Super Bowl XLVI Goes Green

SUPER BOWL XLVI GOES GREEN THIS YEAR, THE NFL AND INDIANAPOLIS SUPER BOWL XLVI HOST COMMITTEE HAVE TAKEN THEIR "GREENING" EFFORTS TO THE NEXT LEVEL, MAKING THIS YEAR'S SUPER BOWL THE GREENEST YET. HERE'S A GLIMPSE INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SUPER BOWL XLVI. Green Mountain Energy GREEN MOUNTAIN ENERGY COMPANY IS PROVIDING 15 MILLION KWH OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TO POWER SUPER BOWL XLVI, WHICH IS AS MUCH ENERGYAS: 25 MILLION OR 53.3 MILLION FLAT SCREEN TVS USE WHILE HOUSEHOLDS MICROWAVING THREE BOWLS OF QUESO CHEESE DIP WHILE WATCHING THE BIG GAME TUNED INTO SUPER BOWL 15 MILLION KWH OF WIND ENERGY AVOIDS OVER 29 MILLION POUNDS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS BY DISPLACING FOSSIL FUEL-GENERATED ELECTRICITY FROM THE GRID. THAT WEIGHS AS MUCH AS... NEARLY OVER 33 MILLION OR 99 THOUSAND OFFICIAL NFL FOOTBALLS 300 POUND NFL DEFENSIVE LINEMEN GREEN MOUNTAIN ALSO DONATED APPROXIMATELY 1,700 TREES TO BE PLANTED IN URBAN INDIANAPOLIS. ONCE FULLY GROWN, THESE TREES WILL PRODUCE ENOUGH OXYGEN EACH MONTH TO SUSTAIN ALL 70,000 FANS IN LUCAS OIL STADIUM DURING SUPER BOWL XLVI! "Based on average 120 watt flat screen TV (http.//www.energysavers. gov/your_home/appliances/index.cfm/mytopic=10040) "Based on microwaving each bowl of queso for 5 minutes in an 1100 watt microwave (http://www.energysavers. gov/your_home/appliances/index.cfm/mytopic=10040) in the total number of households tuned into the 2011 Super Bowl (http//blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/super-bowl-xlv-most-viewed-teleca st-in-broadcast-history/ Based on wind energy from Ashtabula Wind Farm and Langdon Wind Farm in North Dakota, which avoids 1.988 Ibs CO2/kWh (EPA eGrid 2010 v1.1 non-baseload factor for MROW subregion) (http//hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/KendelBell. shtml) "Based on a $5000 donation and a cost of $2.94 per tree "Based on 21.7 pounds of oxygen per tree per month (http://forestry.about.com/od/treephysiology/a/treeh2o.htm) and 23,675 pounds of oxygen required for fans attending the Super Bowl (http://www.treehugger.com/culture/by-the numbers-super-bowl-facts-and-figures.html) © 2012 Green Mountain Energy Company. All Rights Reserved. Texas Certificate No. 10009 SUPER BOWL XLVI GOES GREEN THIS YEAR, THE NFL AND INDIANAPOLIS SUPER BOWL XLVI HOST COMMITTEE HAVE TAKEN THEIR "GREENING" EFFORTS TO THE NEXT LEVEL, MAKING THIS YEAR'S SUPER BOWL THE GREENEST YET. HERE'S A GLIMPSE INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SUPER BOWL XLVI. Green Mountain Energy• GREEN MOUNTAIN ENERGY COMPANY IS PROVIDING 15 MILLION KWH OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TO POWER SUPER BOWL XLVI, WHICH IS AS MUCH ENERGYAS: 25 MILLION OR 53.3 MILLION FLAT SCREEN TVS USE WHILE HOUSEHOLDS MICROWAVING THREE TUNED INTO SUPER BOWL BOWLS OF QUESO CHEESE DIP. WHILE WATCHING THE BIG GAME 15 MILLION KWH OF WIND ENERGY AVOIDS OVER 29 MILLION POUNDS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS BY DISPLACING FOSSIL FUEL-GENERATED ELECTRICITY FROM THE GRID. THAT WEIGHS AS MUCH AS... NEARLY OVER 33 MILLION OR 99 THOUSAND OFFICIAL NFL FOOTBALLS* 300 POUND NFL DEFENSIVE LINEMEN GREEN MOUNTAIN ALSO DONATED APPROXIMATELY 1,700 TREES TO BE PLANTED IN URBAN INDIANAPOLIS. ONCE FULLY GROWN, THESE TREES WILL PRODUCE ENOUGH ΟXYGEN EACH MOΝΤΗ ΤΟ SUSTAIN ALL 70,000 FANS IN LUCAS OIL STADIUM DURING SUPER BOWL XLVI! "Based on