Other major monuments in the French capital, such as the Paris City Hall, the Saint-Jacques Tower and the city's museums will no longer be lit after 10 pm.
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The lights on the Eiffel Tower will be switched off at 11.45 pm from this week onwards, in a bid to save electricity due to the energy crisis.
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Other major monuments in the French capital, such as the Paris City Hall, the Saint-Jacques Tower and the city's museums will no longer be lit after 10 pm.
“The City of Light will remain the City of Light,” emphasised mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo, during a presentation of the “energy sobriety plan” of Paris.
“It is important to show that everywhere, including this monument... which we symbolically light up in green when there are important moments for the climate, will also participate.”
An earlier switch-off time for the lights on the “Iron Lady”, built by engineer Gustave Eiffel 133 years ago, will lead to energy savings of four per cent, Hidalgo added.
According to the Eiffel Tower’s operating company, the annual night-time energy consumption of the “Iron Lady” amounts to 6.7 gigawatt hours, or about the equivalent of the energy consumption of a town of 3,000 people. The monument attracts six million visitors per year.
Meanwhile, the ornamental lighting on the facades and monuments of the capital will be switched off at 10 pm from this Friday.
This includes the City Hall, which is usually illuminated until 1 am, the Saint-Jacques Tower, the city’s museums, and the city halls for Paris’ boroughs. According to the city of Paris, this will save nearly 10 million euros ($9 million).
The goal of the “energy sobriety plan” of Paris is to reduce the city’s consumption by 10 per cent, the equivalent of the energy consumption of 226 schools, Hidalgo explained.
Other major French cities are also committed to energy sobriety.
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