- Annual power consumption reduced by half by applying new system to lighting and street lamps of Pohang Steel Mill factories
- Lighting can be controlled remotely using smart-phone

POSCO ICT (CEO, Hur Nam-Suk) has successfully developed an energy-saving lighting control system that reduces power consumption of lighting equipment and applied the system to plants in POSCO's Pohang Steel Works, curtailing energy consumption significantly.

The energy-saving lighting control system developed by POSCO ICT enables the user to control lighting equipment using smart phones and over the web. With this lighting control system, lighting equipment in a given area can be managed efficiently from a central location. This makes it possible to turn off unnecessary lighting, save energy and extend the lifespan of equipment simultaneously.

POSCO ICT, together with POSCO, has been using the system to control the lighting equipment and street lamps of the Pohang Steel Mill since last September. It is expected that POSCO will reduce its power costs by half, as the amount of power consumed by its lighting systems could be reduced from 5.33 million Kwh to 2.68 million Kwh per year.

The lighting energy saving system developed by POSCO ICT supports the automatic control of lighting equipment based on time (business hours and lunch time) and at sunrise and sunset times by season. The system also supports operation in a wide range of areas requiring high throughput, including factories, tunnels, street lamps, buildings, and parking lots as well as areas requiring general lighting.

Meanwhile, the South Korean government adopted an extensive energy saving policy due to the sharp hike in the oil price triggered by the Libyan crisis. POSCO ICT expects wider adoption of its the lighting control solution for domestic and overseas commercial and residential buildings aside from manufacturing facilities.