Save energy
Lights on the Eiffel Tower will go out earlier in the future
The lights on the Eiffel Tower go out earlier than usual at night. Photo
© Aurelien Morissard/AP/dpa
Starting next week, the landmark of the French capital will no longer be lit up at night as long as usual. This is how the city wants to save electricity.
So far, the Eiffel Tower in Paris has been lit up late into the night, but in future the lights will go out at 11:45 p.m. due to the energy crisis. Mayor Anne Hidalgo said this is part of the French capital’s energy-saving plan that was approved on Tuesday.
Until now, the Eiffel Tower has shone until 1 a.m., with the lights on the landmark flashing on the hour. Tourists like to miss this moment. The lighting in the other public buildings – such as the town hall – will be switched off at 10 p.m. in the future. This applies from September 23rd. Other street lighting will not be restricted for safety reasons.
Paris also wants to shut down the heating in public buildings, with the exception of kindergartens and retirement homes. In administration buildings, the heating period should start a month later. As the mayor explained, 96 percent of energy consumption in Paris is not in public hands. That is why the city wants to mobilize the economic actors so that they reduce their consumption by at least ten percent.