Alcalde, Carlos; (2007) Sustainable sports stadia: Potential and strategies for FC Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium. Doctoral thesis , UCL (University College London).

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The reduction of emissions from sports stadiums is achievable by concentrating our efforts on the reduction of transport related emissions, promoting day time events and applying natural lighting and ventilation strategies, together with investment on efficient electric appliances. The findings from the literature review are applied to stablish which aspects are determinant when defining the environmental impact of sports stadiums. These are defined as: economic factors, lighting loads, water use, waste generation, impact of transport, and environmental policies and design guidelines. FC Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium has been chosen as a good example of urban sports stadium, and its environmental impact is analysed in terms of these aspects: transport, water, waste and energy use. Based on succesful examples and relevant data, a number of strategies are proposed and discussed in terms of their potential application and reduction of emissions of Camp Nou stadium. Despite the limitations in measured data analysis for this report and following succesful examples and relevant data, some strategies are recommended as having more potential for a positive impact on emissions or for their feasible application at Camp Nou stadium. It is aknowledged that the findings of this report would benefit from the availability of measured data relative to Camp Nou's energy consumption, and so it is the aim of this report to stablish a path of investigation for future research.

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