2024 LUCI Coffee Bre@ks
☕ November 2024 Coffee Bre@k
Lighting in Leuven: introducing new LUCI city member – Elke Raë, Designer, Public Space at City of Leuven, Belgium.
Come get to know one of our newest LUCI members: the City of Leuven. Its light story is still in the starting blocks. Together with Fluvius, the City of Leuven is converting the existing functional lighting network to interactive LED lighting. Leuven has had a Technical Masterplan for lighting since 2016, but as this plan predates interactive LED lighting, a revision is needed. This presentation discusses the work and plans of Leuven towards a more sustainable city, with a focus on its vision on urban lighting.
☕ September 2024 Coffee Bre@k
Sarajevo & beyond. LED conversion, lighting controls and change – Nic Winter, Head of Application & Product – Road, Street & Tunnel Lighting at Thorn
The conversion of Sarajevo’s street lighting to LEDs, coupled with the installation of a central management and control system, has delivered considerable energy savings. This presentation looks at the project and what has been achieved. Prompted by one specific aspect of the lighting requirements for Sarajevo, the presentation goes on to look at the opportunities for lighting design offered by public lighting control systems and appropriately equipped luminaires.
☕ June 2024 Coffee Bre@k
Shaping Düsseldorf’s way towards a Smart City through Smart Public Lighting – Florian Fuchs,Smart City Expert at Stadtwerke Düsseldorf AG
The City of Düsseldorf strives to become climate neutral by 2035 and to continue developing into a smart city. It has implemented a lighting project with the aim to achieve demand-based lighting control in order to improve the quality of life and the quality of stay within the city while significantly reducing energy consumption and the CO2 footprint of the lighting.
☕ March 2024 Coffee Bre@k
Transformation of public lighting in Flanders, a new approach – Walter Geerts, Product Manager Public Lighting at Fluvius
Participants of this Coffee Bre@k found out from Walter Geerts (Fluvius) about the new light schemes taking place in Flanders where LED and smart luminaires are being installed in 300 municipalities. The case study of the Willebroek municipality showed the benefits both for citizens and nature of this public lighting change. of the year.
☕ February 2024 Coffee Bre@k
Sustainability and Resilience, Solutions through Standardized Interfaces – Heinrich Thye Secretary General of the Zhaga Consortium
In the first Coffee Bre@k of the year, Heinrich Thye (Zhaga Consortium) gave background to how Zhaga Consortium plays a crucial and global role in promoting sustainable and resilient solutions in the field of lighting technology, both for outdoor and indoor lighting. Their activities in the industry for standardizing interfaces for LED lighting components have sparked an active Q&A finale of the session.
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