Luxol Sports Club aproved by Uefa standards
A new and innovative lighting system was installed at Luxol football stadium in September last year – the AAA LUX LED sport field lighting is a Dutch made product and is today’s future in sport- and area lighting.
Pieter Bregman, Dynamic LED lighting consultant, is in charge of the marketing and sales of these lighting systems from LedExpert in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
The AAA LUX LED sport field lighting has been developed to make sport field lighting easier to use.
What is more important, it is cheaper to run. The fact is that the electricity bill is the biggest cost of a club.
Normally metal halide is used to light up sport venues, but there are disadvantages using this type of lighting equipment.
First of all, they use a lot of energy, varying on the models, but 1,000 and 2,000 watt per light are the standard lights used for sport fields. Metal halide lighting has to be switched on 15 to 20 minutes before the match will start, because of the pre heating of the lights and if, by accident or electricity failure, the lights switch off, they cannot be switched back on immediately, when power is restored.
AAA LUX can be switched on and off whenever needed and in case of power failure, they will switch on as soon as the power comes back. The AAA LUX system does not require any pre heat time, which will save a lot of energy, thus money.
Even if the electricity drops (voltage drop), the lights give the normal light effect, no flickering, the light intensity remains the same !
The AAA LUX LED’s maximum power consumption is 1,600 watts, so that is already a reduction on energy consumption of 20%, compared to the traditional metal halide lights.
The choice of the light setting and its intensity, depends on the requirement set by the ground manager.
These settings are being done via a lap-top, with the light control management on-screen.
At Luxol Sports Club, ground manager Mario De Battista makes sure, by using the lighting “dynamically”, that financial savings on energy are made on the spot !
The cost on energy during a game at Luxol is approximately 60% (!) lower than any other stadiums !
With its own secured WIFI system, AAA LUX can also be controlled by Smart phone or Smart tablet, which makes it easier for the ground- or site manager, to do his/her work!