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“Laure Manaudou“ Swimming Pool

Thorn lights home of Champion swimmer “Laure Manaudou”

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The city of “Amberieu en Bugey” in South West France has restored the “Laure Manaudou“ Swimming Pool, where the World and Olympic women’s 400m freestyle champion learned to swim and discovered racing. The primary objective of swimming pool lighting is safety; the pool attendant must be able to see a swimmer in difficulty clearly, and secondly, the lighting must provide a pleasant and visually comfortable environment for the swimmers, both in the water and when standing on the pool side.

This is achieved by 83 adjustable Areafloods with 70 to 400W metal halide lamps. Even when the pool is in use and the water turbulent, it is possible to see the lane markings on the bottom.

At “Laure Manaudou“ pool, the windows have been carefully designed to give the swimmers visual contact with the outdoor scene without admitting views of high sky brightness. In this way excessive high luminance reflections in the water are avoided and energy use for lighting kept to a minimum.

Outside 19 Avenue XL Virtual lanterns, 7 Mica and 12 blue E/Fact LED ground lights also ensure safe and friendly illumination.