For millions of football fans across the globe 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar is the next destination of their dreams and Qatar is also all set to deliver the best ever sporting tournament to sport lovers with a tremendous job being done by the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy.
Qatar is not only building magnificent infrastructure to host a world class football tournament in 2022 but is also mindful of sustainability and legacy.
The SC says on its website that Qatar has long been focused on preserving its natural environment for future generations. Sustainability and post-tournament legacy use are at the core of our design strategies for the stadiums and precincts proposed for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.
Water conservation, waste management, carbon management, renewable energy, environmental protection, urban connectivity, biodiversity and urban ecology are just a few of the means being used to achieve our goal of delivering the most sustainable major sporting event in history, it adds.
Sustainable energy solutions are being found through highly efficient lighting systems and fixtures; ventilation systems which reduce energy demand and active shading solutions to dynamically deliver solar shading.
Colman Hands, senior sustainability and environmental expert at Al Attiyah Foundation has also lauded Qatar 2022 stadiums for their environmentally-friendly designs and architects.
“The training sites being constructed are on track to be completed by the end of 2019. But it is Qatar’s approach to sustainability that is unprecedented. Conceptualised by some of the world’s leading architects, the stadiums proposed for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar are some of the most ambitious, visually exciting venues ever conceived. Qatar’s bid prioritised environmental efficiency of the stadiums, with the country looking to significantly reduce the environmental footprint of the event,” Hands said.
Khalifa International Stadium – the first completed 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament venue – received a major sustainability certification last year. The 40,000 capacity venue has become the first in the world to be awarded a four-star rating from the Global Sustainability Assessment System (GSAS), which is administered by Qatar-based Gulf Organisation for Research & Development (GORD).
Qatar’s national stadium officially reopened in May 2017 after undergoing an extensive redevelopment, which was overseen by the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), Qatar’s 2022 FIFA World Cup organising body, and Aspire Zone Foundation.
Commenting on sustainability of 2022 World Cup stadiums, Hands noted, “Parts of the stadiums will be re-used in building new sporting facilities in Qatar, with some of the stadiums becoming parks for use by local communities. Qatar’s legacy will live on. Qatar’s greener stadiums with surrounding sustainable infrastructure will await the world, hopefully providing a new global benchmark for future generations to benefit.”