Fantasy Island
Top UK amusement park cuts lighting electricity use by 86% with SaveMoneyCutCarbon LED solutions
Case study
We designed and implemented a bespoke LED lighting scheme, specific to the needs of the unique site.
The RGB colour effects were not compromised with the energy efficient lighting upgrade, to provide the “wow factor” for millions of visitors.
As a result, the park saw cost savings of £24,000, 86% carbon reduction, and 33,699.72 kWh energy saved per year.
The Client
Fantasy Island is a popular family resort in Ingoldmells, near Skegness and one of the largest amusement parks in the UK welcoming up to 40,000 customers per day.
It has 24 thrill-seeking rides, daily shows and Europe’s largest seven-day market, all of which mean that this huge site has electricity bills of more than £400,000 per year.
Working with SaveMoneyCutCarbon, the park owners will save thousands of pounds over the next year and reduce carbon footprint by nearly four-fifths, with additional savings coming from reduced maintenance over the long life of the new LEDs being installed.
The park owners, an investment house based in London, were looking for a new breed of consultancy to look at all their utility consumption – one that could actually deliver savings rather than just produce reports.
The Brief
The London based owners engaged with SaveMoneyCutCarbon whose dedicated Field Services team created detailed proposals outlining a specification of products, an initial financial outlay, and return-on-investment data to identify a wide range of savings.
Initially, our dedicated field services team created detailed proposals outlining a specification of products, an initial financial outlay, and return-on-investment data.
As part of this, SaveMoneyCutCarbon proposed an LED lighting scheme to fit in with the site’s ongoing development plans, cutting electricity costs and freeing up electrical load so that the spare capacity could be used on new rides.
The scheme would also create a real “lighting wow” for holidaymakers approaching the seafront.
Flexibility was a key element of the project as the owners had concerns caused by a very bad experience with another LED supplier that had attempted a total LED retrofit approach rather than accurately identifying areas where LED was the perfect solution, and leaving other areas with more traditional lighting types.
The Solution
Amongst the products installed were remotely controlled RGB fixtures illuminating amusements and rollercoasters in multiple colours.
These were perfect for Fantasy Island as the management could maintain the flexibility of their existing lighting systems, by being able to change the colour of the lighting remotely.
At the same time we significantly reduced their electricity bill.
Over in the car park, we are installing 360 degree LED head lamps to deliver powerful lighting to keep the area safe and deliver big savings. Our site-wide refit also included LED panels in office areas.
This project was completed in March 2018.
Annual energy savings of £24,000
Reduction of 110 tonnes of CO2 emissions per annum