Green Super Bowl Town Hall with Tim Trefzer

<p><strong>Tim Trefzer</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">is a Sustainability & Corporate Social Responsibility Manager at the Georgia World Congress Center. With his team, he creates and establishes the CSR strategy not only for the GWCC but also for, the Centennial Olympic Park,</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Mercedes-Benz Stadium</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">"Green building has definitely leveraged sustainability. It has affected all aspects of organizations aside from the building environment." -</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Tim Trefzer</span></p> <p> </p> <h3><strong>Green Super Bowl</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This podcast is featuring a new format at GBMS Headquarters in Atlanta, GA.  Today is a Town Hall and Tim is going to take us through how the Super Bowl is going to be a very sustainable event even though we can’t see that while watching on television.  The Mercedes-Benz Stadium is the first platinum LEED professional sports stadiums in North America. It is one of the greenest sports facilities in the world. Being green brings business to Atlanta and provides more efficient events.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“</span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">I like to think that we are one of the greenest places in the world for events, conventions, and sports.  It’s definitely a complex campus with a lot of LEED event space.</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">” - Tim Trefzer</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <h3><strong>Waste</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Waste helps get LEED points and Atlanta is growing in this area.  Convention Industry standpoint they are one of the leaders. They compost their food waste which is a big part of their waste stream and they donate food and materials when they can and have great relations