Erin Rowland, the sustainability coordinator with the Oregon Convention Center (OCC), prepared a sustainability report for VenueConnect 2014 and recently shared the results with IAVM headquarters. Some of the interesting findings include that for each day of the event the average atte

Congratulations to the Anaheim Convention Center. The venue recently completed a 2.4-megawatt install solar panel system, covering 300,000 square feet on the rooftop of exhibit halls A, B, and C. The $5.7 million project features 7,908 solar panels, making it the largest city-owned, c

Congratulations to the Oregon Convention Center (OCC) on reaching another sustainability milestone. The center achieved Level Four certification for the ASTM Standard pertaining to the evaluation and selection of venues for environmentally sustainable meetings, events, trade shows and

The Green Sports Alliance (GSA) will offer a free webinar for IAVM members on Wednesday, August 27, from noon-1 p.m. (CDT) on greening efforts and fan engagement. “From the millions who attend sports events each year to the exponentially higher number who follow sports closely o

Among sports greening initiatives, efforts around water are often overshadowed by more visible efforts around recycling/composting, fan engagement, and energy efficiency and renewables. However, large swaths of North America have experienced record drought in the last several years, a