Challenge: Installed in 1977 with other secondary lighting, the outdated 1000-watt metal halide sports lighting system’s light levels were not sufficient for television broadcasting purposes. This resulted in the need to bring in supplementary lighting during various times of the year that proved to be costly and inefficient.

Scope: Management wanted to reduce overall energy consumption and increase light levels to meet NCAA National Broadcast levels for hockey. They also wanted a lighting system that would enable more possibilities for special events in the arena including color changing capabilities and special effects.

Solution:The new lighting system includes 96 Ephesus 400-watt Lumadapt 8 LED luminaires installed on the catwalk in both an overhead and side lit design over the ice and an additional 14 fixtures installed as dedicated seat lights. The unique Lumadapt fixtures provide color temperature tuning capabilities to dynamically adjust warmer and cooler tones (3000K to 6500K) for different events. The integrated RGBA color capabilities allow for color flooding, scenes and effects. The control system enables industry-leading features and performance including dimming, individual fixture control and dynamic show events.

Results: • Energy savings is more than 53 percent with a total of 60 kW

removed, meeting the reduction in energy consumption.

• Installation of the fixtures on the sides resulted in higher vertical light levels and the overall horizontal levels are more than 150 footcandles, exceeding the NCAA television broadcasting requirements.

• Dedicated seat lights allow arena operators to create ‘go dark’ scenes for special shows, while maintaining safe light levels for audience members.

• RGBA capabilities flood the ice with color and create dynamic entertainment scenes for various events that allowed the removal of antiquated theatrical lighting from the catwalks.

NCAA Best Lighting Practices: Ice Hockey National Broadcast:Horizontal Light Levels: 100 footcandles (fc)Horizontal Uniformity: 1.7:1Vertical Light Levels: 100 fc to 50-yard line high camera (main

camera) 60 fc to end zone cameraVertical Uniformity: 1.7:1 to main cameraGrid Spacing: 14 ft. x 14 ft.

Venue: Made famous during the 1980 Winter Olympics when the U.S. hockey team’s ‘Miracle on Ice’ game beat Russia and named after the late Herb Brooks, the 7,700-seat multi-purpose arena hosts national and international figure skating competitions, NCAA men and women’s hockey, USA Hockey events, Disney on Ice, annual ECAC Hockey Championships, trade shows and more.

Customer Success Story:Herb Brooks Arena, Lake Placid, NY Olympic/Multi-Event Project Ephesus

150 footcandles exceeds NCAA

National Broadcast standards

53% annual savings

in energy costs

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