{"id":494137,"date":"2010-03-31T15:06:14","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T19:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gereports.com\/?p=5559"},"modified":"2010-03-31T15:06:14","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T19:06:14","slug":"sustainable-cities-lighting-up-schools-in-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/494137","title":{"rendered":"Sustainable cities: Lighting up schools in Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>Sustainable Energy week<\/a> just wrapped in the European Union, where the focus was on renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean transport and alternative fuels. A number of GE technologies are playing a part in that effort \u2013 with one project, the Hungarian Schools Illumination Program, having just received a Sustainable Energy Europe Award. As described in the video below, GE upgraded the lighting systems in schools throughout the country. Financed primarily by the energy savings — which were as high as 40 percent \u2013 the schools were able to participate in the program without accessing additional state funds for their investment.<\/p>\n

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\nLight touch: <\/span>Accepting the award are (from L to R); Nani Beccalli-Falco, President & CEO, GE International; Tamas Vamos, GM Eastern Europe, GE Lighting; jury member Patrick Lambert, Director, Executive Agency Competitiveness & Innovation.<\/div>\n

As we described in recent stories about GE\u2019s sustainable cities work<\/a>, projects such as the Hungarian lighting initiative are designed to leverage GE technologies and areas of expertise and create a coordinated solution on a large scale. It\u2019s then hoped that successes in one city can then be applied to other cities facing similar issues. GE currently has projects in France, Italy, Spain and Hungary<\/a> that are among the first to be awarded \u201cBenchmark of Excellence\u201d status under the European Commission\u2019s sustainable energy technology initiative \u2013 and the winning school project is one of them. A Benchmark of Excellence is an example of world-class sustainable energy technologies in an urban setting.<\/p>\n

Speaking on why GE won in the “Demonstration & Dissemination” category, jury member Patrick Lambert, Director, Executive Agency Competitiveness & Innovation, said it is \u201can excellent example of a rolling program which is self-sustaining and has a high replication potential for municipalities in other countries; [it] shows how public administration and private companies can work together to save energy; and it inspires other countries who recently joined the EU to develop fully competitive projects of a similar nature.”<\/p>\n

* Read the announcement<\/a>
\n* Learn more about the awards<\/a>
\n* Learn more about EU Sustainable Energy Week <\/a>
\n* Read the European Commission’s awards announcement<\/a>
\n* Learn about GE’s Benchmark of Excellence projects<\/a>
\n* Visit our Sustainable Cities website<\/a>
\n* Learn about energy saving products<\/a><\/p>\n

Learn more in these GE Reports stories:
\n* “European Alt Energy Summit: Tailoring tech by region<\/a>”
\n* “Port of Rotterdam sailing to sustainability on tech wave<\/a>”
\n* “GE’s “sustainable cities” road show tours Europe<\/a>”
\n* “Google & GE call for home energy info in Copenhagen<\/a>”\n<\/div>\n

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