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Lootah and Cervini sign the contract

Dubai inks 5-year smart lamp deal with Philips

DUBAI, January 31, 2017

Dubai Municipality has signed a contract with Philips Lighting on Monday for the design, manufacture and supply of Dubai Lamp, an energy-efficient lamp that will be available in the Emirate by the end of this year.

The Dubai Lamp will be the world’s first commercially available 200 lumen per Watt LED lamp, which will be available in a range of shapes and colours.

Hussain Nasser Lootah, director general of Dubai Municipality signed the contract on behalf of the Municipality, while Philips Lighting was represented by Paolo Cervini, president, Philips Lighting, Middle East & Turkey.

“We have plans to replace 80 per cent of the traditional lamps used in Dubai with the new Dubai Lamp. Dubai Municipality and Philips Lighting are preparing for the supply of two million Dubai Lamps for residential and professional use across the city in 2017. This could increase to 10 million lamps by 2021,” said Lootah.

“To begin with, we will make it mandatory for new buildings under construction to use Dubai Lamp. It will be made the basic requirement for getting the Building Completion Certificate,” he said.

“This will be beneficial for both sides. The owner of the building will be able to save a lot of money on energy charges and we will able to protect the environment,” Lootah pointed out.

“In the beginning, we will concentrate on the new buildings. As regards the old buildings, we will make a study on the implementation mechanism. The Municipality will also focus on big complexes such as schools, hospitals, mosques and other big buildings,” he said.

He said the Dubai Lamp Initiative aims to raise public awareness of the need for energy saving and for reduction of carbon emissions. “It is in line with the government directives and Dubai Municipality Vision and also supports the Dubai Integrated Energy Strategy which targets a 30 per cent reduction in energy consumption by 2030 and the Dubai Carbon Abatement Strategy aimed at reducing carbon emissions by 16 per cent by 2021, in addition to promoting clean energy practices to protect the environment and achieve sustainability in all walks of life, and contribute to Dubai Municipality's share of the proceeds to support the Green Fund to be used in innovative initiatives,” said Lootah.

"Dubai’s pioneering collaboration with Philips Lighting to realize such accomplishments in the field of clean energy are encouraging and offers an imitable international model. Environmental protection forms the first priority for everyone, and from our part, we keep this in mind with our constant work and relentless efforts to reach the goal of a smart and sustainable city," he added.

The contract is for five years, and the intellectual property right will be divided equally between Dubai Municipality and Phillips Lighting for a period of five years. The Municipality will make investments in the field of research and development to create the most efficient lamp in the world. The manufacturing and supply of lamps will start during the month of March 2017.

The Dubai Lamp initiative offers many tangible benefits, most notably the savings in the electricity bill by up to 90 per cent. Besides raising light and energy efficiency to new levels, Dubai Lamp is extremely durable with an average lifespan of up to 15 times longer than conventional lamps (based upon typical usage of 1,000 hours per year). The lamp is characterized as environmentally friendly as it does not contain mercury or generate heat and thus saves cooling costs, and does not spread ultraviolet light.

The lamp is available in four models both in cool daylight and warm white colours: 1W Candle Lamp to replace 25W incandescent lamp, 2W Bulb to replace 40W incandescent lamp, 3W Bulb to replace 60W incandescent lamp, 3W MR16 Spot to replace 50W halogen spots.- TradeArabia News Service




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