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Port Neches-Grove High School Advances to the Front of the Class with the RevEAL Profile
PORT NECHES, TX - Prism RevEAL LED Luminaires Take the Stage at Port Neches-Groves High School
Port Neches-Groves High School in Port Neches, Texas goes all LED for its theatrical lighting system. The sole source of acting area illumination is a mix of Prism’s RevEAL Profile and RevEAL Color Wash luminaires.
Drama teacher Melissa Eyles helms a strong drama program but has struggled with an inadequate lighting system in the school’s theatre. Maintenance Coordinator for the school district, Leonard LaPoint researched new LED lighting options knowing he needed a technology solution to the challenges within the space, including insufficient power and accessibility restrictions to maintain safety.
Phil Wilberg, Sales and Design for the Texas Scenic Co. provided a survey of the school’s needs. “I quickly realized that the existing power was not going to support a new lighting and dimming system for the auditorium,” he says. “I agreed with Leonard on going with an all LED-based lighting system for the performance lighting. I knew Prism was coming out with an LED ellipsoidal so I brought in a RevEAL Color Wash (CW) unit along with a number of LED fixtures for demonstration.
We decided that it would be best to go with fixtures that not only offered a good white light, but also color changing features since the students are not allowed to access the front of house catwalk so they cannot easily change color in the lights.”
After calculating the power and HVAC loads of both a traditional system and an LED system using the RevEAL units the choice was easy. “It was readily apparent that there would be a dramatically lower power draw as well as a much lower heat load,” explains Wilberg. “A 48-dimmer traditional lighting system would have drawn 32,000 watts; the all LED system for the same light plot drew 12,300 watts and has a significantly lower heat output as well. The power reduction of the final LED lighting system was so good that the school received credits from the local power utility, which offset some of the equipment costs.”
The final lighting plot installed has 18 RevEAL Profile units most with 26 and 36 degree beam spreads as well as some 14 degree units paired with 18 RevEAL CW luminaires for soft-edged lighting.
The students can now design lighting and easily choose, or change, the colors directly at the lighting console. Wilberg notes, “while the LED lighting system takes a little more set up and training time initially, the creative possibilities are tremendous. In fact, the kids were having a great time when we did training and they picked it up very quickly. It was amazing to see the spark of creativity in them.”
Garrett Young, President and Founder of Prism Projection, Inc. feels that the Port Neches-Groves project highlights many of the benefits of the RevEAL product line. “We have seen quite a few educational theatres, both high schools and universities, embrace Prism Projection’s RevEAL product line. Prism believes in sustainable lighting without compromise and we encourage academic theatres to demand high standards for state-of-the-art lighting technology. The recent installation at Port Neches-Groves High School exemplifies the potential of LED technology. Instead of sacrificing the look and feel of a conventional system to achieve limited color changing effects, every capability of the previous tungsten-based system was matched and in many cases exceeded all while being environmentally friendly.”
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