Why switching to LED Floodlights pays off

For a 200 lux floodlighting system for football, a club could save over £9500 a year by switching to LED floodlights. Over the 10 year warranty period of an LED floodlight system, this could reach up to £116,100 in savings for the club. If you then consider that the average cost to upgrade a 200 lux system to LED is £18,000, the payback period for LED floodlights is less than 2 years based on the energy savings from making the switch.

For a 350 lux floodlighting system for a hockey pitch, switching from metal halide to LED could save over £11,300 a year in energy costs. Over the 10 year warranty period of the LED floodlights, up to £136,660 could be saved and with an average cost of £25,000 to upgrade the system, the payback period would be less than 3 years.

Why switching to LED floodligts pays off:

• Energy cost savings – even before the increased energy rates that we are seeing in 2022, there were cost savings to be gained from upgrading from metal halide to LED as LED sports lights are more energy efficient to run. Now, with the increasing energy prices, this saving is even more substantial.
• LED floodlights require less frequent maintenance than a metal halide system so your ongoing costs for your lighting system are lower.
• The cost of components needed to maintain a metal halide floodlight have increased by approximately 30% in the past 12 months. Not only this but it is becoming increasingly difficult to get suitable parts for repairs and replacements of metal halide fittings.
• And, consider that further savings could be made if the internal lights and other exterior (car park and amenity) lights at the club were switched to LED too.