If you build it green, they will come. Even if it’s in Queens.

Last week, the New York Mets announced plans to green the construction of their new baseball stadium and employ sustainability practices once it’s open to the public next year. The Mets will consult with the EPA on the project, and plan to enroll in several of the agency’s voluntary programs like Energy Star and Waste Wise.

In building Citi Field, which is under construction in the old parking lot of the Mets’ current home, Shea Stadium, the Mets will also:

• Use recycled steel for 95 percent of the stadium’s structure

• Consider installing a green roof

• Use some 65,000 square feet of porous pavement to help abate storm water runoff with another 25,000 square feet designed to stay unpaved

• Use at least 2 million pounds of recycled coal ash in various construction methods

• Install energy- and water-conserving devices throughout the stadium

  The Mets aren’t the first sports team, or even baseball team to think green, though their efforts seem to be the most thorough we’ve seen to date. Here’s what some other teams have done:

• The San Francisco Giants (baseball) host 590 solar panels capable of producing 122 kilowatts at AT&T Stadium

• The New England Patriots (NFL) will buy renewable energy credits to offset Gillette Stadium’s power consumption

• Last year’s World Series participants, the Boston Red Sox and Colorado Rockies, each have green features at their parks.