Mark Matthews and Rob Halliday take a different look at this age-old debate...

Our industry isn’t very good at generating numbers – we’re always too busy concentrating on just getting the show on. There’s anecdotal evidence but it’s hard to chart this progress scientifically, in part because every show is different and so making a direct comparison from one rig to the next is problematic.  This particularly the case when trying to make a true comparison between the power actually used by a “traditional” rig and by an “LED” rig. This lack of data is a problem when, for example, trying to make arguments to the EU. But in terms of how rapidly the world is moving to LED, we don’t necessarily care about precise numbers: what we do care about are proportions, and trends...

From Jun / Jul 2019