A green Eiffel Tower?
The City of Paris is more and more concern about ecology, particularly as regards of its heritage. The Tour Eiffel will have the first floor renovated in 2011. Solar panels will be placed on the roofs of shops and all along the promenade which encircles the monument. Additions that will remain discreet not to distort the so famous appearance of the Iron Lady.
Well advanced, this green project will reduce the consumption of the Eiffel Tower in energy. Just the flicker of 5min per hour, every day from dark to 1am, represents 1% of its consumption. “Given the sunshine in Paris it is the equivalent of consumption of a dozen of homes, heating off.” said Wael Elamine, head of the solar branch of the Union of renewable energy to be recovered with the new facilities.
The Sete (Société d’Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel) indicates that the power consumption of the tower is already “100% renewable” since 2006. In exchange for a higher price, the supplier is committed to producing its own energy equivalent.
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