Energetica India Magazine December 2020

LIGHTING 61 energetica INDIA- December_2020 fewer people or cars around, in some cases even reducing street crimes. These lights are also energy efficient and have a lesser maintenance costs than conventional street lights. The Philips Solar Remote Monitoring Units (RMU) that is an advance solution for OffGrid solar street lighting. It helps in sorting technical issues real time that ultimately results in lowering the number of accidents and remote monitoring. We can also measure and collect data around energy consumption using Interact. Moving on to well-being especially right now, lighting companies are also working towards innovations around bio adaptive lighting. There is sufficient proof that light plays a crucial role in our well-being, behaviorism and profoundly affects the human body. Bio-adaptive lighting recreates the natural light curve to follow the body’s natural circadian rhythm throughout the day and promotes human comfort, wellbeing and performance. For example, a study found that when primary school students are exposed to (6000K-100fc average maintained) lighting, they performed 36% better at oral reading fluency, compared to 17% with control lighting. While the biggest concern right now is the pandemic that we are going through, there are a few prolonged issues that we cannot ignore. The other major global concern is the climate change and the rapid depletion of natural resources. Many companies have realized the need for efficient energy use and are promoting the use of connected LEDs over conventional lighting. This will reduce energy consumption by 53% and making the system intelligent could further improve savings up to 80%. We as a company have also set ambitious targets for sustainable revenues and sustainable operations. Today, we can proudly share that we are 100% carbon neutral, 82.5% of our revenues come from sustainable products, systems and services, we recycle up to 90% of our manufacturing waste and have decided to eliminate plastic from all consumer product packaging by the end of 2021.