NEWS
LONDON, CITY
OF LIGHTS
Switched On London 2008 – the capital’s only
lighting festival presented carbon neutral
illumination, celebrating light in an urban
environment.
Switched On London switched on 15
installations in the Pool of London and Bankside,
illuminated from 7th – 14th February.
In its second year Switched On London
HMS Belfast and Tower
enabled you to see London in a new light, All the 2008 projects will be audited for their
Bridge lit up by energy
efficient lighting as part
illuminating iconic landmarks including Tower of energy usage to demonstrate that alternative of the Switched On
London, Tower Bridge, HMS Belfast, Hay’s technologies can provide better lighting whilst
London Festival of Light
Galleria and Southwark Cathedral. And for the using less energy. A good example of this year’s
first time the festival featured urban settings festival is the Tower of London’s scheme, which
T
’S NEW?
including Bermondsey Street Car Park and dramatically lowered the Tower’s power
London Bridge Post Office. Plus new interactive consumption from 13KW to 2.3 KW.
installations including Breathing Trees in Potters Spokesman for Switched On London, Paul
Fields and the Shadow Play in Playwright’s Yard James explained: “Switched On London is an
outside the Southwark Theatre, appealed to all opportunity to educate the public in the capital
Londoners’, highlighting the impact of lighting about the value of energy efficient lighting in the
from a social, economic and environmental urban environment. Badly designed exterior
perspective. lighting wastes energy and creates light pollution.
Combining the latest energy efficient However unlike 24 hour office lighting – a major
technology (including LED) with the expertise of problem in London – the answer is not to simply
environmentally responsive lighting designers, turn the lights off at night. Through the services
WHA
Switched On London offered solutions for of professional lighting designers and the latest
lighting sustainability, presenting realistic technology we will show that lighting need not be
carbon neutral alternatives to the wasteful and wasteful but inspiring, practical and, because it is
inefficient lighting that currently operate in a Festival of Light, fun.”
London and cities worldwide. www.switchedonlondon.co.uk
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ISO LAUNCHES including utility, the project committee ISO/PC energy efficiency into
PROJECT COMMITTEE manufacturing, commercial 242, Energy management, their management
TO DEVELOP building, general commerce, will consider the development practices
INTERNATIONAL and transportation sectors, of a standard containing offer organizations with
STANDARD FOR and therefore, could have relevant terms and definitions operations in more than
ENERGY influence on as much as 60 % and providing management one country a single,
MANAGEMENT of the world’s energy system requirements together harmonized standard for
demand. with guidance for use, implementation across
ISO has just approved the ISO Secretary-General Alan implementation, measurement the organization
creation of a project Bryden commented: “The and metrics. provide a logical and
committee mandated to urgency to reduce GHG The standard will be based consistent methodology
develop an international emissions, the reality of on the continual improvement for identifying and
standard on energy higher prices from reduced and Plan-Do-Check-Act implementing
management. availability of fossil fuels, and approach utilized in ISO 9001 improvements that may
The standard will provide the need to promote energy and ISO 14001 to provide contribute to a continual
all types of organizations and efficiency and the use of compatibility and integration increase in energy
companies a practical and renewable energy sources, opportunities. efficiency across facilities
widely recognized approach provide a strong rationale for Among the main benefits assist organizations to
to increase energy efficiency, developing this new standard of the future standard are that better utilize existing
reduce costs and improve building on the most it will: energy consuming assets,
their environmental advanced best practices and provide organizations thus reducing costs
performance by addressing existing national or regional and companies (utilities, and/or expanding
both the technical and standards”. manufacturers, capacity
management aspects of Following the successful commerce, buildings, offer guidance on
rational energy use. The examples of the ISO 9000 transportation, both benchmarking,
standard is intended to be series on quality management private and public) with a measuring, documenting,
broadly applicable to various and the ISO 14000 series on well-recognized and reporting energy
sectors of national economies, environmental management, framework for integrating intensity improvements
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