The summer 2016 issue of Facility Forum featured an in-depth arena lighting article penned by our in-house lighting expert Christie Martin. The article appears below as an excerpt from the magazine orginally published by the Ontario Recreation facilities Association and the current issue can be found here.

Traditionally our arenas have been illuminated by high intensity discharge (HID) fixtures. Metal halide technology is the most common of the HIDs utilized in arenas because of the clean white light it produces along with fairly good colour rendering ability (CRI of 65-70) and efficacy (65-100 lumens/watt). While metal halide technology ensures the goal of