The detail
- The Abbey has 72 halogen spotlights and 12 concert lights.
- The halogen spotlights consume 650 watts each. Equivalent LEDs would consume 170 watts.
- Moving from halogen to LED spotlights would reduce carbon dioxide generated by the Abbey lighting by an estimated 2 tonnes per year and reduce the lighting energy costs from £6000 to £1600.
- The total project cost of replacing all lights plus a flexible control system is likely to be in the order of £100,000.
Church of England Environment Programme
Find more information here.
"Greening" the spotlights in Romsey Abbey
Romsey Abbey is a busy concert venue for local performers as well as a parish church. We are planning to modernise our main service lights used for all large events in the Abbey, including lunchtime recitals, evening concerts, our regular services and school and charity concerts. The current lights are halogen, and the largest contributor to our carbon footprint from electricity.
Thank you to our generous donors!
We are delighted to announce that our fundraising appeal 25th May and 5th July 2025 raised £11,162 of which the first £10,000 will be matched by the Church of England under their Give to Go Green scheme. We are also able to claim Gift Aid on some of the donations, so in total the appeal raised
£23, 157.25.
We will first replace the 12 concert lights, and are currently in the process of selecting consultants to quote for technical advice on the replacement of the remaining 72 service lights. We are looking for other sources of funding to help us continue replacing the halogen lights after this scheme ends.
