PROJECT APPLICATION
HELPING THE CITY OF DAVOS TO REALISE ITS OWN GREEN OBJECTIVES Upgrading the ligh ng to LEDs underlined the possibili es of sustainable prac ces to world leaders. Signify, an interna onal leader in ligh ng, is helping the city of Davos to achieve its sustainability goals by upgrading the exis ng ligh ng with high quality, energy-efficient LEDs. The company upgraded the ligh ng of the city’s Congress Centre in me for the World Economic Forum Annual Mee ng 2020, and is engaged in an ongoing programme to upgrade the streetlights in the city. The World Economic Forum Annual Mee ng 2020 was held from 21 to 24 January 2020 in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The annual mee ng brings together more than 3,000 global leaders from poli cs, government, civil society, academia, the arts and culture as well as the media. Convening under the theme ‘Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World’, par cipants focus on defining new models for building sustainable and inclusive societies in a ‘plurilateral’ world. “Signify is a regular par cipant in the World Economic Forum at the Congress Centre here in Davos for many years. That is why they came to us and helped us realise how much of an improvement the switch to LEDs would be. Both upgrades are a major step in our ambi ons to answer the global call for sustainable measures”, said Tarzisius Caviezel, Mayor of Davos. In Davos’ streets, Signify and its long-standing partner ELEKTRON have so far replaced 500 of the 1,000 streetlights with energy-efficient LEDs and connected 250 of those to its Interact City cloud-based, wireless connected ligh ng system, saving 72,300 kWh in energy per year. Interact City enables remote management of the streetligh ng infrastructure, including individual and grouped control over the streetlights with just a few clicks, allowing the operator to easily maintain an overview even with a large number of lights. The city plans to complete the installa on in five to 10 years. During the refurbishment of the Congress Centre, Signify upgraded almost 900 lights, enabling the city, which owns the Congress Centre, to save an addi onal 50,000 kWh in energy per year. This reduces the Congress Centre’s carbon emissions by 28 tons per year, which is a reduc on of 82%. Signify donated new genera ons of Philips GreenSpace Accent Projectors, Philips LuxSpace Accent Downlights, Philips GreenSpace Compact Downlights and Philips Master LED Spots. On top of that, the en re light control system was replaced and prepared for future needs according to the Congress Centre’s requirements while remaining fully compa ble with the current building management system. “We are very happy that the city that hosts the world’s leaders every year is taking such a major step forward. It is encouraging to see this next move, but the world 32
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Signify has upgraded the ligh ng at the Congress Centre in Davos and is upgrading the streetlights in the city, with high quality, energyefficient LEDs.
