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Baoding, Hebei Province, conducts centralized maintenance of urban lighting facilities

Recently, the Urban Lighting Management and Maintenance Service Center of the Law Enforcement Bureau of Baoding City, Hebei Province, completed the maintenance of lighting facilities in 2024 as scheduled, and concentrated on rectifying the loss of street lamp facilities caused by long lighting time, large power load, and low temperature, rain and snow weather in winter, to ensure the safe and reliable operation of lighting facilities during this year’s flood season.

Baoding, Hebei Province, conducts centralized maintenance of urban lighting facilities

The Urban Lighting Management and Maintenance Service Center strictly follows the spring maintenance plan and daily inspections, reasonably arranges the construction schedule, and focuses on key sections to give priority to tackling key problems, so as to improve the quality of spring maintenance and the travel efficiency of citizens.

Centralized maintenance of light pole well box transformers. The high-voltage monitoring center conducts a full-scale inspection of the box transformers and water level monitors of the base stations and water accumulation points, cleans and repairs 324 base stations, debugs 20 water level monitors, and paints 17 transformers, etc., with a coverage rate of 100%; Tiedong and Tiexi maintenance stations have repaired and handled more than 7,000 power wells, with a coverage rate of 46.1% of the total power wells, exceeding the target by 16.1%. The average lighting rate in the first half of the year reached 99.46%, exceeding the provincial standard by 1.46%.

Carry out grounding resistance detection of lighting facilities. Rain and snow soaking causes great loss to street light lines. In order to prevent leakage accidents, the grassroots units of urban lighting management and maintenance take the spring maintenance as an opportunity to conduct corresponding grounding resistance detection on street light transformers, distribution boxes, lamp pole facilities, lamps, etc., especially focusing on areas susceptible to waterlogging. For lamp poles that do not meet the grounding standards, take corresponding measures in time to avoid safety hazards caused by lamp pole leakage. At the same time, check whether the door of the street light control box is locked to prevent electric shock when it is opened by itself, and comprehensively check whether the lamp pole is leaking electricity to eliminate safety hazards.

Night patrol and day repair to ensure operation. Implement the night division and group inspection system, promptly feedback problems found during the inspection, make daytime maintenance plans and implement maintenance tasks, so that “night patrol and daytime repair” become the normal working routine. The grid management mode of strong inspection and heavy maintenance is adopted on a daily basis to effectively manage illegal connections and illegal advertisements, ensuring that the intact rate of facilities reaches 97.12%, which exceeds the provincial standard by 7.12%. From January to the end of May, the inspection team cleaned up more than 6,800 small advertisements and debris on lamp poles, cleaned up more than 80 waste road flags, and notified the property rights unit to deal with the crooked, reversed, and irregular road flags. 433 single-lamp extinguishing and 116 large-scale extinguishing were checked to ensure the safe operation of street lamp facilities and create safe and stable urban lighting.

Highlight the main business of maintenance and improve the resilience of lighting. Daily maintenance is refined and detailed. 1,293 sodium bulbs, 312 LED lamp heads, and 477 ballasts were replaced. 132 cable faults and 387 line faults were checked and repaired, which comprehensively improved the operating efficiency of lighting facilities and eliminated potential safety hazards.

As the main flood season approaches, the rainfall in Baoding will increase significantly, which will not only cause inconvenience to citizens’ travel, but also bring severe challenges to the safe and efficient operation of street lighting facilities. The Urban Lighting Management and Service Center will continue to pay attention to weather changes, strengthen the inspection and maintenance of lighting facilities, improve the quality and management level of urban lighting, properly respond to extreme weather, continue to strengthen the safety inspection and maintenance of street lighting facilities, and promptly discover and solve problems that arise, so as to ensure the normal operation of street lighting during the flood prevention period and ensure the safe operation of urban lighting facilities.

New lighting facilities added to Xixi Viaduct, Luncang Town, Nan’an City, Quanzhou, Fujian

The Xixi Viaduct, located at the entrance and exit of the Nan’an West (Lunchang) Expressway in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, originally only connected the G358 line and Maosheng West Road. With the opening of the Anxi Branch Expressway, a huge amount of traffic has been brought to the Xixi Viaduct, which was originally only 1.3 kilometers long.

