Jaipur stadium becomes day-night venue in just 60 days

Jaipur, Nov 1 (UNI) It took just 60 days of sheer hard work to turn the Sawai Mansingh Stadium into a new day/night venue for international cricket matches and the time required for the facelift is just half of what is the typical duration for such installations.

GE Consumer&Industrial, India provided the lighting solutions to the stadium and the lighting design is 10 per cent more energy efficient, according to them.

Samir Inamdar, President&CEO, GE Consumer and Industrial, India Region said,''Lighting design for stadia, especially cricket stadia, is a very complex design challenge which needs to take into account a large number of parameters like the size and shape of the stadium, the height and depth of stands, other environmental constraints and still provide for the uniformity of light distribution on vertical and horizontal planes while ensuring glare-free colour rendering for on-ground and TV audiences and also for Third Umpires.

''We are delighted to have achieved all of this while ensuring 10 per cent energy efficiency for the Sawai Man Singh stadium,'' he added.

''Horizontal illuminance and vertical luminance are key factors for a good game of day/night cricket. The lighting solution designed by GE focused on appropriate illumination, both on the ground and in the air. This is especially important when the ball is hit high up in the air.

''Vertical illumination of about 50 meters is essential to keep the ball in view for the fielder and spectators on ground and on TV.

Colour rendering of light using metal halide lamps ensured high quality illumination and uniform light distribution thus ensuring a better game of cricket,'' according to a company release.

The solution provided by GE includes 90 sports lighting fixtures of 2 KW each - mounted on each of the 4 high masts. In total, 360 sports lighting fixtures of 2 KW each were provided, 10 per cent less than conventional lighting solutions that use 400 fixtures for stadium lighting.

''Our lighting solution is 10 per cent more energy efficient while providing better quality of lighting than conventional stadium lighting solutions,'' said Mr Inamdar. ''The lighting was so designed as to minimise spill light, thus reducing the light pollution and requiring less fixtures to achieve the required illuminance level,'' he explained.

The same company had earlier provided lighting solution to Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, D Y Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai and Saifi Stadium in Itawah, UP. The international venues illuminated by GE include the football stadium in Daejeon City, Seoul which hosted the 2002 World Cup.

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