The Milwaukee Bucks’ new Wisconsin Entertainment & Sports Center
is being built with an eye to reducing the arena’s footprint, ensuring
energy efficiency, and furthering sustainability. The Bucks have
contracted with Johnson Controls to create the arena as a “smart
building” that the organization says will be “the gold standard for a
sports and entertainment facility.”
Johnson Controls – along with Mortenson Construction, ICON Venue Group and other subcontractors – will install smart building solutions that will be managed on a unified, intelligent infrastructure including HVAC, building automation, security, lighting, fire protection and information technology. The Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center is a $524 million project, according to Sports Techie. By incorporating technologies that lead to a more sustainable building, venues are reaping incredible savings in recent years. The Orlando Magic’s Amway Center, for example, saved almost $1 million a year, including about $700,000 in annual energy costs alone, because of LEED green building certification, according to a US Green Building Council (USGBC) report... ...moreKen Notes: These decisions were good business driven!!! | ||
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