Green-er Holidays
Can an evergreen tree get any green-er? Why, yes it can.
This year, the famed [tag-tec]Rockefeller Center Christmas[/tag-tec] tree is receiving the green treatment. Instead of old fashioned lights, the tree will be decked with energy-saving LEDs. The towering tree will be lit up with 30,000 multicolored LEDs (although, they are all green at heart). This simple replacement of lights takes the electricity consumption down from 3,510 to 1,297 kilowatt hours per day.
Also, one of the buildings in Rockefeller center is topped with 365-panel solar energy array that will generate electricity from the top of the building. This is the largest privately owned solar roof in Manhattan.
To top it all off, when the tree is taken down in January, it is cut and used to build houses for Habitat for Humanity. That’s a whole lot of green for one tree. Good thing it’s 84 feet tall!
Tags: christmas tree, green christmas, organic christmas, rockefeller center
December 2nd, 2007 at 10:46 pm
This is amazing. We go every year. But this year will be special. Thanks Kiwi.
December 3rd, 2007 at 10:11 am
Wow. I’ve never been but every since the movie “Home Alone- lost in New York,” I’ve wanted to. Now I have even more incentive.
December 3rd, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Just shows how being earth conscious can still be beautiful.