‘Greenest ever Games’: how the Paris Olympics hopes to inspire a new era of global sporting events

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‘Greenest ever Games’: how the Paris Olympics hopes to inspire a new era of global sporting events

Organisers say they are setting a precedent by using existing or temporary venues for most events and focusing on low-carbon building for the restBeneath the undulating wooden roof of the Paris Olympics’ new aquatics centre, the architect Laure Mériaud hoped the groundbreaking low carbon building would bring a kind of calm to the intersection of motorways near the Stade de France stadium in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis.“It’s not just about te…