Curl Aberdeen

The brief

OVERVIEW

Curl Aberdeen is a purpose built, state of the art, six lane curling rink located in Aberdeen, North East Scotland. This world class facility was opened in 2005 and has held many competitions and events including the European Curling Championships. 

More recently, it held the World Junior Curling championships in March 2018. This event was streamed live via YouTube and on the BBC Sport website. 20 teams from across the world competed in this nine day event. 

Challenge

THE TASKS WE HAD TO ACHIEVE

The challenge for the organisers was that lighting for TV and video has particularly demanding requirements. For example, the illumination levels required for televising curling are 4 - 5 times higher than for normal competition play. 

The initial plan was to have additional temporary lighting. However, this was judged to be a costly short-term solution for an event lasting just over a week. 

The Solution

HOW WE ACHIEVED THE RESULT

Instead, the organisers decided on an alternative solution, that was suggested by Holophane, of upgrading the existing lighting. Since its inception, the curling rink had been illuminated with Holophane Prismalume metal halide luminaires. These provided good levels of illumination and colour rendering but it would not have been possible for them to provide the 1,500 lux required for televising. 

The solution was an upgrade to replace the 36 existing 450W luminaires with 380W LED Haloprism units. Changing them on a one-for-one basis greatly reduced the cabling and installation costs of the upgrade. 

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