New lighting facilities added to Xixi Viaduct, Luncang Town, Nan'an City, Quanzhou, Fujian

In order to bring more convenient and safe travel to the surrounding people and people traveling in and out of Luncang. The Luncang Town Government of Nan’an City launched the Xixi Viaduct lighting project through bidding at the end of December 2023. The project took 30 days to be successfully completed. The project installed 24 12-meter-high LED 200W street lights on the approach sections at both ends of the bridge. A 1,650-meter-long LED directional lighting guardrail light was installed on the bridge section, and 2,900 meters of cables were laid.

Luncang Town has been committed to improving the infrastructure construction within its jurisdiction and improving the quality of life of residents. To this end, the road lighting project has been implemented in depth to light up the “footpath” for residents, illuminate the “happy road” in the township, and give rural revitalization a “head start”.

The entire lighting project takes into account many advantages such as energy saving and emission reduction, low carbon and environmental protection, high safety performance, good stability, long service life, etc. It not only meets the lighting needs, but also achieves a harmonious unity of functionality, environmental protection and aesthetics.

The dedicated bicycle road in Beijing’s Changping District extends the lighting hours of street lights

Since 2018, Changping District has vigorously promoted the Huitian Action Plan, implemented Beijing’s first dedicated bicycle road project, and gradually improved the urban slow-traffic system. Since the opening of the first dedicated bicycle road on May 31, 2019, it has greatly enriched the travel methods of residents along the line and has also become a cultural corridor.

The dedicated bicycle road in Beijing’s Changping District extends the lighting hours of street lights

After verification, it was found that the street lights in the roadbed section of the bicycle-only road are solar street lights. The duration of continuous lighting is related to the lighting time and weather. Currently, the lighting time has been set to the maximum lighting time. In order to address citizens’ demands and make up for the problem that solar street lights cannot extend the lighting time, the District Urban Management Committee is actively studying solutions.

The final decision was to extend the shutdown time of the searchlight lighting in the culvert at the intersection of the Beijing-Baotou Line railway and the bicycle-only road to 6:50 a.m. to assist in lighting nearby road sections and meet the requirements for safe riding. Afterwards, the staff reported the adjustment results to the citizens, who were very satisfied with the results.

There is no small matter for the masses. In the next step, the Changping District Urban Management Committee will continue to respond to the concerns of the masses with a positive and serious working attitude, with the goal of resolving citizens’ demands in a timely manner, widely accepting citizens’ opinions and suggestions, treating the masses’ demands as their own business, and focusing on solving the problems of the masses. We will continue to improve service quality and create a good cycling environment for citizens by taking care of the worries, annoyances and worries around us.

Street lights installed on Shuidaosuo Road, Fuyang District, Hangzhou

“In the past, if I didn’t drive home at night, I had to use my mobile phone to turn on a flashlight. Now I don’t have to worry about going home late at night.” Recently, Ms. Wang, a citizen living in Wharf Century Huafu, Fuyang District, Hangzhou, was surprised to find that the road home at night was bright.

Street lights installed on Shuidaosuo Road, Fuyang District, Hangzhou

After understanding the needs of residents, Xinhui Community asked the District Urban Construction Group for help through Fuchun Street. The District Urban Construction Group immediately included it in the people’s livelihood projects and sent the “Bao Liang Wo Contribution” service team of the Environmental Comprehensive Maintenance Company to “light up” the road section.

After on-site investigation, the “Bao Liang Wo Contribution” service team connected a line from the municipal street light line nearby, installed 6 LED street lights and 1 floodlight for the road section, and lengthened the lamp arm according to the on-site conditions to increase the lighting range and brightness.

According to reports, these street lights will be uniformly included in the control and management of the municipal lighting system in the future. At the same time, Xinhui Community has also mobilized community party members, volunteers, micro-grid leaders and other forces to conduct daily patrols. Once they find that the street lights are not on, they will report the situation in a timely manner to ensure that the way home is always bright.

