BC Hydro and Vancouver Organizing Committee are collaborating to drive energy efficiency through the Winter Olympic games through building efficiency and public awareness. Live energy tracking will enable optimization dynamically. …
… “The Power Smart energy tracking system is just one part of a huge focus on conservation at the Games. In its agreement with the Vancouver Organizing Committee, 90 percent of the power that BC Hydro supplies to the Games will qualify as clean energy. ” …
Via Utilimetrics Association for Smart Metering and Innovative Technologies: Energy conservation at Winter Olympics
Via BC Hydro: Low-carbon Olympic Games: “We will hold the Games with the lowest carbon dioxide emissions from power generation in the history of the modern Games, at only about a tenth of previous Winter Games. It’s a legacy that will be showcased every time that lights go on in a stadium, a timing device captures a record and a broadcaster goes on the air, largely powered by clean, renewable hydroelectric energy. ”
BC Hydro will educate consumers during the 2010 Winter Games: “at the Power Smart Village, a free family celebration site at BC Hydro’s downtown Vancouver head office. ”