SYRACUSE — After illuminating more than two dozen sports venues across North America with its LED arena lights, Syracuse–based Ephesus Lighting, Inc. recently announced it is taking its LED lighting system outdoors. Duke University’s Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium — a multi-purpose outdoor stadium that is home to the university’s women’s field hockey team and […]
SYRACUSE — After illuminating more than two dozen sports venues across North America with its LED arena lights, Syracuse–based Ephesus Lighting, Inc. recently announced it is taking its LED lighting system outdoors.
Duke University’s Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium — a multi-purpose outdoor stadium that is home to the university’s women’s field hockey team and is also used for campus recreation and club sports — will become the first NCAA Division I outdoor college sports stadium to be lit with LED lighting, according to an Ephesus news release.
Ephesus Lighting will provide its new Stadium Series lights, powered by LEDs from Durham, N.C.–based Cree, Inc., to replace the 1,500-watt metal-halide fixtures currently installed. The new system will also use Ephesus’ integrated wireless controls to operate the lighting and maintain constant light output for 25 years, the company said.
Despite reducing the number of fixtures by more than one-third, the Ephesus lighting systems will “dramatically increase light to 75-foot candles” and yield a projected energy savings of more than 70 percent, Ephesus contends.
“Sports-facility operators now understand that LED lights are the natural evolution of arena and stadium lighting as it provides an optimal stage for events in person and on high-definition television,” Amy Casper, CEO of Ephesus Lighting, said in the news release.
Williams Field at Jack Katz Stadium, located on Duke’s East Campus was built in 1996 and renovated in 2011, will host the 2014 ACC field hockey championships in November. Syracuse University is a member of the ACC.
First NHL arena installation
Ephesus also recently announced it will provide the LED lighting system for the Canadian Tire Centre, the arena that is home to the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). It’s the first NHL arena to be lit with Ephesus LED lights, the company said. Ephesus lights already illuminate a number of minor-league hockey arenas, including the home venues of the Syracuse Crunch and Binghamton Senators (Ottawa’s farm team).