The Brief
A county sports complex wanted to open its running track and football pitch for evening community training. The grounds department had one hard constraint: no budget for a grid connection, and no appetite for the monthly running cost that would follow it.
Their requirements:
- Even perimeter lighting along roughly 600 meters of track and stands
- No glare into the sightlines of the main stand
- Operation every evening, 18:30 to 21:30, year-round
Our Solution
We specified the TR300-C — a higher-output all-in-one unit with a wide-beam lens suited to open grounds rather than narrow roads.
- 32 poles placed outside the track fence line, angled inward to wash the track without touching the stands
- Motion-sensor profiles tuned so the field runs at full output during booked sessions and dims to 30% overnight
- Battery autonomy set for the long rains, when overcast days can stretch a full week
Numbers
- 32 units installed in 5 days by the county’s own works team
- Evening usage up 4x — the track now books 6 nights a week
- Zero grid spend: the county dropped its grid-extension quotation entirely
- Maintained illuminance on the running track: 15–18 lux
