United States. The new Levi's stadium in Santa Clara, California, which was worth $1.3 billion, and is home to the San Francisco 49ers (NFL) football team, has features that recognize it as a sustainable model.
With 27,000 square feet of green roof, owner suites clad in reclaimed wood, the 68,500-seat stadium includes a wide variety of "green" features. But none of them is more crucial to their operations than using recycled water for irrigation and washing their systems, which account for 85% of the facility's water consumption.
The recycled water pressure increase system built by California Hydronics Corp. (CHC) with Bell & Gossett pumps, heat exchangers and other products, faucets in the Santa Clara Valley Water District water recycling system. This eliminates the need to use fresh water for toilets and to irrigate the court's natural field, green roof and other areas, which is of particular concern in California's drought.
