Ecological Transition

More in this section

• The Choice
• ESG Criteria
• Safe Grounds
• Ecological Transition
• Benefit Activities
• FAQ 01 Issues in Fields
• FAQ 02 Player Safety
• FAQ 03 The Risks of Rubber
• FAQ 04 Zinc in Rubber
• FAQ 05 Advice to Players
• FAQ 06 How does POWERgrass solve?
• FAQ 07 Sports Fields Standards
• FAQ 08 Hours of play per week
• FAQ 09 Cost-Benefit Analysis
• FAQ 10 Regular vs Extraordinary
• FAQ 11 The Challenges of Sports Fields
• FAQ 12 Environmental standards and the field
• FAQ 13 Meaning of Sustainable Fields
• FAQ 14 Fields and Greenwashing

"There is real progress only when the advantages of new technology become for all" cited Henry Ford and has been an inspiration for our technicians who have set it as a primary goal in the system's development. All our research and development aims to contain the costs of realization and maintenance, to make a system hitherto reserved for professionals accessible to all.

The hybrid POWERgrass field is within everyone's reach and easy to manage

Towards a better planet

POWERgrass has conceived a hybrid grass system (synthetic and natural mixed grass) that has the same construction and maintenance costs of a synthetic field with a positive environmental impact because the natural grass expresses in the system its utmost potential, capturing CO₂, PM_2.5 and PM₁₀, producing oxygen and lowering the temperature. Ordinary constant maintenance prevents risks of flood damage and extraordinary maintenance costs.

With proper planning, a qualified operator can maintain two 11-player football fields at a professional level. The property can monitor and control because if the manager or operator does not properly maintain it, it is immediately noticeable, but it is also easy to intervene to correct any problem. At the end of the management period, the field does not require a mandatory replacement because it is playable by continuing the cultivation of natural grass.

The characteristics of the POWERgrass hybrid field can be summarized as follows because it offers multiple advantages about:

1. the usability of the hybrid field for the need for up to 30 hours a week for a squad of 22-25 players; moreover, the regularly maintained system is able to prolong the useful life of the field without a mandatory limit for replacement;
2. the simplicity in ordinary maintenance due to the absence of holes and the technological operation through a control unit with remote access equipped with ground and air probes to better understand how to manage the water for irrigation, which is crucial to make maintenance more efficient and save water;
3. the professional management of fields with the necessary environmental certifications, during the period of use and ordinary maintenance-

1. the usability of the hybrid field for needs up to 30 hours a week for a team of 22-25 players; further, the regularly maintained system is capable of extending the useful life of the field without a definitive limit for replacement;
2. the simplicity in regular maintenance due to the absence of potholes and the technological operation through a remote access control unit equipped with soil and air probes to better understand how to manage water for irrigation, which is fundamental to making maintenance more efficient and saving water;
3. the professional management of the fields with the relevant environmental certifications, during the period of use and regular maintenance which, among other things, significantly reduces the risk of extraordinary maintenance;
4. the hydraulic governance in the territory during heavy rainfall as it absorbs and retains the water in the growth substrate aggregated by the hybrid blanket, thus mitigating the problem of soil erosion and water pollution due to the surface runoff of the rain which is also responsible for landslides and flooding.

The system is designed for the circular economy with a positive environmental impact, while promoting qualified employment in the territory because the system:

• optimizes the use of industrial resources due to a long amortization period that exceeds 20 years; it favors the use of mineral resources that can be reused countless times and natural resources that are renewable;
• reduces water evaporation thanks to the presence of a geotextile and the water needs by preserving rainwater in its substrate and accumulating excess water in large tanks, thus reducing the use of potable water from aquifers for irrigation;
• offers an eco-friendly maintenance, capturing CO₂ and fine dust and lowering the temperature due to the greater efficiency of photosynthesis because it optimizes growth conditions, promotes soil biology, and extends the productive photoperiod;
• does not produce waste during maintenance.