Hellerup Sports Club Minimizes Spill Light and Glare in Suburban Retrofit with Musco’s LED Sports Lighting
The Challenge
Hellerup Sports Club (Hellerup Idræts Klub/HIK) is a popular athletic club in Copenhagen’s Gentofte municipality. When the existing metal halide lighting on one of its soccer pitches was unable to produce light levels that were up to HIK’s standards for nighttime play, club leaders began searching for an LED sports lighting solution that could be mounted on the facility’s existing lattice towers. Because the soccer pitch is located between a school and a residential neighborhood, it was critical the new system offer advanced light control capabilities to preserve dark nights for neighbors.
The Solution
Club leaders had seen Musco’s lighting on other local projects and were impressed by its performance and light control. After visiting another field with Musco lighting, they decided to retrofit their pitch with Musco’s Total Light Control – TLC for LED™ technology. Musco’s application engineers designed custom hardware to mount the system to the field’s lattice towers, as well as photometric models to which the luminaires were factory-aimed, ensuring the system would raise light levels to HIK’s requirements. The system’s patented visoring minimizes glare and spill light around the facility, and Musco’s long-term warranty covers every part and all labor for 10 years.
We are very happy with the new lighting system. The lighting is uniform, free from glare, and there are no dark spots anywhere, which as a longtime sportsman myself, was the first thing I looked for. When the lights were turned on for the first time there were children and players on the pitch and hearing the huge cheer from all the kids was fun. They now had the lights they’d been wanting for so long.
Lars Brandt – Operations Manager, Hellerup Sports Club
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