http://www.addisongreen.info Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:27:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.addisongreen.info/2009/11/17/energy-saving-lights-shine-at-addison-theatre-centre/ http://www.addisongreen.info/2009/11/17/energy-saving-lights-shine-at-addison-theatre-centre/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:56:35 +0000 AGadmin http://www.addisongreen.info/?p=1109 By Tom Kessler Visitors to WaterTower Theatre productions at the Addison Theatre Centre see lots of set changes and costume changes. Won’t they don’t see is another change that’s underway – the lighting system used to bathe the onstage action. The Theatre Centre is in the process of transitioning from energy-intensive standard lighting fixtures to new automated fixtures that use far less electricity. The ATC’s older standard lighting fixtures use halogen lamps that typically use 1000 watts per fixture. The new system uses high intensity discharge (HID) lamps that run at 250 watts. And while there are newer, more energy efficient standard models as well – about 25 percent of WaterTower Theatre’s standard inventory consists of 575 watt fixtures – the older fixtures can only serve a single purpose for the stage. This means they are focused on one area with one color and/or one template.]]> By Tom Kessler Visitors to WaterTower Theatre productions at the Addison Theatre Centre see lots of set changes and costume changes. Won’t they don’t see is another change that’s underway – the lighting system used to bathe the onstage action. The Theatre Centre is in the process of transitioning from energy-intensive standard lighting fixtures to new automated fixtures that use far less electricity. The ATC’s older standard lighting fixtures use halogen lamps that typically use 1000 watts per fixture. The new system uses high intensity discharge (HID) lamps that run at 250 watts. And while there are newer, more energy efficient standard models as well – about 25 percent of WaterTower Theatre’s standard inventory consists of 575 watt fixtures – the older fixtures can only serve a single purpose for the stage. This means they are focused on one area with one color and/or one template.]]> http://www.addisongreen.info/2009/11/17/energy-saving-lights-shine-at-addison-theatre-centre/feed/ 1