Floodlights blazing on empty tennis courts are wasting energy

Residents living near the park have complained about seeing floodlights automatically switch on even when no-one is playing on the all-weather courts opened by the city council last July.

Nelson ward Green Party Councillor Denise Carlo said:

“This appears to be a design flaw in the way that the Norwich Parks Tennis system operates because I’ve seen full floodlights lighting up empty courts at Heigham Park and Eaton Park during the hours of darkness.  If this problem is being repeated on all-weather tennis courts run by the city council around the city, the amount of electricity, carbon emissions and money being wasted must be colossal”.