La ville lumière is turning off the lights. Just a little bit.
The Eiffel Tower will turn off its flashing lights one hour earlier than usual, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced on Tuesday. This symbolic measure is part of a broader energy-saving plan as the city is bracing for rising energy costs.
The lights on the iconic tower will turn off at 11:45 p.m. instead of 1 a.m. However, the change will be mostly symbolic: The hourly light flashes are already fairly efficient, and only account for 4 percent of the monument's energy bill, according to its operator.
Other measures will be more impactful. Heating in city-managed buildings will be lowered from 19 to 18 degrees Celsius, except in nurseries and care homes for the elderly. It will also start a month later than usual. Public pools are also losing a degree down to 26 degrees Celsius. Some public pools in Paris and other French cities had already been shut down by a private contractor because of rising prices. Lighting of public monuments will also be turned down at 10 p.m., although street lights will remain on.
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