Leisure centre’s ‘green’ light for energy savings

Posted on 22. Aug, 2008 by admin in Eluma, Energy News

A Derbyshire leisure centre has got its electricity bill and Carbon Footprint in trim after equipping its sports hall with a state-of-the-art, energy saving lighting system.

Dim, traditional florescent lamps at Green Bank Leisure Centre, Swadlincote, left some badminton, five-a-side and basketball players struggling to see court markings.

But members of the South Derbyshire District Council facility are no longer in the dark thanks to new Eluma technology from eco-light specialists Somar.

Not only have luminosity levels increased significantly, but the energy-efficient system has also cut the centre