Mission:
deliver a high-caliber light art event
inspire Singaporeans
raise awareness on energy and sustainability relating to light useage
enhance the urban built environment
create positive long-term effects on energy reduction through quality low energy lightexperiences in public space
Event Sustainability Principles:
1. Energy reduction from lighting usage.2. Promote best practise in lighting design and light art for
quality after dark city experience.3. Promote dark city skies. People in cities require a
connection to the natural environment.
Vision: To identify and measure (where possible) significant environmental, social, economic, and cultural criteria relating to the light festival event.
Maximise the good stuff.
Minimise the bad stuff.
Communicate what we’re trying to do, and why, to everyone.
Educate and advocate behaviour change.
Festival by numbers:
25 art pieces
Created by 35 artists and collaborators
From 10 countries
Approximately 17 different types of events
Estimated 200-250k paxadditional attendance
3 week run-time
11 core sustainability initiatives
Many players
Four examples of sustainability initiatives:
Switch-Off, Turn Up CampaignBiofuel powered LED art piecesPublic education initiativesCohesive planning, reporting, and comms
The idea of sustainability: It’s not just about ‘green’It’s not just about our environment
It’s about our social dynamics, our culture, our economy, and how our environment interrelate.
The full details, including plan and forthcoming report (mid-end Nov 2010):www.ilightmarinabay.sg/sustainability
Thanks for your attention. We’ve been…
Chris Tobias, Lead Strategist
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