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Liam Fitzgerald "Green" Baseball Stadiums Annotation 1 (Memo3)

__**About The Author:**__ Ian Gordon (Copy Editor for Mother Jones Blog), When not extolling the virtues of the serial comma, Ian writes about the movement of people, money, and culture across borders. The things that get in the way—budget-busting walls, crackpot militiamen, state legislators—are worth covering too.
 * < Newspaper Article ||
 * ~ Title ||< Can Stadium Sports Really Be Green? ||
 * ~ Abstract ||< Both pro teams and enviros see an opportunity. But are their efforts just a drop in an arena-size bucket? ||
 * ~ Publication ||< Mother Jones ||
 * ~ URL ||< [] ||
 * ~ Accessed ||< 2012-03-20 14:02:35 ||
 * ~ Library Catalog ||< motherjones.com ||

__**Arguments: **__ The article starts narrating a scene at Cowboy's Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It talks about the mega screen in the stadium, and the souvenir cups they use. The main question asked is "Can big ticket sports really be green?". The Cowboys are trying to prove all the critics wrong by doing the best they can to make their brand new stadium as ecologically friendly as possible. They hope to reduce solid waste by 25%, reduce energy waste by 20%, and water consumption by 1 million gallon annually. Further west, the San Francisco Giants are hoping to do the same with their BASEBALL stadium. They were the 2010 World Champions, but also awarded the Green Glove. This was their third time being given the award for the team that recycles the most over the course of the season. They also installed 590 solar panels, and diverted 75% of their garbage from landfills via recycling and composing. They also found more sustainable ways of making their world famous garlic fries. All this has allowed the San Fran Giants to be only the second MLB stadium to be awarded the LEED Silver Certification. The NDRC (Eco Advocates) are working with the MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS, NCAA Sports, and other league to spread the word. The media can say what they want but as you can see sports are doing their part in becoming environmentally safe.

__** 3 Examples: **__ 1) Says one baseball exec, "A side conversation between two treehuggers has now really become a topic people are engaged in."  2) Makower believes that sports franchises, like many businesses with green initiatives, don't get enough credit for the work they're doing  3) Giants have installed 590 solar panels at AT&T Park, enough to power more than 5,200 homes since 2007


 * __ 3 Quotes: __** 1) "The Giants—located in an avowedly ecofriendly  city—aren't alone. Throughout baseball's postseason, playoff teams have been showing PSAs  touting Major League Baseball's collaboration with the Natural Resources Defense Council."

 2) "Whereas team owner Jeffrey Lurie pushed his Philadelphia Eagles  to become one of the first pro teams to invest in ecofriendly practices when it opened Lincoln Financial Field in 2003, most teams that have since adopted green practices have done so with the bottom line in sight."

3) "We were trying to figure out how to reach out to untraditional allies"


 * __ Evidence: __** This article gives multiple examples on how BASEBALL and football stadiums are going green. It, like many other articles, talks about energy use and water consumption as a big issue in the world of "green" stadiums. It gave me more information about San Francisco's AT&T Park and what they are doing to join eco-friendly bandwagon.


 * __ 2 Details: __** The article touches on __water consumption__ and __grass pesticides__. Brendan B may benefit from this article.

Liam Fitzgerald "Green" Baseball Stadiums Annotation 2 (Memo3)


 * ~ Item Type ||< Web Page ||
 * ~ Title ||< Statement from the Red Sox Regarding the Greening of Fenway Park ||
 * ~ URL ||< [] ||
 * ~ Accessed ||< 2012-03-20 14:53:34

