Climate Pledge Arena
CommScope helps Climate Pledge Arena save green by going green
$1.5 million
projected
10-year
CapEx/OpEx savings
89 percent less space
than legacy system
55 percent
less cooling power
than analog system
55 percent
less equipment power
than analog system
89 percent
less cabling than
analog system
Climate Pledge Arena is one of the most sustainable sports venues in the world. Owned and operated by the Oak View Group, the arena is home to the NHL Kraken, WNBA Storm, Seattle University Redhawks men’s basketball team, Rat City Roller Derby league, and countless concerts each year. The 800,000-squarefoot arena is home to the Seattle Kraken (NHL) and the Seattle Storm (WNBA). It can hold up to 17,100 for hockey games, 18,100 for basketball games and 17,200 for concerts.
As with Climate Pledge Arena, many large sports venues are working to become better stewards of the planet. They’re using their highly visible facilities to showcase sustainability by reducing their energy use, carbon footprints and costs. Oak View Group recently increased its commitment to sustainability by introducing the Green Operations and Advanced Leadership (GOAL) program through its OVG360 division, which provides venue management teams with clear guidelines for how to minimize their buildings’ effects on the environment.
Technology sustainability plays an important role in reducing energy consumption, space and materials requirements, and operating and capital costs. CommScope’s all-digital ERA distributed antenna system (DAS) is key to helping venues become carbon neutral while saving money and providing an immersive guest experience.
ERA digital DAS brings game-changing benefits:
- Saves space by moving baseband functions across multiple buildings to a single headend or to the operator’s facilities
- Reduces head-end size and power requirements by eliminating the need for analog-to-digital conversions
- Reduces power needs by adjusting power levels based on traffic
- Allows operators to adjust network capacity by sector or channel through a web-based interface
- Saves time and labor with automated management and monitoring system
Requirements
- Build a reliable, high-speed wireless network for fans, athletes, performers and press
- Allow operator to adjust network capacity by sector or channel through a web-based interface
- Meet density and sustainability goals
Solutions
- ERA digital DAS
- 40 zones
- 376 ERA CAP remotes
- 161 DAS antennas
Benefits
- 89 percent less space than legacy system
- 55 percent less cooling power than analog system
- 55 percent less equipment power than analog system
- 89 percent less cabling than analog system
