Flipping the Green Switch on the EU Green Deal

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Lighting is the quickest path to a greener, smarter, more prosperous EU

The European Green Deal, the world’s most comprehensive climate action initiative, has been called “Europe’s man on the moon moment.” The program’s goals could not be more ambitious: to achieve a carbon-neutral continent by 2050, reconciling the economy and the way we consume resources with the planet, and making sure that nobody is left behind.

The Green Deal lays out a broad roadmap toward these goals, but how can you—as a business owner, municipality, manufacturer, agriculturalist, utility, or service provider—get started? What practical steps can you take to start participating—now—in the Green Deal’s ambition to cut emissions, create jobs, and boost innovation?

Signify, the world leader in lighting, has created the Green Switch program so that you can take action without delay. LED and connected lighting offer one of the simplest and most often overlooked paths to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Not only that, but IoT capabilities built on top of the connected lighting infrastructure can help make the smart future a reality today, spurring job creation and driving prosperity.

Bold climate action is needed, and it’s needed now. Signify’s Green Switch provides many ways to quickly and conveniently participate in all five of the Green Deal’s flagship initiatives.

Lights on. Carbon off.

The EU Green Deal has made billions of euros in funding available to take immediate and aggressive climate action. The Signify Green Switch lets you take action now, using the simplest and most effective method of slashing emissions and spending: switching to connected LED lighting.

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Renovation wave

With energy savings of up to 80% and the potential to save 100 megatons of GHG emissions per year, LED and connected lighting is a quick and easy win for sustainable renovation, smart cities, and building the digital infrastructure that a carbon-neutral economy requires.

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Clean energy

Harness the power of sunlight with hybrid and solar street lighting. Minimize emissions, build a citywide digital infrastructure, and scale up the use of renewables in your municipality. Use the energy savings to support integrated initiatives, such as powering electric vehicles.

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Circular economy

The circular economy has everything to do with sustainable consumption, reuse, and eliminating waste. Signify’s recyclable 3D-printed luminaires cut the carbon footprint for lighting in half. Circular streetlights reduce maintenance costs by 60%, with zero waste to landfill. And Light-as-a-Service approaches promote sustainability along the entire lighting lifecycle.

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Clean mobility

Charge stations built into digital streetlights support the Green Deal’s goal of a million EV charging points in Europe by 2025. Savings from energy-efficiency renovations and LED and solar street lighting can power tens of thousands of EVs without extra power generation.

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Biodiversity

A farm-to-fork approach helps to preserve the world’s food supply. LED grow lights boost crop quality and yield with up to half the energy consumption. Lighting designed for vertical farming near cities reduces the carbon and water use, and reduces food miles, while aquaculture lighting increases yield, improves feed conversion and improves animal welfare.

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Digitalization

Digitalizing your lighting can eliminate 80% of lighting-related energy consumption. But that’s only the beginning. With sensors for collecting data and embedded communications, lighting can join the digital ecosystem and help you realize the full decarbonization potential of green solutions. Connected lighting systems can also offer exciting new applications and services that improve city inhabitants’ daily lives.

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Good connectivity: a key to decarbonizing the building sector

To change the climate, we’ve got to change our buildings, and renovations that prioritize sustainability can make a huge difference. By opting for energy-efficient HVAC systems, connected LED lighting, and low-carbon building materials, we can create spaces that not only save money but also contribute to a better environment.

In an interview with Signify, Toby Morgan from the Climate Group discusses the trends in building decarbonization.

Signify's Green Switch plan

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