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Alberto Sanchez Lozano
This Wednesday morning, Josep M. Martínez, President and General Manager, and Joaquín Larrosa, Director of Lighting for Public Administrations at Signify, the company in charge of the 'Living Lighting Laboratory' initiative, visited the facilities and laboratories of the Campus of Móstoles where the project is developed. They were accompanied on this visit by the Rector of the URJC, Javier Ramos, and the Vice-Rector for Innovation and Transfer, Juan Antonio Melero.
One of the actions that has helped to achieve these savings is the pilot project 'Living Lighting Laboratory', a pioneer in the university field, which has been developed with the company Signify. The 'Living Lighting Laboratory', located on the Móstoles campus, is made up of state-of-the-art exterior luminaires remotely controlled by cloud software (Interact City) and an experimental classroom equipped with interior luminaires regulated by a color change system. color temperature for improving academic performance (SchoolVision). A project that will serve as a showcase as an example of the application of new technologies for energy saving in the field of university teaching.
Thanks to this system, the URJC has achieved an energy saving figure of 60% of its consumption in outdoor and street lighting on the Móstoles campus. The objective of the university now is to replace the rest of the exterior lighting of the campus with one of greater energy efficiency and extend it to the rest of its facilities.
"It is not exclusively a matter of saving, our commitment as a university center involves collaborating with leading companies to offer the university community the best light comfort conditions for study and work, as well as providing innovative training on the application of technologies in the field of lighting", commented the rector of the URJC, Javier Ramos. The University is committed to the continuous technological updating of its students and Signify contributes its experience as a world leader in the development of new technologies related to lighting.
For the URJC, one of the objectives is to maintain its leadership in everything that has to do with Sustainability and Energy Efficiency, especially in the university field. To meet this objective, the URJC Energy Efficiency Unit (UNEFE) managed, in 2014, to implement a certified Energy Management System (ISO 50001) that allows continuous improvement, reducing CO2 emissions and energy costs. .
Campus of International Excellence in 'Intelligent Energy'
The URJC has the title of Campus of International Excellence in 'Intelligent Energy' (CEI). A consolidated idea committed to two important objectives in today's society: the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources that are more respectful of the environment and the rational use of energy through the design of more efficient infrastructures with energy consumption.
Along these lines, those responsible for Signify have also learned from Mar Gómez, the technician in charge of the CEI 'Intelligent Energy' Project, the CEI's Virtual Platform for Tele-Teaching installed in a classroom on the Móstoles Campus (the URJC currently has with two). This technological infrastructure is considered key for the maximum efficiency of the training actions that are developed within the framework of the CEI.
This classroom has compatible technology equipped with 'streaming' systems to be able to record and retransmit in real time lectures, seminars, workshops, as well as master's or doctorate classes.
Other universities and institutions present in the Campus of International Excellence project are the University of Alcalá, the University of Murcia, the University of Extremadura and the Polytechnic University of Cartagena. The IMDEA Energy Institute and the Center for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT) are also present, whose research groups have been actively collaborating in recent years in the development of their own research and innovation ecosystem within the field of energy intelligent.