Brilliant Sports Lighting www.abacuslighting.com/sports Contents Lighting your facility 03 Your lighting legacy 04 Sports lighting the Abacus way 05 Flexible systems tailored to you 06 Case Study / Forest Town FC 08 Football lighting systems 10 Case Study / Nuneaton Old Edwardians RFC 12 Rugby lighting systems 14 Case Study / Woldingham School Hockey Pitch 16 Hockey lighting systems 18 Case Study / Loughborough University 20 Track & Field lighting systems 22 Case Study / Fels Point Tennis Courts 24 Tennis lighting systems 26 Case Study / South Bristol Sports Centre 28 MUGA lighting systems 30 Installation 32 The Abacus Total Care Warranty 34 Total Care maintenance 36 Abacus International 38 FA Academy, Burton-on-Trent 2 | Sports Lighting www.abacuslighting.com/sports Lighting your facility NEW innovation Installing lighting isn’t just about extending play at your club. It’s an investment in the future – Our new maintained one that can increase business and revenue illuminance system for years to come. saves you up to 15% in energy, and with our Some of our customers have seen a net Challenger® 1 floodlight, you can reduce revenue increase of up to £30,000 per year light overspill by 25%. as a result of installing Abacus sports lighting – not just from increased usage, but also takings from services such as car parking or food and drink. To find out more, talk to one of our dedicated sports sales engineers. As experts in their field, they’ll look at things from your point of view, devising a truly bespoke set-up that fits the bill in every sense. Whatever your requirements; whatever the challenges – Abacus have the solution. Kent University Nottingham University www.abacuslighting.com/sports Sports Lighting | 3 Your lighting legacy EXPERIENCE THAT PAYS OFF TIME AFTER TIME. For the environment For the community Getting the environmental credentials right for Developing your club’s lighting plan is simple. a new lighting scheme is a big responsibility for What takes the most time, diplomacy and any club. Our solution to the waste and expertise is making sure that everyone is as nuisance of light pollution is the Abacus Light happy with your plans as you are. We’re here Control System – a series of efficient, high- to help you do just that – from residential performance lamps, reflectors and anti-glare consultancy to lighting level checks, official baffles that help keep the ULOR (Upward Light planning negotiations to on-site management. Output Ratio) of your facility’s floodlighting to Whatever the location, scale and challenges, an absolute minimum. The result – less our team will have tackled a similar project in overspill and happier residents, players and the past. Now it’s time to put their experience spectators; not to mention the person who to work for you. pays your club’s energy bill. For your credibility The cost of downtime at your facility can cripple cashflow; and poorly maintained lighting is one of the greatest liabilities faced by clubs. A high-quality lighting system maintained by our expert engineers doesn’t just boost your facility’s reputation and usage in the short- term; it’s an asset that will continue to bring pleasure to players and spectators for many years to come. Nottingham University, UK 4 | Sports Lighting www.abacuslighting.com/sports Sports lighting the Abacus way Our team don’t just light sport – they watch it, The all-inclusive Abacus package play it, love it too. The insight that this gives us Choosing a sports lighting supplier can be is invaluable. It means we can get under the a tricky business, and you need to feel skin of your project, understand exactly what confident that you’ve made the right decision. you need to achieve and make it happen – The advantage of choosing Abacus is our without hassle, confusion or complication. ability to bundle complex services and — S tart-to-finish service – from initial planning processes into one straightforward, and design through to product supply, comprehensive package. installation, commissioning and servicing Tailor-made packages; from supply only to full — A ll project sizes and budgets – from local  turnkey solutions pitches to international stadia Planning assistance  — B espoke solutions, offering the ideal combination of value for money and peace Environmental impact assessments  of mind Fully comprehensive warranty covering all parts,  labour and lamps as well as cleaning — O utstanding quality and value Latest lighting technology, reducing light — L ow light pollution, without compromising  pollution & increasing performance on performance Independently tested lighting performance — D urable masts which can be easily (photometric) data, ensuring actual performance  accessed for maintenance