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Elation lighting renewal at Redemption to the Nations church in Chattanooga

Elation lighting renewal at Redemption to the Nations church in Chattanooga
Elation lighting renewal at Redemption to the Nations church in Chattanooga

Redemption to the Nations church in Chattanooga, Tennessee, recently renovated their 2000-seat sanctuary and outfitted the space with a new Elation intelligent lighting system spec’d and installed by Intyde.

 

Planning of the sanctuary renovation began in April of 2017 with the Intyde team also handling the full system design. The sanctuary building, which hadn’t been updated since sometime in the ‘80’s, was completely gutted and rebuilt. “There was no cohesive lighting concept before, just a mix of static and older automated lights and other discharge fixtures,” states Intyde Integration Sales Manager Nathan Tomberlin. “Most of the previous lighting was discharge fixtures and the power draw was huge. That was something we wanted to address. It also made for a very warm platform.”

 

Although the client didn’t specifically request LED lighting, according to Tomberlin, their desire to lessen the power draw, eliminate a large circuit count and save on the power bill naturally led Intyde to an all LED lighting solution. “They also save on maintenance costs, upkeep is down and they saved by not having to invest in dimmers and additional transformers,” says Tomberlin.

 

The all LED lighting system includes a variety of Elation LED moving heads - Satura Profile, Platinum Seven, Platinum Spot III and ACL 360i - along with Colour 5 Profile ellipsoidals and SixBar 500 battens. The install took place from October 9-21, 2017.

 

The worship auditorium, a large space that measures 124 feet deep and is extremely wide at 253 feet, required an even front wash of light across a roomy stage. The previous system did that poorly by using 50’ of a single truss layer to attempt a 120’ wide wash.

 

Tomberlin describes the Intyde solution: “Instead of filling up a front truss with ellipsoidals, we started the design by Identifying each position on stage and on the house floor, and designed a tri truss layered (upstage, downstage, altar) 3-point focus on front wash with Colour 5 Profiles supplemented with Satura Profiles with their 20,000 lumens of power and framing shutters.”

 

The design merges church lighting with theatrical lighting. Each fixture group, when used alone, demonstrates a look in the design while allowing room for creativity. “There should always be a balance between design and function, and each fixture should serve a purpose,” Tomberlin states. “We needed to provide a powerful back-lighting solution and decided the Platinum Seven with its multi-zones and dynamic zoom range was the best choice for cost/function. The Platinum Spot LED III was the obvious pairing to the Platinum Seven for the rear spot position with its zoom-able spot with frost and changeable gobos.”

 

The ACL 360i single-beam moving effects are used to complement the vertical LED display columns by creating stacked beams with a full range of motion. Intyde added the SixBar 500s and its individual LED control to supplement the LED wall for a minimal static color look. Lumen output of all the LED luminaires had to be sufficient enough to power through the 1200 nit LED wall and as much of the lighting is on motors, full design changes and reconfiguration of the LED wall and lighting are uncomplicated. Any of the lighting equipment can be motored down and moved elsewhere on campus if required.

 

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Elation lighting renewal at Redemption to the Nations church in ChattanoogaElation lighting renewal at Redemption to the Nations church in Chattanooga

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