average 120 watt flat screen TV (http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/appliances/index.cfm/mytopic=10040) "Based on microwaving each bowl of queso for 5 minutes in an 1100 watt microwave (http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/appliances/index.cfm/mytopic=10040) in the total number of households tuned into the 2011 Super Bowl (http://blog nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/super-bowl-xlv-most-viewed-teleca st-in-broadcast-history/ Based on wind energy from Ashtabula Wind Farm and Langdon Wind Farm in North Dakota, which avoids 1.988 Ibs CO2/kWh (EPA eGrid 2010 v1.1 non-baseload factor for MROW subregion) "(http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/KendelBell.shtml) "Based on a $5000 donation and a cost of $2.94 per tree "Based on 21.7 pounds of oxygen per tree per month (http://forestry.about.com/od/treephysiology/a/treeh2o.htm) and 23,675 pounds of oxygen required for fans attending the Super Bowl (http://www.treehugger.com/culture/by-the- numbers-super-bowl-facts-and-figures.html) © 2012 Green Mountain Energy Company. All Rights Reserved. Texas Certificate No. 10009 SUPER BOWL XLVI GOES GREEN THIS YEAR, THE NFL AND INDIANAPOLIS SUPER BOWL XLVI HOST COMMITTEE HAVE TAKEN THEIR "GREENING" EFFORTS TO THE NEXT LEVEL, MAKING THIS YEAR'S SUPER BOWL THE GREENEST YET. HERE'S A GLIMPSE INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SUPER BOWL XLVI. Green Mountain Energy• GREEN MOUNTAIN ENERGY COMPANY IS PROVIDING 15 MILLION KWH OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TO POWER SUPER BOWL XLVI, WHICH IS AS MUCH ENERGYAS: 25 MILLION OR 53.3 MILLION FLAT SCREEN TVS USE WHILE HOUSEHOLDS MICROWAVING THREE TUNED INTO SUPER BOWL BOWLS OF QUESO CHEESE DIP. WHILE WATCHING THE BIG GAME 15 MILLION KWH OF WIND ENERGY AVOIDS OVER 29 MILLION POUNDS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS BY DISPLACING FOSSIL FUEL-GENERATED ELECTRICITY FROM THE GRID. THAT WEIGHS AS MUCH AS... NEARLY OVER 33 MILLION OR 99 THOUSAND OFFICIAL NFL FOOTBALLS* 300 POUND NFL DEFENSIVE LINEMEN GREEN MOUNTAIN ALSO DONATED APPROXIMATELY 1,700 TREES TO BE PLANTED IN URBAN INDIANAPOLIS. ONCE FULLY GROWN, THESE TREES WILL PRODUCE ENOUGH ΟXYGEN EACH MOΝΤΗ ΤΟ SUSTAIN ALL 70,000 FANS IN LUCAS OIL STADIUM DURING SUPER BOWL XLVI! "Based on average 120 watt flat screen TV (http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/appliances/index.cfm/mytopic=10040) "Based on microwaving each bowl of queso for 5 minutes in an 1100 watt microwave (http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/appliances/index.cfm/mytopic=10040) in the total number of households tuned into the 2011 Super Bowl (http://blog nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/super-bowl-xlv-most-viewed-teleca st-in-broadcast-history/ Based on wind energy from Ashtabula Wind Farm and Langdon Wind Farm in North Dakota, which avoids 1.988 Ibs CO2/kWh (EPA eGrid 2010 v1.1 non-baseload factor for MROW subregion) "(http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/KendelBell.shtml) "Based on a $5000 donation and a cost of $2.94 per tree "Based on 21.7 pounds of oxygen per tree per month (http://forestry.about.com/od/treephysiology/a/treeh2o.htm) and 23,675 pounds of oxygen required for fans attending the Super Bowl (http://www.treehugger.com/culture/by-the- numbers-super-bowl-facts-and-figures.html) © 2012 Green Mountain Energy Company. All Rights Reserved. Texas Certificate