Author Anonymous ||

__**Arguments:**__ This article is from an unknown writer for the official Boston Red Sox web page. It names all the ways that now 100 year old Fenway Park has changed it's ways to be more environmentally friendly. A few major changes were having 75 volunteers for each game to collect water bottles, and other recyclables. They collect about 400 bottles each game, in 2009, they recycled 64.89 tons in single steam recycling. In 2008, the Red Sox became the first team in Major League Baseball to install solar thermal panels at a ballpark. The panels help heat water throughout the facility, saving an estimated 18 tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year -- the environmental equivalent of planting 4.86 acres of trees, or not driving a car for 43,611 miles. Several Big Belly trash compactors can be found on the streets around Fenway Park, which contain solar-powered compactors and can collect six times as much refuse as the traditional trash barrels that filled up quickly on game days. We have also teamed with Waste Management to provide more recycling bins and efficient trash disposal. The Red Sox use recycled paper for publications such as media guides, pocket schedules, tickets, programs, and our Coca-Cola Calendar. And this year, we have further reduced paper use by printing fewer items and encouraging the media and fans to use web-based paperless options such as redsox.com. In addition, our concession partner, ARAMARK, uses 100% recycled materials for its napkins, towels and cardboard carry trays. Environmentally-friendly food. Working with the Red Sox, ARAMARK has also expanded its menu of locally-grown organic produce, using chicken, pork, and beef cuts that are antibiotic free and have not been raised in large commercial feedlots. ARAMARK uses food containers at Fenway Park are biodegradable and accepted by composters and cleaning products that are "Green Seal" certified by Ecolab, Inc. The team's grounds crew uses bio-diesel fuel in all mowers and uses electric utility carts that are exhaust and noise pollution free. In 2009, they began using a battery powered walk behind mower, an electric de-thatcher and battery powered small blower. They are also using more organic fertilizers and bio-stimulants on the grass.

2) They have saved 64 tons of garbage waste and used it in recycling parks. 3) Boston Red Sox are using recycled paper for programs, tickets, pocket schedules, and more!
 * __3 Examples:__** 1) Fenway Park is presenting to their fans all the ways that they are going green and partnering with Poland Spring Water bottle company.


 * __3 Quotes:__**1) "One born out of a sense of personal responsibility and professional duty." This tradition may be newer than other Fenway traditions, but it is just as important.

2) " Our primary mission is to win games and championships; and we are committed to doing so in a first-class ballpark that protects the environment. "

3) "Red Sox remain committed to raise public awareness about the importance of conservation, and adopting more recycling and other clean practices so that future generations can enjoy Fenway Park and Mother Earth as much as we do today."


 * __ Evidence: __** The article shows how a certain team (Boston Red Sox) are changing the way that their ballpark does work. They are continuing to impress the fans on the field with their winning and impressing the environmental advocates with their ways of maintaining Fenway Park. They were the first ballpark to install solar panels to save light energy, working with saving water and also keeping CO2 out of the air.


 * __2 Details:__** The Red Sox use the solar panels and save heat water and helps to save 18 tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year. They also use 100% recycled material for almost all paper products in the ballpark.

Liam Fitzgerald "Green" Baseball Stadiums Annotation 3 (Memo3)


 * ~ Item Type ||< Web Page ||
 * ~ Title ||< World Series gets eco-friendly in game 2 ||
 * ~ Abstract ||< The Natural Resources Defense Council adds some green to Philly red and Yankee blue. ||
 * ~ URL ||< [] ||
 * ~ Accessed ||< 2012-03-24 01:20:20 ||


 * __Arguments:__** It is a cold 2009 October night in the Bronx, New York and thousands of fans are packing into the brand new Yankee Stadium for Game 2 of the World Series to watch the Philadelphia Phillies face off against the legendary 26 time champs New York Yankees. The fans probably didn't know that Major League Baseball (MLB) worked with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to add some green to the Philly red and Yankee pinstripe blue. Part of the Series at Yankee Stadium would be powered by renewable energy. All of the energy used at the new Yankee Stadium will be offset via the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. This organization sources 100 percent of energy from wind farms in North Dakota and Minnesota. Further, Yankee Stadium has eco-lighting fixtures that save nearly 207,000 lbs of CO2 emissions per night game. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #025689; font-family: verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left; text-decoration: none;">[|Recycling] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">, compost, and trash bins throughout the stadium prevent 40 percent of waste from going into landfills. Leftover food from games is sent to shelters, soup kitchens, senior centers, youth programs, and more. Even the concessions cups are made from bio-based plastic.


