Philips to power Madrid in world's largest street lighting project

Royal Philips and the city of Madrid are taking part in the world’s largest street lighting project. Madrid’s entire street lighting system will be renewed with over 200,000 new energy-efficient Philips products, delivering energy savings of 44% and providing the city with good-quality street lighting at no additional cost to its citizens.

The project has been conducted in collaboration with Energy Service Companies hired by the Madrid city council through a public bidding process. Madrid’s mayor, Ana Botella, said this will be “the biggest technological renewal ever seen in Madrid City” and will achieve the important goals of “reducing the city’s energy consumption thanks to energy-efficient luminaires, extending the lifespan of the city lighting and controlling light pollution by enabling the regulation of the intensity of light when and where it’s needed”.

Of the 225,000 street lights to be replaced with Philips technology - including luminaires on avenues, streets, historic monuments and parks - 84,000 will be locally manufactured Philips LED lamps and luminaires. The remaining street lights will be equipped with more energy-efficient, non-LED lighting solutions provided by Philips.

A command panel will be capable of regulating the intensity and duration of lighting across the city to according to where it is most needed. Replaced lamps and lampposts will meanwhile be recycled by Ambilamp in accordance with current regulations for the safe disposal of products containing heavy metals, such as mercury.

“The new lighting installation allows us to make significant progress towards becoming a smart city which is more sustainable and, in conclusion, a more livable city,” said Botella.

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