matches what was planned Range of mast solutions including base-hinged  One lighting project in five simple steps for easy access ‘Daylight’ lamps, offering good colour rendering  Abacus visit your site (if necessary), create a bespoke 1 lighting design, advise on products and specifications Double-ended lamps which maintain their  and quote. position long after installation Project consultancy – our experts offer assistance on Energy management  2 everything from planning to funding and environmental impact assessments. Carbon reduction  3 Manufacture Gun sight, precision aiming of the floodlights on  4 Installation (see page 33 for details of the full process) site for accurate light distribution Easy-access maintenance, with base-hinged 5 Full handover to end user. masts and rear access floodlights  Upgrades  NICEIC approved for electrical installations, with  standard UK wiring ISO9001:2008 quality accreditations  IS014001:2004 environmental accreditations  CE certification (European standard)  Professional associations ensuring credibility & reliability. Look out for SAPCA, ILP,  LIF, ECA, NICEIC www.abacuslighting.com/sports Sports Lighting | 5 Flexible systems tailored to you Floodlights Challenger® 1 This is our most popular floodlight, favoured by outdoor sports grounds and smaller stadia for its outstanding performance and light control. Flat-glass technology and double-asymmetric reflectors mean excellent efficiency and beam purity, reducing upward light, overspill and glare. Challenger® 2 This series is ideally suited to lighting medium and large stadia from the side – typically from the roof; while the Challenger® 3’s precise, symmetrical beam makes it ideal for floodlighting large stadia from above. Osrava Baseball Club, Czech Republic Roznov Football Club, Czech Republic Keepmoat Stadium MUGA, Doncaster 6 | Sports Lighting www.abacuslighting.com/sports Masts Base-hinged Club telescopic As the name suggests, a base-hinged mast Think of a radio aerial – only a little bigger and lowers easily to the ground for safe, efficient more technical! Pioneered by Abacus, the Club servicing, whenever it’s needed. Our most telescopic mast is perfect for medium-sized popular mast, it is specified worldwide for its sports facilities. Doubling in size from its clean profile, robustness, versatility and easy retracted position, this solution is ideal for maintenance access. Fixed headframes also built-up areas where planning regulations offer incredible stability, even in windswept are stricter. areas. No one does base-hinged better than Abacus. Fixed masts Typically used for larger sports stadia, but several options are available. Club telescopic mast Base-hinged mast Fixed mast www.abacuslighting.com/sports Sports Lighting | 7 Case study Forest Town FC / Forest Town FC are part of the supreme After performing a detailed pre-planning division in the Central Midlands league. They consultation, we specified, installed and aimed came to us with a challenging brief and a very 20 high-performance Challenger® 1 floodlights specific set of requirements – not made any atop four 25m base-hinged masts – the ideal less challenging by the position of the ground: solution given the need for both height and right in the middle of an independently-lit light-control, not to mention straightforward velodrome, situated itself within a residential maintenance. The floodlighting – unobtrusive to area of Mansfield in Nottingham. It goes without the outside world yet impressively impactful to saying that both mast height and overspill anyone visiting the ground – achieves an ideal needed to be kept to sensible levels in order balance between environmental responsibility, to satisfy local planners, at the same time as functionality and display. meeting the league’s minimum lighting-level requirement of 180 Lux. 8 | Sports Lighting www.abacuslighting.com/sports The lighting has really raised the profile of our ground. Even Away players have commented on the clarity and quality of lights, which far exceed that of many much larger grounds. It hasn’t just boosted our reputation as a club – it’s also generated additional revenue. That’s a direct result of our ability to rent the site to other local teams for training, as well as staging concerts, family fun days and other community events. John Stevens of Forest Town FC www.abacuslighting.com/sports Sports Lighting | 9 Football Abacus are experts in lighting lighting systems / football pitches, training grounds and stadia. Whatever your colours, we can help. FBFA Minimum FA requirement 180 Lux 6 x 15m masts 14 x 2kW floodlights FBC2 Class II 200 Lux Maintained 6 or 8 x 15m masts 16 x 2kW floodlights 10 | Sports Lighting www.abacuslighting.com/sports