From natural carbon dioxide refrigeration at ice rinks to 100% renewables-powered venues, China is striving to run a 'green' Olympics to showcase its leadership in climate-friendly tech and counter concerns about the lack of natural snow at its venues.
Snow guns are seen at the Big Air Shougang, a competition venue for freestyle skiing and snowboard at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, during an organised media tour, in Beijing, China December 15, 2021.
Total greenhouses gases emissions could reach 1.028 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent throughout the preparation and post-Beijing Games in 2016-2022, about a third less than the 1.6 million tonnes emitted for South Korea's Pyeongchang Games in 2018. The 25 games venues, of which 13 were newly built, have also deployed energy-saving technologies, including low-carbon building materials such as recycled cement and smart snowmaking, which could use 20% less water than traditional technologies.
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