For LEED certification, the scorecards include decisions made when building—such as the 49ers’ embrace of local public transit, use of recycled materials from the old Moffett Field and sourcing of material locally
Source: Host to Super Bowl 50, Levi’s Stadium is the sustainable arena of the future | SI.com
Selected as a top 20 semi-finalists out of thousands of entrants in the Intuit Small Business Big Game contest, Urban Wood Goods, had it won would have received a 30-second spot, with Intuit covering the cost of development, production and advertising time.
That type of exposure during America’s top sporting spectacle would have been “game-changing,” said Erin True, Urban Wood Goods co-owner, in a statement. “We’re different from other furniture manufacturers in that we salvage all of the lumber use to make our furniture,” she said. “It’s got a history, and it has quite a lot of character. It had a former life before we turned it into furniture.”
