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Artificial light has transformed the way we live and work, but it has also had a negative impact on the environment. Excessive nighttime light can affect wildlife, interfere with human sleep patterns and harm the quality of the night sky. The need for environmentally friendly LED lighting is more important than ever.

The night sky is a valuable natural resource that is being lost due to light pollution. Artificial light not only affects people's ability to see the stars and other celestial objects, but can also interfere with bird migration, reptile reproduction and insect orientation. In addition, excessive nighttime light can disrupt sleep patterns and decrease melatonin production in humans, which can have a negative impact on health and well-being.

LED lighting can be an effective solution to the problem of light pollution if used responsibly. LED lights are more energy efficient and last longer than traditional lights, which means less maintenance and lower CO2emissions. However, many LED products are not designed to minimize nighttime light. Therefore, it is important to choose environmentally friendly LED products that minimize nighttime light by using technologies such as beam angle control, intensity limiting and hue compensation.

Governments and communities can take action to protect the night sky and reduce light pollution. They can establish regulations to limit the amount and intensity of nighttime light, promote the adoption of environmentally friendly technologies, and encourage education about the impacts of artificial light. In addition, communities can create designated “dark skies” where celestial objects can be appreciated in their maximum splendor. Manufacturers have a very important role to play in this fight. They can make the commitment to innovation aligned with competitive prices, and thus enable organizations to consider this type of projects.

This concern led Televes to seek the opinion of one of the most qualified people in the world to talk about lighting that respects the night sky. Antonia Varela, PhD in Astrophysics at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands and president of the Starlight Foundation, sat down with Televes to share her view of trends related to responsible and sustainable lighting. It is a conversation of great value that we would like to share with you.

Televes Corporation companies continue to make progress in the ongoing optimization of sustainability in all possible areas. The latest step in this direction has been taken by Televes and GCE with the achievement of ISO 50001 certification, which is the most widely used corporate energy management standard in the world. It was created to help organizations implement an energy policy and properly manage the energy aspects of their activities.

This certification provides a series of tools designed to identify activities that consume the most energy and represent an “energy and economic drain.” Once located, organizations activate an action plan to minimize the consumption of energy in their own facilities and systems in an integrated manner, while maximizing their energy efficiency.

At Televes and GCE, we have followed a plan to improve all our material manufacturing processes in order to significantly reduce the energy consumption of our production centers. We have created and implemented a series of new energy efficiency criteria in our activities and committed to the use of more sustainable materials in our solutions.

With ISO 50001, we are able to maximize our energy efficiency, thus reducing the environmental impact of our activity and, in particular, CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. An achievement which, against the current social and economic backdrop, with energy prices shattering historical records, will also generate quantifiable savings in energy consumption throughout the organization

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