Osram will illuminate four stadiums of the European Football Championship 2012

Osram, subsidiary of the Siemens Group, will install the latest in lighting technology in four stadiums (Warsaw, Gdansk, Lviv and Kiev), in which the European Championship will be played, which will take place in Poland and Ukraine from the 8 from June to 1 July 2012.

Osram will be responsible for supplying the most avant-garde lighting solutions for the façade of the National Stadium in Warsaw, that will be used as a giant screen in this edition of the European Football Championship. some 1.700 LED luminaires from the subsidiary of Osram, Traxon, They will illuminate the roof of the stadium in red and white, the national colours of Poland, creating an ambient light that can be seen from far away. Bogumil Esteban, Managing Director of Osram in Poland, Explained: “We have managed to transform the façade into a giant screen in which we can show a wide range of light games, the results of the matches and the names of the players and goalkeepers on the outside of the structure”.

The building's roof segments are equipped with Linear XB dimmable LED luminaires 36, anchored by means of clamps specially developed for this purpose, allowing uniform illumination of individual panels. All combined with an intelligent light management system, Create unique effects. Osram's innovative lighting technology will also be used to illuminate the Warsaw stadium with high-intensity spotlights, where they are installed 450 Energy-efficient and high-performance lamps to illuminate the pitch.

Klaus-Günter Vennemann, CEO of Osram's General Lighting Business Unit, Reviewed: “In the case of a stadium, Very different lighting situations must be catered for in a very small space and this requires individual solutions. This is where the effectiveness of our comprehensive services comes into play, because it allows us to offer complete solutions”, account . Together with Warsaw, the stadium of the Polish city of Gdansk and those of Kiev and Lviv (Ukraine) The lighting system being used at the European Championship stadium in Gdansk also meets the HD quality requirements for broadcasting matches on television but without dazzling spectators in the stands..

Great presence in the European Championship

The other host country of the European Championship 2012, Ukraine, has also opted for Osram lighting technology for two of its stadiums. Refurbished especially for the championships of 2012, the Kiev Olympic Stadium has a capacity of approximately 66.000 visitors and will be where the final is held. They have been installed near 30.000 High Power LEDs from Osram Opto Semiconductors, to illuminate the stairs in the entrance area and as decorative design lighting, in the bar area. A total of almost 2.000 High performance lamps, 3.400 energy-saving lamps and 1.300 halogen lamps by Osram, have been installed in Kiev for lighting, both indoor and outdoor areas. Its high energy efficiency and long service life will greatly help reduce both costs, as CO2 emissions.

It is also planned to install Osram LEDs for the architectural lighting of the Lviv stadium. In turn a total of 2.000 meters of LED strip Linearlight Flex that, with low consumption and great flexibility, will provide the most modern LED lighting even in the most remote places of the stadium.

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