FEATURE — SPORTS LIGHTING
Lords Cricket
Ground in the UK
regularly hosts night YLIGHTINGTHEWAY
games thanks to its
floodlights from
Abacus Lighting.
IMAGE: ABACUS LIGHTING
You will see one light source instead of the individual recently no illuminated sports court. Thanks to the LED
LED’s, which prevents people from being blinded by lights, the sports court now has a real multi-purpose
the light.” use. “It can be used for other night events as well,
The Fortimo module is also less bright than conven- including gatherings, picnics, weddings. It opens up
tional floodlights; another reason why players should opportunities in the community,” Cilliers added.
not be afraid of being affected by the light while play- The LED solution can work well for communities
ing. Although the system is, perhaps, not powerful without a proper infrastructure, like in the case of
enough yet to be introduced to professional venues, Refilwe. Use in professional venues is, however, still far-
for remote areas in Africa and Asia it can provide a vital fetched as LED’s do not currently provide the illumina-
solution. As the system is powered by a solar-powered tion per Watt that is required by venues that are used
battery pack, it can work well in areas that lack a prop- for professional sports. Consequently, it may take many
er electricity infrastructure, as Harpe-Goor expanded: more years and much more R&D before LED’s can be
“Using the very latest energy-efficient LED lighting considered as the floodlighting solution for profession-
technology, the system can illuminate areas up to al venues.
40x20m with bright white light. Each light comes with
its own battery. This battery can also easily be connect- Back to Reality
ed to a solar panel.” After the failure of the Copenhagen Summit, many
Advanced battery cells provide up to eight hours of industries have realised that the drive towards less pol-
floodlighting on a single solar charge — the equivalent lution and more efficiency must come from within.
of two or three full evening football matches or train- And with Africa being one of the areas that is hardest
ing sessions. “It’s a wonderful opportunity for the com- hit by global warming, African companies are aware of
munity, for the soccer players and spectators,” advised their responsibilities.
Annatjie Cilliers, project-leader for the Refilwe commu- “Energy efficiency has been BEKA’s credo since its
nity, where Philips’ Fortimo system was tested. The inception, 32 years ago. It was the first lighting compa-
community, in the south of Johannesburg, had until ny promoting efficient luminaire systems, which reduce ➲
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