green building movement at emissions-spewing stadiums across the country.īuildings are responsible for roughly a third of U.S. Staffers are just beginning to calculate the cost - in emissions - of fans’ attendance and travel to games, which arena operators plan to cover by buying carbon offsets that invest in environmental projects. An offsite project to generate renewable energy, in partnership with the local utility, remains in the planning phase. The arena’s climate promises, too, remain a work in progress. Kitchen equipment like fryers, held in port due to the global shipping crisis, still awaited installation. On Wednesday, machinery purred and paintbrushes swished against the carpentry as workers put the finishing touches on the building, which is set to host the Seattle Kraken’s first home NHL game Saturday night. The Zambonis are electric, the cutlery is bamboo and the trash cans - yes, they still have them - are not long for the concourses if all goes according to plan. The goal: No fossil fuels (achieved), no single-use plastic by 2024 and little-to-no waste. During recent renovations, workers separated the roof from its support structure, held it up with temporary steel columns and excavated deeper to expand the arena’s footprint. The 41 million pound roof atop Climate Pledge Arena was originally constructed for the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle. And neither the team’s executives nor the building’s interior design is shy about it. This 740,000-square-foot hockey palace - which aims to be the first net-zero carbon arena in the United States - is one of the most ambitious green building projects in the nation with a price tag of $1.15 billion.
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