The Eiffel Tower will turn off an hour earlier. Paris' energy-saving measures.

The City of Paris has presented its measures to address the energy crisis. Goal: 10 percent energy savings for this winter

The Parisian contingency plan revolves around three major measures applied to municipal services. Parisian utilities account for 2% of the territory’s consumption, a percentage that rises to 3-4% including delegated management. The measures will cover lower temperatures in all buildings in the city (during the day the temperature of public buildings will drop from 19° to 18°, while at night there will be a systematic adjustment of the temperature to 12°C as well as during unoccupied periods of the buildings); shifting the winter heating season by one month (heating of administrative buildings will be postponed to the All Saints’ Day holiday); lowering the intensity of public lighting (lighting of exterior facades and monuments will be turned off at 11 p.m. from Sept. 23. The Eiffel Tower will also turn off its 20,000 incandescent bulbs at 11:45 p.m., closing time for visits, instead of at 1 a.m. as usual. The measure will come into effect later this fall (the president of the Sociètè d’exploitation de la Tour Eiffel, Jean-Francois Martins, declared this) and will save 4 percent on annual consumption.

In each arrondissement, merchants will be notified about energy-saving regulations, including banning night lighting, heated terraces, and open doors. However, the municipality plans to accelerate its various programs on the issue and renewable energy production.

Photo by Guillaume Bontemps / Ville de Paris

The Eiffel Tower will turn off an hour earlier. Paris' energy-saving measures.

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