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At the beginning of this month my co-director and I were invited over to Paris to visit the Louvre. The invitation was from Toshiba as they have recently changed the lighting fixtures for the famous exhibits in the Red Room and the magnificent Mona Lisa. This follows the successful project in December 2011 when Toshiba illuminated the Louvre Pyramid with 3200 outdoor lights, allowing energy savings of up to 73%.


consumption. Toshiba also explained that they had undertaken extensive research and development to ensure the products fitted perfectly to the indoor of the Louvre. Toshiba provided the Red Room with a DALI control power source that is linked with a luminance sensor to keep lighting intensity on the paintings constant in display rooms that use daylight. This means that the total fixture power consumption is reduced by approximately 60% with the total fixture weight being reduced by approximately 72%. The overall aesthetic of the Red Room and the Mona Lisa is inspirational and certainly something that I think will still be aspired to in years to come. Toshiba’s strapline is ‘Right light in the right place at the right time for people’ and I think they have got a shining example of this in the Red Room and Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris. Toshiba Lighting is planning to replace the lighting in the Cour Carree (a square courtyard) and in the Napoleon Hall in the first half of 2014 and we are certainly looking forward to the next invitation and to see how the fittings have improved again!


Contact Toshiba Lighting W: www.toshiba.eu/lighting


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