When reservations revealed that many of the 700 tennis families at The Club At Sonterra weren’t playing on the 25 courts at night, management realized they needed a lighting system that matched the quality of the club’s golf and tennis facilities. Chris Hamill, vice president of Century Golf Partners Management, decided to invest in a turnkey Light-Structure Green™ lighting system through a lease-purchase program developed by Musco Finance™. “Obviously, it was the ability for Musco to finance that made the additional investment much more palatable than had we written a check,” said Hamill. The results are outstanding. The 153 new fixtures have reduced court clutter, significantly increased light levels, and served up a nearly 40 percent increase in nighttime play.
Financing
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Musco Finance enabled club owners to finance the lighting and installation and use cash-on-hand for other projects
Automated Control System
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Allows on/off schedules to be entered via an easy-to-use web-based program
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Reduces energy usage, labor costs, and hassle
Life-Cycle Cost Savings
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Musco’s Light-Structure Green reduces energy
consumption from prior technology of 411.5 kW per
hour to 239.3 kW per hour
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25-year projected life-cycle cost savings is over $376,000 through reduced energy consumption, group lamp replacements, controls, and maintenance provided by Musco
