After Linz and Salzburg, the city of Innsbruck is now also reducing lighting in public buildings, churches and monuments. 34 locations were examined together with the Innsbrucker Kommunalbetriebe (IKB). This measure is intended to save energy.
In the future, public buildings will only be lit until 11 p.m. The old lighting concept is to be phased out by the end of the year, resulting in annual savings of 50,000 kilowatt hours, according to the city.
Partial programming change required
A large part of the public buildings or monuments such as the Golden Roof, the City Tower, the State Theater, the Jesuit Church or the Rudolf Fountain, which were previously illuminated until midnight, would begin. By the end of the year, those facilities that were previously lit all night should follow suit. According to those responsible, the latter requires a change in the programming.
“If the population is encouraged to save electricity, so should public facilities. Nobody understands campaigns to save electricity, while public life just goes on,” said Innsbruck mayor Georg Willi (Greens).
Pioneer in LED technology
The city’s public lighting had already been converted to more efficient LED technology between 2015 and 2020. For example, annual savings have already been made on the electricity consumption of about 800 average households. Despite the increase in electricity prices, electricity costs have almost halved in the reporting period from 2014 to 2021 due to the sharp decrease in energy consumption, emphasizes IKB CEO Helmuth Müller.
According to Mayor Willi, Innsbruck is the first provincial capital in Austria to completely convert its public lighting to LED.
Source: Krone
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