Our LED Public-lighting Project benefits the whole community, achieving a positively increasing bothe in the security and peace-of-mind for its inhabitants. Moreover, iIt has also positively impacted trade and has promoted tourism, which has in turn contributeding to region-wide productivity.
“Beyond just improving physical lighting, our modernization efforts improve people’s quality of life by beautifying their municipalities and recovering their spaces. For our surrounding communities the change has been very favorable, not only in terms of security, but also in terms of economic and social development”
“In my town we have already seen a change. There is more development and people from outside come to visit us more often. Everything looks more beautiful when it’s lit, and there is more life in the streets”
Facing the future
The worldwide trend today is switching out all energy systems to LED technology. Our evolution in this area is continuous and global. Enel Group in Colombia has actively embraced public-lighting market events, support systems and good practices in all countries in it which operates. It continuously adapts to the needs of its surrounding communities toso remain on the cutting edge of technological horizons.
So far, about 13,000 lights have been switched out from old sodium technology to LED technology across Bogota and its outlying municipalities. Savings have been logged at 30%. We have completed our switch-out of park lighting in Tocancipá, Chia, Cajica and Tavio, the main thoroughfares around of Zipaquirá, and completely modernized El Peñón. We have set our sights on completing the switch-out in the municipality of Nemocón for next year.