Efficient Led lighting and visual systems in the new Philips Gran Vía Light Theatre

Efficient Led lighting solutions, Philips Lighting's safe and creative dominate both the exterior and interior of the renovated and renamed Teatro de la Luz Philips Gran Vía, together with an innovative luminous carpet and large format panels, which yesterday opened its doors carrying the opera 'Rigoletto'’ to the street.

Located for more than seven decades in the number 66 of the main artery of culture, leisure and tourist influx of the Spanish capital, the old Gran Vía Theatre, later Compac Gran Vía and now called Teatro de la Luz Philips Gran Vía, fruit of the sponsorship agreement between Philips and Smedia Group, which manages nine private theatres in Madrid, opened its doors yesterday with the opera 'Rigoletto’ as a poster, showing the deep and efficient light renovation carried out with systems of the Dutch multinational.

Both the façade and the interior of the theater now have "the latest lighting technology"., in which Led technology is combined, dynamic light and control systems", has underlined to EFE the president of Philips Lighting, Enrique Mataix, during the opening of the theatre, highlighting the important work involved in "the patronage of private companies to culture".

specifically, outside the theatre have been replaced 160 fluorescent by LED lights, that offer significant energy savings, and several screens of the company have been installed to create light and personalized environments in the canopy for each work or event through control systems of this company.

With a capacity of 950 Seats, characterized with the emblematic scenic red color, the interior of this theater, designed by the architect Germán Álvarez de Sotomayor in 1943, it also has much more efficient and safe lighting, "that overloads the electrical installation less, reducing the risk of fire", according to the company's statement, as well as creative.

The large chandeliers in the lobby and mezzanine now have HUE bulbs 4 Philips Lighting watts, which replace the incandescent filament of 50 Watts, adjustable in intensity and color from an application for smartphone and tablet, while in the lamps of the amphitheater has opted for the models Petalo and Hope of the manufacturer.

For its part, the seating area has also been transformed in an innovative way with the deployment of a large luminous carpet with Luminous Carpet technology, a patented flooring solution that combines Philips LED lighting with light-transmitting carpets, specially developed by Desso. Among other possibilities, this carpet of light allows from pointing out the rows and numbers of the seats, as well as safety exits, to display messages in real time during the show, turning the floor into a dynamic canvas to create an immersive experience in the viewer.

Visual systems also have a prominent space inside the theater, with the installation of two large format panels (from 5×2 metre) located next to the stage to show images and create light environments.

As part of the sponsorship, in the amphitheater a small showroom of lighting products developed by Philips Lighting has been created to improve light efficiency and promote energy savings in the home.

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