 * __3 Examples:__** 1) The NDRC sent volunteers to spread the green word to all Yankee fans and had vending stands all around the stadium to educate fans about "green" ways.

2) Parts of the lighting for the 2009 World Series at Yankee Stadium was powered with renewable energy used from wind farms in North Dakota and Minnesota.

3) The Phillies installed 20 million kilowatts of renewable energy to Citizens Bank Park at the beginning of the 2009 season. This was used to offset all energy consumed in their stadium.


 * __3 Quotes:__** 1) "<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">Like the NRDCers who will be roaming Yankee Stadium during Game 2, the Phillies already have their own “Red Goes Green" team of volunteers, who walk the stadium collecting recyclables during every game."

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;"> 2) " <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #025689; font-family: verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left; text-decoration: none;">[|Recycling] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;">, compost, and trash bins throughout the stadium prevent 40 percent of waste from going into landfills. Leftover food from games is sent to shelters, soup kitchens, senior centers, youth programs, and more. Even the concessions cups are made from bio-based plastic."

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: verdana,arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-left;"> 3) "Citizen Bank Park uses rainwater for landscaping and field irrigation, as well as bio-based and compostable service ware and cups."


 * __Evidence:__** This shows how dedicated Major League Baseball is to environmental issues in their stadiums. In the biggest series of games of the whole 2009 season they allowed a group of environmental advocates to advertise their views and to talk to fans all around Yankee Stadium. It explains what both Yankee Stadium and Citizens Bank Park does to stay eco-safe. It even shows an example on renewable energy in the World Series.


 * __2 Details:__** The NDRC works with MLB to establish their "Team Greening" program. This is a program that works with all aspects of of environmental. It also includes pesticides which may help Brendan B.

Liam Fitzgerald "Green Baseball Stadiums Annotation 4 (Memo3)


 * ~ Item Type ||< Web Page ||
 * ~ Title ||< Twins Ballpark is Green | Raindrops Cisterns ||
 * ~ Abstract ||< As if being named the “Greenest Ballpark in America” and earning LEED Silver certification for New Construction weren’t enough green cred... ||
 * ~ URL ||< [] ||
 * ~ Accessed ||< 2012-03-24 12:21:26 ||

<span style="background-color: #f4f4f4; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">The ballpark also makes use of a unique waste-to-energy facility located adjacent to the field, which last year recycled 430.67 tons of waste from Target Field. The ballpark uses 23 percent less electricity than a conventionally designed staduyn of similar size, and last year cut its energy consumption by just over 12 percent, despite having added a new videoboard. The Twins’ ballpark makes use of a comprehensive green cleaning program, reducing its use of chemical-based cleaning products by over 66 percent in 2011. The stadium and its concession partner, Delaware North Companies Sportservice, also donated more than 7,500 pounds of food to local charities during the 2011 season.
 * __Arguments:__** This article will be used as the opening story to my report. It is all about the Minnesota Twins and their new ballpark "Target Field". Target Field was named "Greenest Ballpark in America". This award was given by the U.S. Green Building Council. This year, the Twins were also awarded the LEED Silver Certification. This is the highest honor for a building to get in the environmental category making it the first sports franchise to be awarded. There are many different ways around the stadium that gave them this award. One of the major ways were a rain water harvesting program. This helped them save 686,360 gallons of water each year. Other features are

**__ 3 Examples: __** 1) <span style="background-color: #f4f4f4; color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The ballpark uses 23 percent less electricity than a conventionally designed stadium of similar size 2) <span style="background-color: #f4f4f4; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">The stadium and its concession partner, Delaware North Companies Sportservice, also donated more than 7,500 pounds of food to local charities during the 2011 season.

