PARIS — The City of Light will be a little brighter this holiday season, and more energy-efficient too.
At the annual lighting of the trees on the Champs-Elysees on Monday, the famous avenue glittered with close to 1 million new eco-friendly light bulbs that promise to provide eight times the twinkle, while cutting the electric bill by 70 percent.
Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe said the display, a joint project by General Electric Co. and French gas company Gaz de France, will stay up longer than usual this year, through mid-January.
"What if we can create a very beautiful memory, be happy together, do something esthetically and artistically good and at the same time use less energy?" Delanoe said.
French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis was among the guests who helped inaugurate this year's festivities. The avenue's 415 trees were dressed with about 30,000 long glass strips that create the effect of lights dripping from the branches.
The lighting of the Champs-Elysees has kicked off the Paris holiday season since 1981. Between 300,000 and 500,000 visitors walk along the stretch between the Arc de Triomphe and the Place de la Concorde every day.
At the annual lighting of the trees on the Champs-Elysees on Monday, the famous avenue glittered with close to 1 million new eco-friendly light bulbs that promise to provide eight times the twinkle, while cutting the electric bill by 70 percent.
Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe said the display, a joint project by General Electric Co. and French gas company Gaz de France, will stay up longer than usual this year, through mid-January.
"What if we can create a very beautiful memory, be happy together, do something esthetically and artistically good and at the same time use less energy?" Delanoe said.
French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis was among the guests who helped inaugurate this year's festivities. The avenue's 415 trees were dressed with about 30,000 long glass strips that create the effect of lights dripping from the branches.
The lighting of the Champs-Elysees has kicked off the Paris holiday season since 1981. Between 300,000 and 500,000 visitors walk along the stretch between the Arc de Triomphe and the Place de la Concorde every day.
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