Lhasa launches urban lighting project

On May 23, the Tibet Public Resources Trading Platform released a bidding announcement for the construction (secondary) project of urban lighting project in Lhasa.

Lhasa launches urban lighting project

The content shows that the construction (secondary) of urban lighting project in Lhasa has been approved for construction. The project owner is the Lhasa Urban Management and Comprehensive Law Enforcement Bureau. The construction funds come from local investment of 600 million yuan. The tenderer is the Lhasa Urban Management and Comprehensive Law Enforcement Bureau. The project has met the bidding conditions and is now open for bidding.

The project construction site is located in Lhasa; the construction content includes 3591 new lamp poles, 25 wall lamps, 185,171 meters of lighting cables, 183 new distribution boxes and 89 control boxes on 36 roads (road sections, squares) with a total length of about 60.23 kilometers, such as Linkuo East Road and Linkuo West Road, and 10 back streets and alleys. It mainly includes the construction of new light poles and the installation of distribution boxes and control boxes, the laying of cables and control cables, the removal and restoration of road or pedestrian walkway bricks, and the removal and transportation of existing street lights and cables; the planned construction period is 150 days.

The deadline for submission of bidding documents is June 13, 2024, Beijing time, and the location is the Tibet Autonomous Region Public Resources Trading Platform.

Street light renovation in Ganyu District, Lianyungang, Jiangsu

On March 19, as night fell, the newly upgraded and renovated smart energy-saving street lights on both sides of Jinhai Road in Ganyu District, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province all lit up, like a gorgeous ribbon, shining in the night sky of the city, illuminating the night walk of crowds and traffic.

Street-light-renovation-in-Ganyu-District

In recent years, Ganyu District has closely adhered to the development direction of “green and low carbon, energy saving and emission reduction, and high-quality development”, vigorously promoted low-energy and low-consumption urban lighting, and focused on demonstrating and building the 7.7-kilometer-long Jinhai Road intelligent lighting project, with supporting facilities built along the line. Smart zebra crossings, smart street light poles, LED release screens, smart street lights, and building lighting have been installed to outline a colorful urban night scene, allowing residents along Jinhai Road to take the lead in enjoying smart, high-tech happy nightlife brought by lighting.

This year, the district has vigorously carried out the “Energy Saving Lighting” campaign around the goal of “energy saving, efficiency improvement, and scientific lighting” to replace the original high-energy-consuming street lamps such as high-pressure sodium lamps and five-spark lamps, intensify energy-saving upgrades, and take Remove the light source and rectifier in the original lamps and replace them with low-energy consumption, energy-saving, environmentally friendly, and good color rendering LED light sources; on this basis, add controllers to street lamps, and simultaneously implement intelligent remote monitoring and energy-saving management to ensure a large flow of traffic and people in the evening the illumination is normal at all times, and the street light power is automatically reduced late at night when there are few vehicles on the road, effectively meeting the needs of citizens for home life and safe travel, and injecting new vitality into the prosperous urban night economy.

“The new LED light source is not only more than 50% lower in power than sodium lamps, but also has a ‘power-adjustable, on-demand lighting’ function, which can automatically reduce its own power by 60% in the middle of the night when there is less traffic, and the overall energy saving rate reaches more than 60% , comprehensively improve lighting effects and energy efficiency, and achieve a ‘win-win’ of lighting and energy saving,” said Wu Congsen, head of the Street Light Management Section of the District’s Public Utilities Development Center.

Last year, the district completed the construction of a pilot section for street lamp energy-saving renovation on Yitang Road. Sodium lamps on two roads including Jinhai Road and Huanghai Road were upgraded and transformed in March; 25 urban roads including Huazhong Road and Dongguan Road had 1,971 sodium lamps and 625 five-metal lamps. The spark lamp upgrade and renovation work is being implemented in an intensive and orderly manner and will be completed before the end of April. After the energy-saving renovation of street lamps is completed, it is expected to save more than 1.188 million yuan in electricity bills a year. Maintenance costs will also be reduced, further achieving the “double festival” goal of saving electricity and carbon dioxide and saving electricity bills for street lamps in the district, and promoting the green and low-carbon development of urban lighting.

