Lighting is more than enabling vision. Lighting influences our mood and sleeping rhythm. It is responsible to a large extent for our appreciation of our surroundings. Consumers and employees are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of good lighting.
With its Renovation Wave Initiative (RWI), the European Union (EU) intends to at least double the rate of building renovations in Europe over the next 10 years. In doing so, the European Commission hopes to reignite Europe’s economy for a post-pandemic world and ensure that the EU meets its Green Deal climate objectives of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 % by 2030 and becoming climate neutral by 2050.