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Thyagaraj Stadium: India's first eco-friendly sports complexDELHI CHIEF MinisterSheila Dikshitinaugurated India's first eco-friendly sportscomplexThyagaraj stadium Delhi, which will be the venue for Netball competitionof the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Designed by Australian firm Peddle

Thorp, the stadium, has been made in a rectangular shape. Peddle Thorpcurrently operates from Brisbane, Cairns, Jakarta, Gold Coast and Shanghai.

Built over an area of 16,000 square metres, the Thyagaraj Stadium has been

built with the latest green building technologies and eco-friendly material. It

is the only stadium in the country constructed on the green buildingconcept.

Not only the stadium has been constructed using fly-ash bricks, it also

boasts of features like water conservation through use of recycled water,

rainwater harvesting system The idea behind all of this is to leave behindminimal carbon footprint.

The turbine, which was imported from the United States of America andassembled in Switzerland, costs Rs 19 crore and piped natural gas (PNG)-

run turbines will generate 3.5 megawatt power to run the entire stadium.

Currently solar energy is being used for lighting purposes. Solar energy willalso be harnessed and used on a large scale. The broad roof of the stadium

(107X185m) enables generation of no less than 1MW of solar energy, whichwill be used within the building and also put into the grid.

The stadiums green aspects are several and varied. From specialiseddouble-glazed glasses that allow high light transmission but low heat

transmission, to brick walls that have cavity to act as acoustic and thermalbarriers there are several firsts in the stadium.

The sports complex has a parking for 450 vehicles. The multi-purpose Air

Conditioned Indoor stadium has a seating capacity of 5,823. The stadiumhas been built at a cost of approximately Rs 300 crore.

The stadium would be handed over to the education department after the

Common Wealth Games will over, this stadium can be used to hostbadminton, table tennis, basketball tournaments.

The stadium has even applied for a LEED (Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design) green building certification. The application is for the

gold certification, while the goal is to attain the platinum.

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