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TCF Bank Stadium first new football stadium to get LEED certification

TCF Bank Stadium first new football stadium to get LEED certification


August 11, 2010
This article first appeared in the 200910 issue of BD+C.

The University of Minnesota has received LEED Silver certification for its 50,805-seat TCF Bank Stadium, making it the first new football stadium in the country to achieve LEED status. Designed by Populous, Kansas City, Mo., the facility features a stormwater management system that captures and stores rainwater in an underground filtering system, where it is harvested, filtered, and drained into the Mississippi River; regulated lavatory faucets and low-flow urinals that will save 560,000 gallons of water per year; and low-maintenance landscape design that will save 4.8 million gallons of water per year. The stadium's on-campus location helped the project achieve LEED credits for alternative transportation, development density, shared mechanical equipment, and reduced surface parking.

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