No. 10009 SUPER BOWL XLVI GOES GREEN THIS YEAR, THE NFL AND INDIANAPOLIS SUPER BOWL XLVI HOST COMMITTEE HAVE TAKEN THEIR "GREENING" EFFORTS TO THE NEXT LEVEL, MAKING THIS YEAR'S SUPER BOWL THE GREENEST YET. HERE'S A GLIMPSE INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SUPER BOWL XLVI. Green Mountain Energy• GREEN MOUNTAIN ENERGY COMPANY IS PROVIDING 15 MILLION KWH OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TO POWER SUPER BOWL XLVI, WHICH IS AS MUCH ENERGYAS: 25 MILLION OR 53.3 MILLION FLAT SCREEN TVS USE WHILE HOUSEHOLDS MICROWAVING THREE TUNED INTO SUPER BOWL BOWLS OF QUESO CHEESE DIP. WHILE WATCHING THE BIG GAME 15 MILLION KWH OF WIND ENERGY AVOIDS OVER 29 MILLION POUNDS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS BY DISPLACING FOSSIL FUEL-GENERATED ELECTRICITY FROM THE GRID. THAT WEIGHS AS MUCH AS... NEARLY OVER 33 MILLION OR 99 THOUSAND OFFICIAL NFL FOOTBALLS* 300 POUND NFL DEFENSIVE LINEMEN GREEN MOUNTAIN ALSO DONATED APPROXIMATELY 1,700 TREES TO BE PLANTED IN URBAN INDIANAPOLIS. ONCE FULLY GROWN, THESE TREES WILL PRODUCE ENOUGH ΟXYGEN EACH MOΝΤΗ ΤΟ SUSTAIN ALL 70,000 FANS IN LUCAS OIL STADIUM DURING SUPER BOWL XLVI! "Based on average 120 watt flat screen TV (http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/appliances/index.cfm/mytopic=10040) "Based on microwaving each bowl of queso for 5 minutes in an 1100 watt microwave (http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/appliances/index.cfm/mytopic=10040) in the total number of households tuned into the 2011 Super Bowl (http://blog nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/super-bowl-xlv-most-viewed-teleca st-in-broadcast-history/ Based on wind energy from Ashtabula Wind Farm and Langdon Wind Farm in North Dakota, which avoids 1.988 Ibs CO2/kWh (EPA eGrid 2010 v1.1 non-baseload factor for MROW subregion) "(http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/KendelBell.shtml) "Based on a $5000 donation and a cost of $2.94 per tree "Based on 21.7 pounds of oxygen per tree per month (http://forestry.about.com/od/treephysiology/a/treeh2o.htm) and 23,675 pounds of oxygen required for fans attending the Super Bowl (http://www.treehugger.com/culture/by-the- numbers-super-bowl-facts-and-figures.html) © 2012 Green Mountain Energy Company. All Rights Reserved. Texas Certificate No. 10009 SUPER BOWL XLVI GOES GREEN THIS YEAR, THE NFL AND INDIANAPOLIS SUPER BOWL XLVI HOST COMMITTEE HAVE TAKEN THEIR "GREENING" EFFORTS TO THE NEXT LEVEL, MAKING THIS YEAR'S SUPER BOWL THE GREENEST YET. HERE'S A GLIMPSE INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SUPER BOWL XLVI. Green Mountain Energy• GREEN MOUNTAIN ENERGY COMPANY IS PROVIDING 15 MILLION KWH OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TO POWER SUPER BOWL XLVI, WHICH IS AS MUCH ENERGYAS: 25 MILLION OR 53.3 MILLION FLAT SCREEN TVS USE WHILE HOUSEHOLDS MICROWAVING THREE TUNED INTO SUPER BOWL BOWLS OF QUESO CHEESE DIP. WHILE WATCHING THE BIG GAME 15 MILLION KWH OF WIND ENERGY AVOIDS OVER 29 MILLION POUNDS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS BY DISPLACING FOSSIL FUEL-GENERATED ELECTRICITY FROM THE GRID. THAT WEIGHS AS MUCH AS... NEARLY OVER 33 MILLION OR 99 THOUSAND OFFICIAL NFL FOOTBALLS* 300 POUND NFL DEFENSIVE LINEMEN GREEN MOUNTAIN ALSO DONATED APPROXIMATELY 1,700 TREES TO BE PLANTED IN URBAN INDIANAPOLIS. ONCE FULLY GROWN, THESE TREES WILL PRODUCE ENOUGH ΟXYGEN EACH MOΝΤΗ ΤΟ SUSTAIN ALL 70,000 FANS IN LUCAS OIL STADIUM DURING