Guelph Youth Music Centre to Get New Lighting Fixtures

Web posted on March 11, 2013

On Sunday, February 28, 2013 in the Recital Hall of the Guelph Youth Music Centre, boys with their toys will be 30 feet in the air installing LED lighting.

With the help of a lift machine, brave and hardy volunteers will be replacing incandescent floodlights above the Recital Hall stage area with new fixtures using high-efficiency LED lights. The Recital Hall is a popular venue for concerts, plays and rehearsals, and the 12-year-old lighting has been unreliable and not always bright enough.

We are changing from 50 watt Halogen to 9 watt LED light bulbs, partly to save on hydro costs, but also to reduce the maintenance. Because the lighting is two floors above the floor, maintenance is quite a chore and not done as often as desirable. It may be several weeks or even months before blown bulbs are replaced, during which time the light on the stage gets dimmer.

Our musicians will be able to see properly again, maintenance will be greatly reduced, and we will be saving electricity!

We are also changing the bulbs used in our EXIT signs. The old bulbs may seem small, but they are on 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. There are 2 bulbs per an EXIT sign and there are 18 EXIT signs being upgraded. Do the math and they consume 3,154 units of electricity a year.

For more information about the Guelph Youth Music Centre, please phone 519-837-1119 or visit our NEW web site at gymc.ca

Our retrofit program is partly funded by Save On Energy which is funded by Ontario and administered locally by Guelph Hydro.