The summary

The demonstrator

The Project structure

Some realisations

 

 

 

 

AN INTEGRATE APPROACH TO DESIGNING HIGH INTENSITY DISCHARGE LIGHTING SYSTEMS

  

Introduction

Specific objectives

Main deliverables

   

Main deliverables from this project are:

 

 

  • An interacting suite of engineering design tools for discharge lighting systems.
  • Specifications and new standards for the design of new roadway and outdoor lighting systems and all the respective sub-units. A report on the trial installation detailing energy costs, system availability, reliability, maintenance costs, light levels, safety aspects, and public perceptions.
  • A report quantifying the effectiveness of mesopic lighting for outdoor applications.
  • A database of fundamental parameters for plasmas.
  • Hardware models and prototypes for the demonstrator.

    For Europe, the expected energy savings will be on the order of ~24 TWh, which correspond to a reduction of 10 million tons CO2 or several large power stations. This is equal to about 4% of the European Union's Kyoto commitment on reduction of Greenhouse gas emissions. Economic benefits for the user include a substantial reduction in operating costs (-60%/yr) and maintenance costs (-30%/yr).
    Leveraging cross-licence agreements between all major European lighting industrial players will drive effective market penetration. Thus, new market prospects enabled by the successful implementation of the results of this project are expected to increase economic growth by 3% over the business as usual scenario and will generate about 240 additional manufacturing jobs in the participating industries by 2005. Other industries, which employ plasma processes, such as coating, sputtering and chemical vapour deposition, will benefit from the models and databases generated by this project.