SUPER BOWL XLVI! "Based on average 120 watt flat screen TV (http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/appliances/index.cfm/mytopic=10040) "Based on microwaving each bowl of queso for 5 minutes in an 1100 watt microwave (http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/appliances/index.cfm/mytopic=10040) in the total number of households tuned into the 2011 Super Bowl (http://blog nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/super-bowl-xlv-most-viewed-teleca st-in-broadcast-history/ Based on wind energy from Ashtabula Wind Farm and Langdon Wind Farm in North Dakota, which avoids 1.988 Ibs CO2/kWh (EPA eGrid 2010 v1.1 non-baseload factor for MROW subregion) "(http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/KendelBell.shtml) "Based on a $5000 donation and a cost of $2.94 per tree "Based on 21.7 pounds of oxygen per tree per month (http://forestry.about.com/od/treephysiology/a/treeh2o.htm) and 23,675 pounds of oxygen required for fans attending the Super Bowl (http://www.treehugger.com/culture/by-the- numbers-super-bowl-facts-and-figures.html) © 2012 Green Mountain Energy Company. All Rights Reserved. Texas Certificate No. 10009 SUPER BOWL XLVI GOES GREEN THIS YEAR, THE NFL AND INDIANAPOLIS SUPER BOWL XLVI HOST COMMITTEE HAVE TAKEN THEIR "GREENING" EFFORTS TO THE NEXT LEVEL, MAKING THIS YEAR'S SUPER BOWL THE GREENEST YET. HERE'S A GLIMPSE INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF SUPER BOWL XLVI. Green Mountain Energy• GREEN MOUNTAIN ENERGY COMPANY IS PROVIDING 15 MILLION KWH OF RENEWABLE ENERGY TO POWER SUPER BOWL XLVI, WHICH IS AS MUCH ENERGYAS: 25 MILLION OR 53.3 MILLION FLAT SCREEN TVS USE WHILE HOUSEHOLDS MICROWAVING THREE TUNED INTO SUPER BOWL BOWLS OF QUESO CHEESE DIP. WHILE WATCHING THE BIG GAME 15 MILLION KWH OF WIND ENERGY AVOIDS OVER 29 MILLION POUNDS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS BY DISPLACING FOSSIL FUEL-GENERATED ELECTRICITY FROM THE GRID. THAT WEIGHS AS MUCH AS... NEARLY OVER 33 MILLION OR 99 THOUSAND OFFICIAL NFL FOOTBALLS* 300 POUND NFL DEFENSIVE LINEMEN GREEN MOUNTAIN ALSO DONATED APPROXIMATELY 1,700 TREES TO BE PLANTED IN URBAN INDIANAPOLIS. ONCE FULLY GROWN, THESE TREES WILL PRODUCE ENOUGH ΟXYGEN EACH MOΝΤΗ ΤΟ SUSTAIN ALL 70,000 FANS IN LUCAS OIL STADIUM DURING SUPER BOWL XLVI! "Based on average 120 watt flat screen TV (http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/appliances/index.cfm/mytopic=10040) "Based on microwaving each bowl of queso for 5 minutes in an 1100 watt microwave (http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/appliances/index.cfm/mytopic=10040) in the total number of households tuned into the 2011 Super Bowl (http://blog nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/super-bowl-xlv-most-viewed-teleca st-in-broadcast-history/ Based on wind energy from Ashtabula Wind Farm and Langdon Wind Farm in North Dakota, which avoids 1.988 Ibs CO2/kWh (EPA eGrid 2010 v1.1 non-baseload factor for MROW subregion) "(http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/KendelBell.shtml) "Based on a $5000 donation and a cost of $2.94 per tree "Based on 21.7 pounds of oxygen per tree per month (http://forestry.about.com/od/treephysiology/a/treeh2o.htm) and 23,675 pounds of oxygen required for fans attending the Super Bowl (http://www.treehugger.com/culture/by-the- numbers-super-bowl-facts-and-figures.html) © 2012 Green Mountain Energy Company. All Rights Reserved. Texas Certificate No. 10009