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Olympic Notes: Rio 2016 Organizing Committee Moves To New Headquarters

The Rio 2016 Organizing Committee has moved headquarters to a new sustainable building based in Cidade Nova. The new headquarters occupy an area of 20,938 square meters and will house the Rio 2016 and Municipal Olympic Company's teams until the Games are finished. The new building has rainwater harvesting and energy saving systems including low energy LED lighting, solar panels and air conditioning equipped with electromagnetic components (Rio 2016). ... Buenos Aires' bid to host the 2018 Youth Olympic Games "has been boosted after the city was ranked first in North and South America" for cities that have organized business meetings and events in the last decade by the Int'l Congress and Conventions Association (ISPORTCONNECT, 3/11). ... In the run-up to the World Cup and Olympics that Brazil will host in the next three years, manufacturing and construction company JCB has been handed the £40M ($59M) order for diggers "to help ensure that food reaches metropolitan areas as the country braces itself for millions of visitors" (LONDON TIMES, 3/11).

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