No Snow Required

Check out how the facility was built and how it works!

Check out how the facility was built and how it works!

Cleaner Energy: As the waste-to-energy plant burns trash, it removes harmful substances from the emissions released by its smokestack. That reduces air pollution

Cleaner Energy: As the waste-to-energy plant burns trash, it removes harmful substances from the emissions released by its smokestack. That reduces air pollution

Dizzying Climb: This climbing wall is the highest ever built on the side of a building.

Dizzying Climb: This climbing wall is the highest ever built on the side of a building.

Take a Hike: Visitors can hike trails lining the ski slope. The roof’s highest point is about 85 meters (279 feet) above the ground. That’s nearly as tall as the Statue of Liberty!

Take a Hike: Visitors can hike trails lining the ski slope. The roof’s highest point is about 85 meters (279 feet) above the ground. That’s nearly as tall as the Statue of Liberty!

Fired Up: Every year, the plant burns about 400,000 tons of trash. That generates heat. Some of the heat is used to make electricity to power 30,000 homes. The rest warms water carried by pipes to heat 72,000 houses. 

Fired Up: Every year, the plant burns about 400,000 tons of trash. That generates heat. Some of the heat is used to make electricity to power 30,000 homes. The rest warms water carried by pipes to heat 72,000 houses. 

Strong Roof: The slope is made of a steel frame covered with concrete slabs. The slabs contain steel mesh and hollow spaces, making them stronger and lighter than regular concrete. That allows the structure to hold the weight of soil, plants, and as many as 1,500 visitors at once.

Strong Roof: The slope is made of a steel frame covered with concrete slabs. The slabs contain steel mesh and hollow spaces, making them stronger and lighter than regular concrete. That allows the structure to hold the weight of soil, plants, and as many as 1,500 visitors at once.

Slippery Surface: The slope is covered in soil and grass. A layer of plastic bristles is coated in an oily substance. That lets skiers  glide over the slope as if it were covered in snow.

Slippery Surface: The slope is covered in soil and grass. A layer of plastic bristles is coated in an oily substance. That lets skiers  glide over the slope as if it were covered in snow.

Check out how the facility was built and how it works!

Check out how the facility was built and how it works!

Cleaner Energy: As the waste-to-energy plant burns trash, it removes harmful substances from the emissions released by its smokestack. That reduces air pollution

Cleaner Energy: As the waste-to-energy plant burns trash, it removes harmful substances from the emissions released by its smokestack. That reduces air pollution

Dizzying Climb: This climbing wall is the highest ever built on the side of a building.

Dizzying Climb: This climbing wall is the highest ever built on the side of a building.

Take a Hike: Visitors can hike trails lining the ski slope. The roof’s highest point is about 85 meters (279 feet) above the ground. That’s nearly as tall as the Statue of Liberty!

Take a Hike: Visitors can hike trails lining the ski slope. The roof’s highest point is about 85 meters (279 feet) above the ground. That’s nearly as tall as the Statue of Liberty!

Fired Up: Every year, the plant burns about 400,000 tons of trash. That generates heat. Some of the heat is used to make electricity to power 30,000 homes. The rest warms water carried by pipes to heat 72,000 houses. 

Fired Up: Every year, the plant burns about 400,000 tons of trash. That generates heat. Some of the heat is used to make electricity to power 30,000 homes. The rest warms water carried by pipes to heat 72,000 houses. 

Strong Roof: The slope is made of a steel frame covered with concrete slabs. The slabs contain steel mesh and hollow spaces, making them stronger and lighter than regular concrete. That allows the structure to hold the weight of soil, plants, and as many as 1,500 visitors at once.

Strong Roof: The slope is made of a steel frame covered with concrete slabs. The slabs contain steel mesh and hollow spaces, making them stronger and lighter than regular concrete. That allows the structure to hold the weight of soil, plants, and as many as 1,500 visitors at once.

Slippery Surface: The slope is covered in soil and grass. A layer of plastic bristles is coated in an oily substance. That lets skiers  glide over the slope as if it were covered in snow.

Slippery Surface: The slope is covered in soil and grass. A layer of plastic bristles is coated in an oily substance. That lets skiers  glide over the slope as if it were covered in snow.