Hill sledding is not limited to snowy countries. Grass sliding is a popular recreational activity for both kids and adults. To do this sport at night, we will need proper grass sledding lighting. The high mast lights are located along the grass sliding slope in sports center. LED is a better choice when it comes to replacement of halogen, metal halide or mercury flood lights because LED has higher energy-efficiency as well as life span, which means we can have brighter lighting in a lower energy consumption. Let’s have a look at how can we light up both the indoor & outdoor slope for downhill grass sliding at night.
Lighting Design for Grass Sledding Slope
Sledding on turf is enjoyable, however, it might be quite risky if the lux level or light uniformity is poor, we deliver high-quality lighting for night ice block sledding.
1. Brightness (Lux) Level for Grass Sliding Slope
Lighting optimizes the use of your recreational center at night. If the grass downhill slope is dim, the sledders might not be able to identify other people and obstacles. To provide a safer environment for sledders, the lux or brightness level should be maintained at around 100 to 200 lux. We can go for 400 to 600 lux level as well as it is better for photography or video recording.
2. Light Uniformity of Turf
Another essential parameter is the lighting uniformity. If we use the spot lights having inappropriate beam angle, the turf will be dimmed in certain areas. By combining the use of LED lights having different power and beam angle, the illumination will be evenly distributed to the sledding slope. Contact us for free lighting design.
3. Height of High Mast Pole
Depending on the height of the outdoor light pole, we will need lighting having different lumen output and power. For the 12 to 15 meter light pole, sometime we will need around 1500 to 3000W LED lights to light up a medium-sized downhill slope. Our lighting designer will help design the best solution for your project.
4. LED Replacement of HID Lighting
If you are going to replacing the existing metal halide, halogen, HPS or mercury flood lights, LED lighting would be a better choice because it has higher luminous efficacy of 130 to 140 lumens per watt, which is around 9 to 11 times of halogen bulbs. So, we can get the same brightness by using 1/10 of energy. It helps reduce the running cost of the grass sliding center due to lighting.
Comparing to the conventional HID lights, LED has long life span of 80000 hours. The advantage is that we can dramatically reduce the maintenance cost as we have no need to buy and replace the new luminaires frequently.
5. Cost of Grass Sledging Hill Lighting
We deliver cheap yet quality luminaires. Please feel free to contact us to get the price quote for any kinds of indoor or outdoor grass hill.