The City Council renewed the lighting in nine public schools of Santander.
Santander, 25 September .- Santander City Council renew the lighting installations in nine public schools in the city, with the aim to improve energy efficiency and achieve savings in consumption of 25 percent for each center.
The project has a budget of EUR 265 163 and allow the substitution of more than 5,000 units between fluorescent lamps in the nine schools, as reported today the, gaia gold, city of Santander in a press release.
The mayor, Inigo de la Serna, and Councilman Barrios and General Services, Santiago Recio have found the development of this work in school Dionisio Garcia Barredo.
This initiative immediately generate an increase in luminous efficiency and savings, as the compact lamps convert between 35 and 50 percent of electric power light, while the performance of incandescent lamps is between 8 , 5 and 14 percent.
Also, motion detectors were installed, so that the lights will shut off automatically in the absence of people, and also turn a function of the brightness of the room, among other actions. -Cantabria