<span style="background-color: #f4f4f4; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">3) The ballpark took its EB: O&M honors with a number of new green features, including a rainwater harvesting system

<span style="background-color: #f4f4f4; display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">[|The program has seen widespread success] <span style="background-color: #f4f4f4; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">since it was first introduced in 2008, with green retrofits of existing buildings now outpacing certifications for new construction in terms of both numbers of projects and square footage certified for the first time in 2011."
 * __3 Quotes:__** 1) "

2) " <span style="background-color: #f4f4f4; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">its energy consumption by just over 12 percent"

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> 3) " <span style="background-color: #f4f4f4; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Verdana,FreeSans,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">also donated more than 7,500 pounds of food to local charities during the 2011 season."

__** Evidence: **__ The article would be a good narrative for both the opening and closing stories. It shows a baseball stadium who was in the process of building and did everything they could to make their ballpark environmentally safe. They use a water harvesting program and are strong advocates for recycling. There are only currently 2 ballparks with the LEED Silver Certification. This would be a major help to the essay/report. Liam Fitzgerald "Green" Baseball Stadiums Annotation 5 (Memo3)
 * ~ Item Type ||< Newspaper Article ||
 * ~ Title ||< Wilmington Blue Rocks Install 250 T5 Retrofit Kits at Frawley Stadium ||
 * ~ Abstract ||< Tweet Related posts: City Electric Supply Selects T5 Retrofit Kit for Fall Promotion, Brings T5 Technology to Forefront of Lighting Industry The LUX Test: T8 fluorescent VS T5 Retrofit Kit Retrofit your lighting company's web presence with MyLightSite The Green Savings Company To Shed Light On Ronald McDonald House Charities Behind the Scenes: Making of | <a href="http://greensavingsco.com/2011/01/wilmington-blue-rocks-install-250-t5-retrofit-kits-at-frawley-stadium/">Read More</a> ||
 * ~ Publication ||< Green Savings Co. ||
 * ~ URL ||< [] ||
 * ~ Accessed ||< 2012-03-24 22:06:50 ||
 * ~  ||< greensavingsco.com

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">he <span style="color: #3b7e3d; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Green Savings Company <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> LLC, a leading provider of energy efficient lighting solutions, and <span style="color: #3b7e3d; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">City Electric Supply <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> came together to provide the most beneficial lighting solution for the Blue Rocks organization, providing Frawley Stadium with the perfect alternative to the inefficient 4-lamp T12 fluorescent bulbs being used throughout the facility.
 * __Arguments:__** This is about a minor league baseball team who are doing their part in the environmental challenge. The Wilmington Blue Rocks installed 250 T5 Retrofit kits at their stadium. This renovation is the most energy efficient energy source currently on the market. These were used to replace the outdated T12 florescent bulbs.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 2) The organization will receive a $5,500 energy-efficiency lighting rebate from the Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU), a nonprofit set up to help residents and businesses save energy and money while creating new jobs. The Blue Rocks retrofit project will deliver a complete return on investment in less than 12 months. 3) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">With lighting costs contributing to nearly 40% of all facility electrical energy usage, the T5 Retrofit Kit is the most dependable product to reach the goal of reducing the stadium’s overall electrical costs.
 * __ 3 Examples: __** 1) <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">reducing the facilities lighting costs by 68% annually.

<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> 2) “The Wilmington Blue Rocks are excited to partner with City Electric Supply and the Green Savings Company for this project." 3) "<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">We have been exploring ways to improve energy- efficiency and these two companies have provided a great, cost effective solution for us"
 * __3 Quotes:__** 1) "<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">providing Frawley Stadium with the perfect alternative to the inefficient 4-lamp T12 fluorescent bulbs being used throughout the facility. "


 * __ Evidence: __** This talks exclusively about the different types of lights used in stadiums. I was lacking information about what kinds of lights that baseball stadiums use, but this article gives all the information you have to know  ||