In honor of the 120th anniversary, the Eiffel Tower is inviting Parisians and visitors to join in the festivities of the innovative LED light display. From October 22 to December 31, 2009 at 8pm, 9pm, 10pm and 11pm, the Trocadero facade of the Tower will light up in color, movement and modulation offering a magical and awesome show.

Following the 5 minutes during which the tower sparkles, the light display will last another 12 minutes, starting with a dynamic light sequence evoking the extraordinary construction site of the Tower. Next a shower of light, revolving from level to level, facetted, stroboscopic, rhythmic, color blending.

The technology behind this light display is based on the 400 LED spotlights with electroluminescence effects in trichromatic color placed on the Trocadero facade of the monument. LEDs offers high performance at low energy consumption levels, lower than those of traditional lighting fixtures already used to light the Tower. Citroën, a lighting partner of the Eiffel Tower in its earlier days (1925-1934), has once again contributed to the Tower illuminations.

The SETE, operating company of the Eiffel Tower, has taken numerous concrete steps in the direction of energy saving solutions: a green electricity contract, light bulb changes in 2005 that reduced energy consumption by 30%, system software that controls the hours of lighting and heating, and finally, the hourly sparkling lights have been reduced from 10 to five minutes every evening on the hour.