City of Miami Springs Awarded Grant for Energy-Efficient Lighting on Prince Field
The City of Miami Springs has been named recipient of a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Energy in the amount of $130,000 for energy-efficient “green” lighting for Prince Field. Prince Field, located on Westward and Apache Drives south of the City’s community center complex, is the oldest and most heavily utilized public recreation facility in the City. It encompasses two baseball fields with bleachers and dugouts, a football field, a tot lot playground, restrooms, a picnic area, the Senior Center, and 12 lighting poles for illuminating night time activities and providing security.
The hurricane season of 2005, with its devastating dual impacts of Katrina and Wilma, resulted in severe damage to these lights. The existing fixtures, originally installed in 1991 on poles dating from the 1970’s, were well along in their useful life at that time and were already obsolete technology. During repairs it was discovered that the fixtures had been bent by wind damage and some had broken off and could not be replaced, and were not able to be aimed at the areas they need to illuminate for general safety and visibility.
“We are grateful to the State Office of Energy for this welcome assistance,” stated Mayor Zavier Garcia. “New lighting has been on our Want List for several years, but allocations for this purpose have always been foregone due to other critical priorities. We are moving full speed ahead to install state-of-the-art energy-saving replacements. We’ll have computer-controlled scheduling for additional energy savings, and the new fixtures will also greatly reduce offsite spill light in the neighborhood.”
The project is due to be completed by the end of August. In a special meeting on July 8th, the Miami Springs City Council chose Musco Sports Lighting, LLC to install the selected rugged, reliable and cost-effective Sportscluster Green™ luminaire assemblies.
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This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Office of Energy under Award Number DE-EE0000800.
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