Green Initiatives
Spectra Venue Management at Budweiser Gardens is committed to green initiatives to help the environment and reduce our impact.
Budweiser Gardens is a current member of the Green Sports Alliance and are actively participating in an energy reduction program through EnerNOC for demand response in Ontario. Below are a few things we are currently doing and involved with, along with a look at future projects.
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Recycling/Green initiatives at Budweiser Gardens
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- Recycling program includes separation of food waste, cardboard, cans and bottles
- Food waste (organics) are collected from our main kitchen and all our suite locations diverting approximately 4.5 metrics tons of food waste yearly
- Cardboard is separated and bailed diverting 15 metric tons per year of cardboard from landfills
- Cans, bottles, and plastic cups are separated diverting 19 metric tons yearly from landfills
- Luxury suites use compostable utensils, cups, plates, napkins, soup containers and take out containers
- A total of 4,434 light bulbs, 237 ballast, and 1,823 batteries have been Recycled since 2009
- Use post-consumer recycled paper products
- Summer 2017 removal of 112 metal halide sports lights to be replaced By LED sports lighting, this will reduce consumption and the strain of Hydro by 345.000 kWh per year
- Back of house areas to be LED retrofitted 2017/2018
- LED Exterior lighting retrofit
- London Knights Green Game
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Ice Plant and Equipment
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- Ice plant start-up of compressors are sequenced to reduce start up load
- Have minimized use of the third compressor on non-game days and is only used during games
- Decreased hot water temperature from 180F to 150F
- 3rd level exterior light has been reduced from 500w halogen lights to 300 halogen light
- Reduced all original MR16 lights from 50w to 20w
- Increased ice temperature in “covered” mode during concerts and other non-ice events
- Utilizing night mode for the ice plant, reducing compressors use during off hours
- Energy efficient appliances such as dishwashers
- Fridges not used during summer months are unplugged