Environment

Thyagaraj Stadium, India's first eco-friendly stadium has been reconstructed and was inaugurated in April 2010 which will be the venue for the Netball competition in the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Covering an area of 16,000 square metres, it is built on the principles of "green building technologies".


> The bricks used for the construction are made of environmentally friendly fly-ash.
> Water conservation is ensured by installment of affluent treatment plant to recycle water within the
    stadium and rain water harvesting system.
> Piped natural gas (PNG) (clean fuel) run turbines (imported from USA and assembled in Switzerland)
   will be used for 3.5 MegaWatt power generation of the entire stadium
> The exhaust heat of the turbine will be used to run the central AC of the entire stadium with the help of
   Vapour Absorption Machine (VAM).
> Solar energy is being used for power inside the building and also will be stored and harnessed for other
   purposes; the broad roof (107m x 185 m)of the stadium fitted with solar panels is generating about 1
   MegaWatt power.
> Specialised double-glazed glass windows are used for high light transmission but low heat
    transmission to cut down costs on lighting and reduce AC load.
> Specialised brick walls are made which have cavities acting as acoustic and thermal barriers.

All these above green measures put together will be successful in the endeavour of leaving minimal carbon footprint.

Photo via netball.org