Installation Of New Stadium LED Floodlights At Hereford FC Could Begin This Week.

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The Installation Of New LED Floodlights At Hereford FC Could Begin This Week Following Planning Approval.

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Hereford FC – Edgar St, Hereford HR4 9JU, United Kingdom Reference: Musco Lighting System and Design

Musco Lighting has completed lighting designs and spill light calculations for the lighting assessment of the Hereford FC Stadium in Edgar St, Hereford (HR4 9JU).

Based on consultation with the club and the lighting standards enforced by the Premier League Stadium Fund to assess the quality of the technical proposals, Musco has designed the pitch lighting to levels that are suitable for non-professional games in accordance with BS EN 12193 – Sports Lighting and the Football Foundation criteria. In addition, the system will be designed to be dimmable to allow lower lighting levels for training and underage matches, when the highest light level is not required.

The club has asked that Musco’s lighting design would minimize the spill light and glare on the surrounding areas with particular consideration for the residences that are in the vicinity.

Musco has proposed the appropriate number and height of columns to provide adequate downward aiming angles of the floodlights onto the pitch surface, thus minimizing glare and spill light. In addition, the Musco system is custom-designed with full cut-off visors and reflectors to control the light output from the floodlights and direct as much light as possible onto the pitch surface and away from surrounding areas. The following report details the proposed Musco system and design and how it has been developed to control light, maintain performance, and comply with the lighting requirements.

Experience

Musco Lighting has nearly 50 years of experience in the sports floodlighting industry worldwide. Musco has had a presence in the United Kingdom for over 25 years and has provided floodlighting solutions on hundreds of projects all over the country. This experience extends from grassroots clubs to professional training grounds to major stadiums.

Some notable projects similar to the proposed development at the Crystal Palace FC Training Ground include Musco installations at training grounds for Manchester City FC, Arsenal FC, Liverpool FC, Leicester City FC, Burnley FC, Fulham FC, Brighton and Hove Albion FC, Manchester United FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC and many others.

Each project involves unique locations that require very specific designs to accommodate the facility users as well as the surrounding residents and road networks. Musco has an extensive team of project engineers who design in accordance with specific codes and guidelines of each individual project location to provide the best possible floodlighting solution.

In addition to actual project experience, Musco is consistently on the cutting edge of floodlighting technology in product design and performance. The Musco Total Light Control (TLC) LED system cuts operating costs by around 50%, significantly reduces off-site spill and glare, eliminates all maintenance for 10 years, and guarantees the actual performance of the system for 10 years – all covered by a comprehensive 10 Year Warranty.

Our uniquely designed luminaire uses a system of optics and visors to control and re-direct light onto the pitch, thus significantly reducing the negative impact of the floodlights on nearby roadways and residences. Each luminaire is custom-designed and built according to its specific purpose for the pitch lighting.

Another critical aspect when designing an environmentally friendly lighting system is the reduction of Sky Glow or Upward Light. Sky glow is the illumination of the night sky by an artificial light source. Musco’s luminaire is designed to redirect upward light back down to the pitch, using the custom design and patented visor and reflectors, in accordance with the international lighting guideline.

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UPDATE

 

Wondering What Has Happened To The New LED Floodlight Installation At Hereford FC ?

Following our topic in October we were expecting the floodlights to be installed more or less straightaway however, we understand there have been a few problems...

Below is the statement shared on Bulls News

"It's probably fair to say that the floodlights at Edgar Street have caused the club more problems than any other issue this season to date.

Firstly the new floodlights are still not installed and secondly the current ones have shown their age with one of the sets of lights failing towards the end of the game before Christmas.

Chairman Chris Ammonds has updated supporters in his latest 'chat'.

"It feels like everything that could have gone wrong in relation to floodlights have gone wrong in the last four or five months.

"It's incredibly frustrating and I completely understand why supporters are asking questions about it all the time because we are internally as a club as well.

"We continued to work on the whole floodlight issue over the Christmas period.

"It's not been easy because understandably buisnesses close down over Christmas so we haven't been able to progress things greatly.

"But we have had two meetings over Christmas where we think we are hopefully coming to a resolution in terms of what's going to happen with the installation of the new floodlights, we've just go to wait for some information and some more details to be put together.

"So we are hopeful that's going to start to move forward in terms of us being able to update supporters of what the plan is for getting those sorted.

"That will be a weight off everybody's mind once we know exactly what the plan is with those new floodlights.

"And then we've had the issue with the floodlight that decided it didn't want to be a floodlight any more towards the end of the Scarborough game.

"And I know you've (Jamie Griffiths) been in detailed conversation with the contractor over the Christmas.

"We're pretty hopeful we can repair that floodlight, short term repair, but actually it's something that will need doing for the new floodlights anyway, the work that required.

"So from that point of view we've got to go ahead and get it done.

"We are hopeful that we should be able to restore the fourth pylon, the lights on the fourth pylon fairly quickly.

"It probably won't be in time for this weekend so we've already taken the decision and agreed with Warrington that the game this weekend will kick-off at 1pm. We apologise for any inconvenience that causes but it's unavoidable because, again, getting the repairs, the electrical contractor is only back in work this week and therefore the repairs aren't going to be carried out in time to be able to test them ahead of Saturday's fixture.

"We are hopeful that this will be the only game that has to be a 1pm kick-off between now and the end of the season."