ENERGY MANAGEMENT
“INEFFICIENT
STREETLIGHTS ARE DAMAGING THE ENVIRONMENT
AS WELL AS OUR POCKETS.”
Intelligent, hybrid streetlight lights up Irish football ground
Wayside Celtic is a thriving, amateur football club in the heart of South Dublin. Three senior teams, 28 schoolboy teams and an academy all use the facility on a regular basis, with some players as young as six.
When darkness fell on the grounds, the AstroTurf pitches were effectively illuminated by existing streetlights. However, the dual entrance and exit to the football grounds was left in the dark.
Wayside Celtic chose Airsynergy’s Renewable Power Unit (RPU), a hybrid wind and solar panelled streetlight that requires no trenching and ducting; it was already a well-known solution amongst those with an interest in the renewable energy sector.
Brendan Mitchell, Senior Consultant Engineer at AECOM commented why the club chose this innovative solution: “Of course the natural solution for the club would have
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been to install a standard floodlight, similar to the ones on the pitch at the entrance to the grounds. However, the ductwork had already been laid for the existing floodlights, and adding a new streetlight would mean trenching and ducting in the ground once again – an expensive and time-consuming task.”
Airsynergy’s RPU was instead a simple, drop-in, no- fuss solution, which was also easy to install according to Brendan: “The installation process, which took place in June 2016, was painless. We were responsible for digging the hole and adding the concrete – before the guys from Airsynergy came along and installed the streetlight – which took just a few hours.
“At Wayside Celtic we couldn’t be happier with the installation. We now have a streetlight which provides reliable, renewable power, and most importantly, it ensures that the masses of players, particularly younger players, can enter and exit the grounds safely.”
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