Schneider Electric at the Beijing Olympics

The Bird’s Nest (National Stadium): Peace of mind and connectivity with a lighting control solution

For the jewel of all Olympic stadiums, the organisation wanted a high-tech, environmentally friendly, easy-to-maintain, energy-saving package. Our lighting solutions allowed central control of the stadium’s various area-specific lighting systems – all in total compliance with international standards.

Customer benefits
- Centralised control of the 258,000 sq. m. stadium’s highly complicated lighting system, and its 14,400 components
- Interoperability: Open system – easy to connect with any other systems in different buildings
- Compliance with international KNX/EIB standards

> Learn about our energy efficient lighting control application

Our other Olympic Games energy management solutions
- Water Cube (National Aquatics Centre): Energy efficient solution
- Beijing Airport Terminal 3: Building automation solution
- New China Central TV (CCTV) station: Safety and reliability with low voltage power distribution
- The media centre keeps cool with eco-friendly refrigeration system control

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Schneider Electric: supporting sports events for years

We are also proud to have provided solutions for stadiums in many cities around the world, including Paris, France (Stade de France); Miami, Florida (the Miami Dolphins Stadium); Tangiers and Marrakech, Morocco; Turin, Italy; and Athens, Greece.