US Waukesha South High School is a historic school, opened in 1957. The school was rebuilt in 2005, the swimming pool equipment for the Department of Physical Education High School, the school swim team and Waukesha Express swim team use. The new swimming pool can accommodate nearly 2,000 spectators, the pool area is 25 yards × 30 meters and larger than most schools.
Initially swimming pool using a metal halide lamp indirect lighting system, carried by the light reflected from the surface of the ceiling in order to reduce glare. For years, metal halide high heat makes swimming ceilings and walls black, light levels and damage to the lamp so that the swimming pool deteriorating atmosphere dark, and difficult to replace. Waukesha School District master electrician Tom Cherone said: “As the lights dimmed, the audience complained that they can not see the game swimmers; dim light work of lifeguards also had an impact; and carry out maintenance on metal halide lamp, If the glass falls into the pool, we need to completely empty the pool of 480,000 gallons of water, very troublesome. ”
Most importantly, the metal halide lamp technology requires 10-15 minutes of cooling time before re-lit, this means that you must make before the next light bulb lit completely cooled, it is also very easy to use, and caused a huge power waste.
Now, with the Waukesha School District has established long-term cooperative relationship, Wisconsin Hein electricity supply company, Tom Cherone learned can be retrofitted to existing lighting systems by LED High Bay Light, to improve lighting quality and safety performance, while reducing energy cost and consumption. Therefore, one replacement, Cherone the swimming pool of 42 1000-watt metal halide and 8 fluorescent tube lighting were replaced with 240 watt LED high-bay lights and 80-watt LED High Bay Light.
“The new lighting great performance,” Cherone said: “They quickly lit, higher than the old metal halide lamp brightness and long life, but also cost-effective now all add up to more than the original metal halide lamps can save. More than 70 percent of the energy, surprising. “And a lot of heat they emit less than the metal halide lamp, a school can save air-conditioning costs in the summer, which further reduces the energy consumption.
Because LED lamps reduce maintenance community lighting equipment and for energy efficiency, significantly improved lighting quality, Cherone has plans to pool metal halide Waukesha Area All schools are replaced with LED high-bay lights up.
In addition to upgrading the swimming pool lighting, exterior lighting district is implementing a plan for the school parking lot, in addition to saving more money, most importantly, through better lighting environment to enhance the security of the school.