Signify reaches another milestone in low-carbon emission reduction

Signify announced that its greenhouse gas emissions have been halved since 2019, with cumulative emission reductions reaching 334 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, exceeding the level required to achieve the 1.5 degrees Celsius temperature control target under the Paris Agreement. In 2023, Signify disclosed the greenhouse gas emission data of the entire value chain, including carbon emissions during the use phase of scope 3 products, which was reduced by 22% compared with 2022. Signify will include greenhouse gas emissions data, including scope 3 emissions, in its 2023 annual report. Specific sustainability information related to Signify’s “Sparkling Life, Better World” 2025 sustainability plan has received reasonable assurance from the audit.

Signify reaches another milestone in low-carbon emission reduction

Eric Rondolat, CEO of Signify, said: “Reasonable assurance of greenhouse gas emissions data across the entire value chain, including scope 3, is an unprecedented milestone for a multinational manufacturing company like Signify, especially that’s considering our product portfolio has tens of thousands of different products. We will use emission data accurate to the product level to further improve the transparency of environmental impact-related data, empower customers to make informed decisions, and support them in achieving their sustainable development goals. I’m extremely proud of the hard work and innovation of everyone in our company. We will continue to lead the industry change and fundamentally transform towards energy-saving and connected LED lighting.

These emission reduction targets are part of Signify’s sustainability plan. Launched in 2020, the plan is aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and aims to double environmental and social contributions by 2025. Under the guidance of this plan, Signify is catching up to the 1.5 degrees Celsius temperature control target under the Paris Agreement at double the speed. Signify also committed to doubling circular economy revenue to 32% by the end of 2025, doubling “Sparkling Life”-related revenue to 32%, and doubling the proportion of female leaders to 34%.

Maurice Loosschilder, head of sustainability at Signify, said: Leadership in the field of sustainable development means leading the way. Since 2020, we use 100% renewable electricity. Our operational emissions decreased by 31% compared to 2019 and 77% compared to 2010. In addition to achieving these emissions reduction milestones, we are also exceeding our circular economy revenue growth targets. Currently, circular economy revenue accounts for one-third of Signify’s revenue, and we are less than one percentage point away from achieving our “Shining Life”-related revenue target. This shows that guided by common goals and sustainable development strategies, we can unlock unlimited potential. While these achievements are something to be proud of, we know there is still more to do. In the next few years, we will go further and faster.

Xiaoheihe Lantern Exhibition in Yuquan District, Hohhot is officially lit up

On the evening of January 18, 2024, the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Xiaoheihe Lantern Show in Yuquan District, Hohhot City was officially lit. The lantern show will last until February 25. The bright lights create a “nightless sky with fiery trees and silver flowers” for citizens and tourists. The visual feast of “Celebrating the Spring Festival with brilliance and splendor” also brings a strong flavor of the New Year to Yuquan.

Xiaoheihe Lantern Exhibition in Yuquan District, Hohhot is officially lit up

This year’s New Year’s Light Exhibition is themed “Qingcheng Roots and Yuquan Blessed Land”, and consists of eight large-scale themed lantern groups, including “Grassland Silk Road”, “Qinyin New Year”, “Gourmet Feast”, “Wild Geese Flying South” and “Royal Horse Digging Spring”. Each lantern group of the 2.5-kilometer-long meandering flower light belt tells a story, and each light tells the history and culture of Yuquan District.

This is not only a visual feast, but also a cultural feast. Here, you can feel the historical heritage of Yuquan District and appreciate the customs and customs of Hohhot City. This Spring Festival, come to Yuquan District, experience the brightly lit night with your family and friends, take a photo in front of the beautiful lanterns, and leave wonderful memories of this winter.

The smart light pole project of Baba Commercial City in Quanzhou, Fujian was successfully completed

Empower cities with “smart” logic and lead a smart future. Following the smart light pole renovation projects in Widian City, Yangguang Community Night Market, and Qinghua North District, the smart light pole project in Baba Commercial City, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province was successfully completed recently.

