Hot on the heels of last week’s announcement from the NBA of new jerseys made from 60% recycled materials, the N.Y. Jets have just finished placing more than 3,000 solar panels on the roof of the team’s New Jersey training center. The solar system will provide the team’s 120,000-square-foot training, teaching, and medical facility with 750,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year; saving tens of thousands of dollars each year in electricity costs.
“This project is the first of many green initiatives on behalf of the team, and we are proud to be green in color and also in deed,” Thad Sheely, the New York Jets executive vice president of finance and stadium development, said in a statement.
For more, check out the press release here.
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