Park attractions powered by the sun and people
(29 Nov 2015) UK SOLAR THEME PARK
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Y Felinheli, Wales - 24 October 2015
1. Wide of 'Green Dragon' roller coaster on track at GreenWood Forest Park
2. GoPro shot on board 'Green Dragon' roller coaster
3. Wide of 'Green Dragon' roller coaster arriving at platform
4. Pull out of sign, reading (English): GreenWood Forest Park
5. Wide of sign listed with various adventure park attractions
6. Tilt down of attraction names written in Welsh language
7. Various of new solar panels in field adjacent to GreenWood Forest Park
8. Stephen Bristow, Managing Director of GreenWood Forest Park, checking power equipment
9. Close of Bristow looking at power equipment
10. Close of Bristow pushing button on equipment
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stephen Bristow, Managing Director of GreenWood Forest Park:
Basically, it gathers in light energy, it likes direct sunlight - that's the best option - but we don't always get that in Wales. But it will still go on generating even in fairly low light levels and it puts power into our systems and if we generate a surplus we sell that to the grid.
12. Various of new solar panels in field adjacent to GreenWood Forest Park
13. Tilt up of power inverter
14. Wide of Great Hall building interior, built with locally-sourced oak
15. Mid of young children in play area
16. Pan right of cafeteria
17. Mid of light bulbs hanging from Great Hall ceiling
18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stephen Bristow, Managing Director of GreenWood Forest Park:
We've always worked out the unit use of energy per visitor, it's one of the parameters we look at. And I've always tried to keep that down to less than one unit of electricity per visitor per year - in fact it's been about three-quarters of a unit. So, that's less than one kilowatt per visitor per year and that's a pretty low level of usage. But we do need power for running the catering operation, running the office and administrative systems. We need power for a number of the rides and activities we have onsite so there is a significant power requirement.
19. Close of sign, reading (English): Green Dragon. The world's first people powered roller coaster
20. Various of adventure park visitors travelling in cart to pull 'Green Dragon' roller coaster to top of track
21. Various of 'Green Dragon' rolling along track into position at platform
22. Wide of adventure park visitors climbing into roller coaster
23. Close of roller coaster being released along track, UPSOUND: Cheers
24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stephen Bristow, Managing Director of GreenWood Forest Park:
We want them to have a great day out, a lot of fun because that's really what we try to give them. But we want to give them a fun day out that is not a huge drain on the environment. Now a lot of leisure parks throughout the world provide great fun and entertainment, but the environmental cost can be huge. The big parks with big rides have enormous power requirements and I don't think at the moment enough is being done to address that issue. How can leisure parks actually reduce their environmental cost?
25. Various of adventure park visitors riding down 'Great Green Run' 70-metre (230 feet) slide and climbing bratack to the top
26. Paul Meaden, Adventure Park Visitor, with son, Thomas pulling on rope
27. SOUNDBITE: (English) Paul Meaden, Adventure Park Visitor:
28. Various of young theme park visitors practicing archery with instructor
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London, UK - 21 October 2015
29. Chair of the Grantham Institute, Imperial College, Brian Hoskins, walking through Imperial College campus
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