This years superbowl will be memorable for some not just for it’s excitement on the field of play. It was the first time the NFL was ‘living off the grid‘, in a going green drive.

It included donations of food, the use of renewable energy which was bought from TECO that sources power from solar panel projects and a Biomass facility close to the game in Tampa.

Although, despite the ‘Green Superbowl’ saving over 300 000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions the stadium running costs increased by around $5000. The NFL is alo in the process of planting nearly 3000 trees at several sites, whilst the left over food is being donated to local charities along with the office supplies and equipment used in the Superbowl’s preperation