More positive PR for our club

http://www.edie.net/news/news_story...orld's first 'carbon positive' football club

Newcastle United football club has gone beyond zero emissions by off-setting more carbon than the operation emits, becoming the world's first football club to be 'carbon positive'.

The club achieved this by reducing energy consumption without affecting operational requirements, and by offsetting the club's residual carbon footprint.

Further initiatives include boiler optimisation, burner management, lighting upgrades, bore holes, energy monitoring and behavioural changes within the operational staff.

Facilities Manager at Newcastle United, Eddie Rutherford, said: "It's all about savings, savings, savings. The less energy we use, the less carbon we emit and the less impact we have on the environment, both locally and globally.

"It is a balance between achieving this and maintaining the very high operational standards required of a Premier League club."

In early November, the Carbon Trust sent a letter to all teams in the Premier League, Football League and Scottish Premier League asking them to reduce their carbon footprint.

Along with Newcastle United, football clubs Manchester United, Bolton Wanderers and Bradford City have already achieved the Carbon Trust standard but the organisation is calling on the hundreds of other clubs to engage in a sustainability title race.

 

Oh... I see, we've been saving on our carbon footprint by having the players exert less energy on the football pitch... Very good. Does this mean another 4 **** games before we see a good one?

In all seriousness, this is wonderful news. Not only shall we be conquering the chav market by having wor Danny soil that ***-ash breath N-Dubz backing singer, we shall conquer the hippies and the panda's with this too!

Soon we'll have the biggest fanbase the world has ever seen, then to attack Troy! Mwahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

OMG I can see the future GREENPEACE ARENA

 

All the tree huggers will be wearing Toon tops when they climb their trees now.

 

Only if they start making them out of hemp, perhaps.

 

Oh yeah... Good old hemp....