Lighting up the castle in Pau

5 July 2010 - New contracts - France

Cegelec Sud-Ouest (Energy business line) contributed to work on the illuminations at the castle in Pau (south-west France), where Henri IV was born, in preparation for the festivities marking the 400th anniversary of his death. Worth 400,000 euros, the contract covered replacing all the permanent illuminations (49 floodlights and 3 km of wiring) as well as installing the equipment (17 video projectors, a central control room and a sound system) for a Son et Lumière show first presented to the public in mid-May. The new lighting equipment has resulted in a 36% energy saving.