Mexico. The seventh edition of ELA Expo Lighting America, the annual gathering that brings together designers, architects, large users, government representatives and lighting lovers, was a success.
The organizers commented that one of the objectives that the event had for this year was to be a sustainable expo, reducing the amount of CO2 that is generated, and this time they did it through the Go Green initiative, which together with Impact0, created measures such as the use of FSC certified paper that reduces the environmental impact on materials, I work together with suppliers with certifications such as ISO 9001, Environmental Control System, containers that recover printed materials to be recycled, among many others.
On this subject, Ernesto Hernández, Deputy Director General of Development, Dissemination and Innovation of the CONUEE, indicated that, "For us, lighting is one of the fundamental pillars and therefore in a period of 21 years we have developed 30 energy efficiency standards, which have been applied to more than 60 thousand appliances, allowing a saving to Mexican families of 600 billion pesos and in addition, we have created a national public lighting program that has allowed the promotion of investments of 900 billion pesos and a saving of energy consumption of 38.3%".
ELA Expo Lighting America ended on March 2 and some of the activities that most caught the attention of the public were the presentation of the Dark Room, the Decor Lighting Pavilion, the Trends Showcase, as well as the participation of speakers such as Guillermo Redrado, Atp Vice President of Operations; Anabella Mingo, Product Marketing Manager at Philips; Pedro Solaeguiing and Francisco Rojas, representatives of Construlita and Matthew McCormick, the latter named last year's industrial designer.
Zapiain Márquez, President of the IMEI, commented that "ELA is a fundamental event for the understanding of light and is the point where the IMEI approach has consistent contributions. At the Institute we observe the importance of lighting from architectural perspectives from a particular perspective, that is, we focus on seeing intelligent operation where comfort depends largely on lighting and energy savings. The commitment we have to lighting is not only based on the idea of good or better automation, but also on the basis of energy savings."
