London 2012: Sustainability features per venue
Olympic Stadium
- Lightest Olympic Stadium to date – minimising use of steel and reducing carbon footprint
- unwanted gas pipelines used for the roof truss which saved producing new steel
- high recycled content used for concrete foundations
- materials delivered to site by water, including delivery of pipes
- bird and bat boxes built into Stadium site
- recycled granite from King George V docks used for Stadium river banks
Aquatics Centre
- high recycled content used for concrete foundations
- Water used to clean the swimming pool filters will be recycled for toilet flushing
- 3,500sq m of ‘living roof’ – biodiversity space for wildlife
- Legal and sustainable timber used for cladding
- Bird and bat boxes built into Aquatics Centre bridge
Velodrome
- Strategically placed roof lights will reduce on the need for artificial light
- Almost 100 per cent naturally ventilated
- Designed to reduce water consumption by 44 per cent
- Rainwater harvesting for toilet flushing and landscape irrigation
- Light-weight venue design lowers carbon footprint
Handball
- 100 per cent recycled aggregate for piling
- Rainwater harvesting to reduce potable water demand
- 100 light pipes in the ceiling to allow natural light into the venue
- Rainwater harvesting to reduce potable water demand
Eton Manor
- More than 617sq m ‘living roof’ – biodiversity space for wildlife
- the Park’s 120m tall wind turbine will be built next on the Eton Manor site providing enough energy to power 1,000 homes
- non-potable water used for irrigation
Olympic Village
- will achieve the Government’s new ‘Code for Sustainable Homes Level Four’ which is a national environmental standard, resulting in a 44 per cent reduction in carbon emissions and 30 per cent reduction in water use, as well delivering a range of other environmental benefits.
- first time that a large scale development will meet ‘Level Four’ in the UK
Media Centre
- 2,500sq m of ‘living roof’ – biodiversity space for wildlife
- Bird and bat boxes
- Use of recycled water to flush the toilets and for other non potable uses