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USAFA Falcon Stadium Sports Lighting
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO
The U.S. Air Force Academy has recently joined the Mountain West Conference. Several of the games each season will now be televised
at night on ESPN requiring stadium lighting adequate for broadcasting standards. EMC provided a design study for the U.S. Air Force Academy for lighting Falcon Stadium for televised nighttime football, soccer, and special events activities.
The design study evaluated the differences between permanent and portable lighting,
and outlined the benefits and liabilities of each in terms of economics and manpower requirements. The U.S. Air Force Academy will use the study in deciding whether to install permanent lighting or continue using portable lighting.
 The study included survey of the existing stadium geometry and potential locations for lighting standards. Photometric calculations were performed to obtain the appropriate IES recommended vertical and horizontal lighting levels to support televised coverage of field activities. The latest state of the art technological advances for lighting equipment available were
reviewed to incorporate the best controls and fixture photometrics available.
Controls were recommended to allow simple operation, maintenance, and modifications to the lighting systems. Recommendations were provided for the design of pole-mounted light fixture cradles with cable operators to allow ground-level maintenance by dropping pole-top light fixtures to ground, thereby eliminating the need to climb poles for relamping and ballast replacement.
The U.S. Air Force Academy will approve final recommendations for design and initiate the final design and construction this fall. |
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