The smart light pole project of Baba Commercial City in Quanzhou, Fujian was successfully completed

“This light pole can be charged and connected to WIFI. You can try it.” Recently, the new light pole project in the urban old streets has become a sight, attracting many people to watch. With the advancement of smart city construction, smart light pole projects have been implemented in many places to promote intelligent and refined street light management and improve comprehensive services of urban lighting and landscape convenience.

Smart light poles adhere to the principle of “combine when possible”, put environmental protection and low consumption first, use energy-saving lamps to replace energy-consuming high-pressure sodium lamps, innovate the application of multi-pole-in-one, and multi-purpose intelligent supervision systems, forming a smart lighting, camera collection, Wireless WIFI, mobile phone charging, information release and other functions are integrated.

This renovation and upgrade of smart light poles will help improve citizens’ travel experience and empower the development of Jinjiang’s smart city.

Shanghai Yangpu District has invested a total of approximately 28 million CNY to replace classroom eye-protection LED lamps

After four years, the goal of fully covering lighting upgrades in Yangpu public primary and secondary schools and kindergarten classrooms was achieved by the end of 2023, involving a total of 183 teaching points in the district, with a cumulative investment of approximately 28 million yuan.

Shanghai Yangpu District has invested a total of approximately 28 million CNY to replace classroom eye-protection LED lamps

In the wave of accelerating urban renewal, Yangpu campus is also continuing to become “newer” and better. Campus overhauls, toilet renovations… everything is an inevitable choice for building a high-quality campus, and it is also a practice. The inherent requirements of the people’s city concept fully reflect the warmth of education to benefit the people with practical details.

The lights in the classroom no longer “flicker” and are brighter and more comfortable

“The lights are brighter, reading is more comfortable, and the eyes are no longer sore. LED lights can not only provide sufficient natural and suitable light, but also protect our eyesight. It’s amazing!” Class 4 (5), Qiqihar Road No. 1 Primary School Yan Yousheng said happily. Nowadays, the lights in the classrooms no longer “flicker”. After the lighting renovation, all classrooms use 3C certified LED classroom lights.

As one of the first schools in Yangpu to undergo lighting renovation, Qiqihar Road No. 1 Primary School has successfully completed the lighting renovation of 32 general classrooms, 3 special classrooms, and 1 library, and has successfully passed the national third-party testing unit to conduct classroom light environment inspections. After inspection and acceptance, all classrooms currently meet Shanghai local standards.

In the summer of 2023, Shanghai Kunming School (Primary School) also completed the lighting renovation of 16 classrooms during the campus overhaul process to provide students with a more comfortable, energy-saving and environmentally friendly lighting environment. “A high-quality lighting environment can not only improve students’ learning efficiency, but also improve students’ visual health and enhance the aesthetics of the campus.” said the relevant teacher at Kunming School.

In order to meet the various needs of students’ indoor learning activities and reasonably design the layout in terms of lighting, the school cooperated with the designers to conduct multiple on-site inspections and measurements. The design department gave a professional design plan, and the district asset management center commissioned the design unit to use professional light environment simulation. The software forms design drawings and develops personalized implementation plans. After the renovation, all LED eye protection lights are used. The lights are soft, no glare, no flicker, and the light is evenly distributed, which effectively reduces the visual fatigue of students.

Li Weihui, deputy director of the Yangpu District Education Asset Management Center, said that the lighting renovation project of Yangpu public schools is basically implemented in the order of primary schools, kindergartens, junior high schools, and all renovations have been completed by the end of 2023.

In the past, the fluorescent lamps used in schools not only had high energy consumption and dim light, but also had a short service life. The lamps often needed to be replaced, which brought a lot of inconvenience to daily teaching. Now the replacement of LED lamps not only protects the children’s vision, but also further achieves the goal of energy saving and consumption reduction. “This update of the lighting system is also part of the school’s energy saving and emission reduction plan. The use of new lamps not only improves the quality of lighting , and it also reduces the school’s operating costs,” said the person in charge of Mingyuan Village Kindergarten.