Green Solutions Displayed at Shanghai World Expos

Siemens continues its traditional partnership with World Expos and offers its green solutions to Shanghai

By LU LING

HAMBURG HOUSE: The house is located at the Urban Best Practices Area of the Shanghai Expo site (LU LING)

World Expo's China Pavilion is a large crimson building, but it's green at heart. The pavilion, a magnificent symbol of Chinese culture, is also a "green landmark" on the world stage, thanks to German company Siemens' energy-saving solutions.

Illuminating the building, which has a vertical height of 66 meters, is not an easy task. Standard floodlights aren't powerful enough to reach the great height while maintaining their vibrancy, but Siemens has taken on the challenge by using state-of-the-art light-emitting diodes (LED) high-powered floodlights. They were supplied by Siemens' subsidiary company, OSRAM.

"The expected longevity of the lights that OSRAM supplied to the China Pavilion is 15 times that of traditional light bulbs. The lights will save a tremendous amount of energy," said Richard Hausmann, CEO of Siemens Northeast Asia.

They actually consume 70 percent less energy than standard floodlights and 30 percent less energy than standard LED lights.

Siemens has also equipped the China Pavilion with the Building Automation System (BAS). The system ensures a comfortable and clean indoor environment while centralizing the monitoring and management of the equipment, from lights, to elevators, heating and security systems. Due to the system, the China Pavilion is estimated to save 25 percent of energy and half the amount of labor when compared to buildings of the same scale.