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For the 2014 World Cup, Brazil will roll out impressive facilities that could score LEED certification and add to its rich modern architecture legacy.
Describing any massive construction project as “green” is a stretch, especially when it comes to sports facilities. But in football-mad Brazil, plans for a bevy of new and refurbished football stadia for the 2014 World Cup are well underway.
Brazil's projects could both score international green building certifications such as LEED while adding to the country’s rich modern architecture legacy. Much of the credit for Brazil’s greening of the World Cup goes to Vicente Mello and Ian McKee, two architects who drafted the CopaVerde plan, which advocates for the most responsible construction practices possible for the event’s venues...
Via Lauren Moss
What a building! Everyone is getting on board with Green Buildings and LEED certifications. Turner is also on the Green and LEED Certified train. It's the new IN thing.
An earlier scoop showed the issues that Rio was going to have with disabled patrons who attend the 2016 Olympic Games. This is a bit more positive as it shows the green facilities that were created or rebuilt for the 2014 World Cup. One of these even had its own solar power plant, which is extremely impressive!