100,000 of ITALO luminaires by AEC are lighting up Milan. The city is now efficient, safe and eco-sustainable.

This year Milan hosts the great event Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition starting on the first of May. The second largest city in Italy has reinvented itself in occasion of this event and it appears now in more efficient, eco-sustainable and safer light. Milan has been the first large city in Europe to take the decision for the large-scale upgrading of their road lighting to LED. AEC Illuminazione won the tender from the regional energy supplier (A2A S.p.A.) and has installed  100,000 ITALO lanterns.

Significant savings in terms of energy and maintenance costs were a tantalising lure for the city councillors, as was state-of-the-art luminaire design and distinctly improved quality of light for the streets and lanes of the urban metropolis. The “Milan LED” project has allowed a 51,8% reduction of energy costs and a 31% general cost cutting. Milan’s city hall stands to save 10 million euros on energy in the first year alone.

Milan has implemented a true city restyling. Now everything is in perfect line with the most modern Smart City. When a city chooses LED luminaires, it makes an ecological choice. AEC has always been attentive to this particular issue and everybody can perceive AEC ambition to create a perfect balance between efficiency, functionality and eco-sustainability.

Choosing LEDs has allowed Milan to obtain many advantages in terms of eco-sustainability. Milan will release 23,650 less tons of CO2 and some 60,000 less bulbs every year – this means that 9 tons of RAEE refuse will be saved per year. In addition all the mercury and other polluting materials used in the previous lamps have been removed.

The new ITALO luminaires emit comfort and homogenous light for ideal visual conditions. The use of the new LED technology has led to an increase in reliability, safety and efficiency. ITALO has been the successful solution that has convinced in terms of lighting performance and quality. The new luminaires have completely changed the urban landscape of Milan in full compliance with reference standards on light pollution. The LEDs in fact concentrate the light emission towards streets and pavements without any upward emission.

Thanks to this innovative solution Milan has been turned into a modern, efficient and environmental-friendly city. “We are proud to have contributed to make another large city more energy efficient. Milan is now ready with a new lighting but we’re already working for another important city, Turin” says Alessandro Cini, AEC CEO.

AEC also gained a large order of 45,000 luminaires for the city of Turin that is undergoing a complete refurbishment of its luminaires with ITALO. “Once again the LEDs advantages confirm that they are simply the right choice in order to get a better public lighting” concludes Alessandro Cini.