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Eagles Stadium ~ A Cornucopia of Sustainable Initiatives

By Theodora Filis On Thanksgiving Day in the United States, other than the traditional Thanksgiving Day feast, Americans celebrate this day by watching football.  Although the Philadelphia Eagles will not be playing today Eagles Stadium certainly has possession of sustainable initiatives in the 21st century. The Philadelphia Eagles, already recognized in the NFL as a sustainability leader, have announced a massive renewable energy installation that will catapult them ahead of any sporting club worldwide. The plan, scheduled to be finished in time for next September's start of the 2011 National Football League season, will see 80 spiral-shaped wind turbines attached atop the stadium and 2,500 solar panels installed. Natural gas and bio-diesel fuel will power the 7.5MW co-generation plant. “ Giving  back to the community and leading by example”, is how Don Smolenski, Philadelphia Eagles, COO describes the sustainable initiatives started by Jeffrey Lurie and his wife Christina bac