slipstream Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Apr. 24, 2010 – One small change by Walt Disney World Cast Members has the potential to save enough electricity to power more than one thousand homes for a year. Disney Cast Members are retrofitting more than 1000 theatrical spotlights and floodlights around the resort with more efficient and longer-lasting light fixtures. Some of the fixtures include LED (light emitting diode) lights which can be 330% more efficient than other lights. For example, a 575-watt spotlight may be replaced with a 70-watt LED light that puts out the same light equivalent. Some of the attractions slated to “lighten up” include Gran Fiesta Tour, Living with the Land, Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster starring Aerosmith, Test Track, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Snow White’s Scary Adventure and many more. Engineers estimate this one small change will save more than 2.5 million kilowatt hours annually, which is enough to power to light 1135 homes for a year. I for one am dying to see a 575w replaced with leds, cause we all know what that wattage is mostly used for - on a serious note they do have a pile of conventionals, mostly running a low intensity so it could work Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Walt Disney World is a really interesting place. Much of their power they generate on-site with cogeneration plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipstream Posted April 28, 2010 Author Share Posted April 28, 2010 They generate about 50MW on site and buy in the rest peak load is around 200MW so I guess every little helps, but with an airconditioning load of 40,000 tons they need more than a few LEDs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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