LED lighting is one of the most efficient solutions to meet the Green Deal goals set by the European Union. Investment on lighting that will help reduce the carbon footprint is necessary to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
Lighting digitalization, the use of luminaires designed and developed for greater energy efficiency, as well as the protection of the night sky in natural environments are very promising ways to deal with the daily problems associated with a bad use of the energy and the conservation of biodiversity.
Televes, as many other organizations specialized in developing the lighting networks of the future, promotes the use of LED lighting for outdoor, industrial or residential areas by offering several solutions that deliver more sustainable, intelligent and energy-efficient lighting.
LED lighting for a more intelligent and efficient use of energy
The new European Climate Law has established that Europe must become climate neutral by 2050, that is, carbon neutral. The aim is to reach net-zero balance between the carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere and the different measures that can be adopted to reduce such carbon footprint.
Forests, oceans and soil act like natural sinks that absorb and remove carbon. But still, human actions generate carbon levels requiring more ways to offset these emissions. This is why it is vital to invest in both energy efficiency and less-polluting technologies to achieve neutrality.
LED lighting meets the necessary efficiency requirements. It also represents a solution that uses intelligent technologies to increase its lifespan, to self-regulate intensity depending on the lighting needs, and to enhance the protection of the night sky according to the environment. Thanks to this type of lighting, dwellings, companies and public areas turn into spaces that use energy in better ways, bearing in mind that these areas account for 40% of the total energy consumption globally.
In contrast, LED lighting consumes up to 80% less electricity than any other traditional luminaire. It is also a less polluting alternative, in terms of both efficiency and presence of recyclable and mercury-free components.
In addition, these technological solutions optimise the control and scheduling of lighting devices – automatic ON/OFF function, intensity regulation depending on the needs or time of the day and simplification of maintenance tasks to save costs and to generate less waste.
These lighting enhancements are relevant for the human quality of life. These are quite important not only for installations in outdoor areas – especially roads or areas where good visibility is needed –, in gardens, in residential areas, or near natural environments that are home to the species that we have to learn to live with, but also in those places were priority is given to the protection of the night sky.
Hence, Televes has joined the Slowlight movement, which supports a sustainable public management of lighting networks. This initiative is aimed at raising awareness among the citizenship, the business sector and the public institutions about the need to promote a rational use of light towards a new lighting culture. This is, a change of point of view that leads us to global sustainability and allowing to bring the night back to the cities.
A greener future involves us all
Achieving the objectives of the Green Deal is a priority for governments and institutions. However, this responsibility requires that we all contribute, being awareness, and a better energy and resources consumption behaviour the starting point.
We can all help as citizens, by being informed about the negative effects of our actions and knowing the solutions that we can adopt to solve them.
Being open to change is the best start. At Televes we are aware of this statement, that is why many R&D telecommunication projects are being developed to achieve the maximum energy efficiency and to apply intelligent technologies to help us become more sensible consumers.
LEAVE THE COMMENT