Power NI has supported Tyrone GAA with an LED lighting upgrade at O'Neills Healy Park in Omagh through the its Lighting Solutions scheme.

After Tyrone GAA reached out to Power NI, the energy supplier arranged an energy audit with their in-house experts for O'Neills Healy Park. This involved assessing the light usage throughout the facilities and gathering consumption statistics from the facility.

Using the data, the Power NI team developed an upgraded lighting design for Tyrone GAA, projected the anticipated savings, and established a payment plan integrated into their electricity bill, spreading the upgrade costs over a three-year energy contract. Power NI managed the project from inception to completion, ensuring seamless installation and recycling of all old lighting without causing disruption.

Outdated lighting fixtures at O'Neills Healy Park were swapped out with new LED lighting both indoors and outdoors, resulting in a brighter and safer atmosphere. The improvements covered light fixtures in the stands, terrace area, hallways, changing rooms, and the tunnel leading to the pitch.

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Niall McKenna, Treasurer for Tyrone GAA, said: "The new LED lighting gives a better quality of light than the old halogen systems and patrons have been commenting very favourably on the improved illumination."

"Because of the mechanics of the scheme, we didn’t have to find the initial outlay for capital cost, so we can spread that over the three years of our Power NI electricity contract. Then after year three, we’re really into the cash savings of roughly about £7,000 a year that we can invest back into the GAA in Tyrone. In addition to the cost savings of the scheme, we have estimated that there would be more than a 50% reduction in the carbon emissions from the new system, which is a further benefit in our sustainable vision for the stadium."

John Edgar, Key Account Manager at Power NI, and project manager for the Tyrone GAA lighting upgrade said: "The Lighting Solutions scheme with Power NI is a great way for commercial customers to essentially retrofit any premises they have with LED lighting. This is a cost-effective way to move into a sustainable, greener future. Lighting Solutions projects also offer an option for businesses to spread the cost of an upgrade as opposed to putting up capital expenditure."

Renowned for hosting Championship football for both Club and County GAA, O'Neills Healy Park is a GAA stadium in Omagh, home to Tyrone GAA and Omagh St Enda’s football club. Recently, Tyrone GAA took the decision to upgrade the lighting at the stadium, not only improving the health and safety for players and spectators, but also to become a greener facility, championing sustainability.

The lighting upgrade is part of Tyrone GAA's efforts to reduce their carbon footprint and become more sustainable. Thanks to the Power NI Lighting Solutions upgrade, they have cut their stadium energy consumption by over 60 per cent, resulting in an annual decrease of 24,701 kWh, equivalent to 5.8 tonnes of carbon emissions.