December 2, 2024

Eindhoven - A new lighting system from Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) ensures that the grass in PSV's Philips Stadium can grow and recover under ideal conditions. The Eindhoven football club is the first to use a specially developed combination of energy-efficient Philips LED and infrared lamps, linked to various sensors that continuously measure environmental factors such as daylight, temperature and humidity. All collected data is processed by a central control system that accurately determines how much light and heat the grass needs to grow optimally.

After a successful pilot last year, PSV has chosen to replace the inefficient HPS lamps with the innovative Philips GreenPower LED growth lamps, specially developed for sports grass and stadiums. Signify therefore offers PSV the greenest choice for a smart, automated system that can dim the LED and infrared lamps separately. This ensures that the grass receives exactly the additional lighting and heat it needs, on top of natural daylight, to remain vital and strong.

In addition to improving the grass condition, the system results in significantly lower power consumption. The efficiency of the lamps has already achieved energy savings of 50%. On top of this are the savings achieved by dimming the lamps based on the needs of the grass. 

For this project, Signify collaborated with VTI Horst for the renovation and installation of the lighting system, De Enk Groen & Golf, who as field managers at PSV, take care of the daily management of the grass, and Westhoven Agro Advies for grass measurements and advice. All these companies are part of the 'Grass Innovation Team' that meets regularly to evaluate and optimize grass quality.

With this step, Signify and PSV underline their commitment to technological progress and sporting excellence, by not only ensuring a perfect playing field, but also using energy efficiently.