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2011 Military World Games A Precursor to 2016 Olympics

Sharla Alexander was having a great time in Hyderabad, India. As the logistics coordinator for the U.S. Armed Forces women's soccer squad at the fourth Military World Games in 2007, Alexander was aglow with "Friendship Through Sport" - the motto of the Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM), the Games' organizing body.

At the 4th CISM Military World Games in Hyderabad, India, North Korea bested Germany to win the women's soccer competition.

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Stadium & Arena

Another Upper Deck Accident Underscores Safety Debate

The death last week of Shannon Stone, a Texas firefighter who fell 20 feet in pursuit of a souvenir baseball, brought solemn urgency to sports venues. The near tragedy that took place last night in Phoenix during the MLB All Star Game Home Run Derby adds a new facet to the debate.

Possible Explanation Offered in Bizarre Pool Drowning

Marie Joseph, 36, drowned on June 26 but was not discovered until early June 29 by trespassers who snuck into the pool overnight.

Some Green Decisions Make More Sense Than Others

We use motion sensors and the longest-lasting lightbulbs we can find. When we built our pool, we purchased the most energy-efficient water heating system available, and we're still exploring ways to consume less energy to heat the pool water, including covers and solar water heaters. We use spray bottles and hand towels on the workout floor for wiping down equipment, rather than disposable wipes.

(Image © Alex Slobodkin/Istockphoto.com)

'Green' Roof Provides Natural Connection to Rec Center's Landscape

Visual representations of sustainability don't get much cleaner than a green roof, especially one that's detailed so thoughtfully.

Port Moody (B.C.) Recreation Complex (Photo by Martin Tessler)

Fitness Equipment Helps Facilities Harness User-Generated Energy

Back in 2007, members at Gainesville Health & Fitness might have noticed a young man planted behind an elliptical machine, "tinkering" (as he called it) with the unit's moving parts.

SportsArt Fitness introduced the Green System

Air-Destratification and Dispersion Technologies Enhance Heating and Cooling Efficiencies in Large Interior Spaces

About eight years ago, Xcel Energy of Colorado paid a visit to the Longmont headquarters of Avedon Engineering, a custom manufacturer of injection-molded plastics.

Air Pears can be dangled above climbing walls, like this one at the Longmont (Colo.) Recreation Center (top), or made to virtually disappear among catwalks, as is the case at the University of Maryland's Cole Field House. (Photos courtesy of Airius)

Gym & Fieldhouse

Net-Zero Field House Is a Classroom and a Money Maker for The Putney School

The Putney School, a private, progressive secondary school in southeastern Vermont, sits on 500 acres that include a dairy farm, stands of sugar maples, vegetable gardens and hay fields."A high-performance building envelope provides a lot of benefits," Petter adds. "If you have a highly insulated building, once you heat your air up to a certain temperature, it doesn't lose its heat very quickly. You could heat this building up in the middle of winter, turn all your systems off, and it would maintain an internal temperature for two or three days that would be comfortable.""Opening a building to the north is never something that's really beneficial, and it would have required a higher energy intensity for the building," Petter says, referring to a measurement used throughout the building industry reached by dividing the total amount of energy consumed by the number of square feet. "When you're looking at a high-performance building, it comes down to percentage points.""There are still financial tradeoffs," Petter says. "Until you spend enough money to get your building down to performing below that level, it doesn't make sense to pay for the extra photovoltaics. You can put more PV or insulation in, but at those higher energy intensity levels, you can get more bang for your buck with insulation."Operationally, the cutting-edge technology - more accurately, an update on an extremely old concept - is night flush mechanical cooling, in which operable clerestories are programmed to open during the coolest part of the night, flushing warm air out of the building and replacing it with cooler air brought in through apertures placed lower to the ground. The system measures both the building's interior air temperature and the differential in ingoing and outgoing volume, and when appropriate levels of both have been reached, it shuts off and the windows close.

(Photo courtesy of The Putney School)

Stadium & Arena

Blog: No More Dumping on My Cathedrals, Please

In this writer's opinion, sports writers shouldn't be criticizing old stadiums so heavily.

Is Jury Still Out on Recyclable Synthetic Turf?

The year 2010 saw the first synthetic turf field to be fully recycled.

Stadium & Arena

Philadelphia Eagles and University of North Texas Invest in Wind Turbines

In 2003, the year Lincoln Financial Field opened, Philadelphia Eagles employees were given blue recycling bins to slide under their desks.

Dozens of helical turbines atop Lincoln Financial Field will soon help the Philadelphia Eagles score energy on the cheap. (Rendering courtesy of the Philadelphia Eagles)

Aquatics Facility Expansion Takes Advantage of Geothermal Energy

Geothermal energy pays off for aquatics facility.

Kiosks along a lakeside path explain the geothermal technology that heats pool water and controls air temperature in the new RecPlex Aqua Arena. (Photos courtesy of Partners in Design Architects)

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