Castros, Iluminações Festivas S.A.
...better technology, for a greater sustainability!
Aware of the current need and urgency for ensuring a sustainable future, the use of low consumption technologies is essential to our work, enabling the more efficient management of energy resources:
The use of LED lights in our work
Although officially discovered in 1962, LED - Light Emitting Diodes began to be used more often in ambient lighting only over the past decade. The mechanical and electrical characteristics provide a significant improvement on energy efficiency and lifetime in hours of lighting.
The European directive that came into force on 1 September 2009, aims to promote the gradual replacement of traditional bulbs for a new generation of light bulbs, more efficient in terms of energy.
The Electrical switchboard and controlled management of Energy Consumption
The electrical switchboard we use has a system that allows greater control of lighting schedules, and therefore, efficient management of energy consumption, since the lights are on only during the period when they serve their purpose.
Use of Recyclable Materials and Waste Management
Our environmental concern has grown more and more, and this is reflected in the choice of building materials that we use for our light sculptures. We focus mainly on aluminium, polymers, nets and other materials, all recyclable.
We are also concerned with minimising the impacts on the locations where we intervene - as defined by the system of quality we adopted - always ensuring the cleanliness of the premises. We seek to reduce waste generated during the installation of lighting structures and above all, not leaving anything behind when disassembling. All the waste generated in production is separated and delivered to properly licensed recycling centres.
We will continue to take firm steps to minimize our environmental footprint, seeking to pass on the benefits derived from this choice to our customers and, more generally, to society, because the environment concerns everyone!