Green solution for Expo' s China Pavilion

Solar powered lights are good choice for commercial lighting and other public lighting. The world Expo is a good stage for solar street lights to show their advantages. And Siemens designed green solution for the Expo China Pavilion.

The green technologies are in use at the China Pavilion, the Theme Pavilion, the Cultural Center, the Expo Center and the Expo Axis. They are also employed at the Hamburg House, the Expo Village, the Germany Pavilion and other Expo-related buildings.

Illuminating the building, which has a vertical height of 66 meters, is not an easy task. Standard floodlights aren't powerful enough to reach the great height while maintaining their vibrancy, but Siemens has taken on the challenge by using state-of-the-art light-emitting diodes (LED) high-powered floodlights. They were supplied by Siemens' subsidiary company, OSRAM.

"The expected longevity of the lights that OSRAM supplied to the China Pavilion is 15 times that of traditional light bulbs. The lights will save a tremendous amount of energy," said Richard Hausmann, CEO of Siemens Northeast Asia. They actually consume 70 percent less energy than standard floodlights and 30 percent less energy than standard LED lights.