Austrian broadcaster ORF has announced it aims to make this year’s Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) as sustainable as possible and is pursuing two ‘Ecolabels’.
ORF said it hopes to receive certificates for ‘Green Event’ and ‘Green Producing’, and it has set itself a goal of minimising its CO₂ footprint as much as possible.
The event in May will be the first to use a fully LED- and laser-based lighting concept, eliminating the need for conventional light sources.
“This significantly reduces energy consumption, waste heat, and material use, and sets new production standards for large-scale events in this category,” said ORF.
Meanwhile, ORF has announced that this year’s Green Room will be based on a Viennese coffee house.
