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Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Goes Green

by Terrence O'Brien on November 29, 2007 at 03:17 PM

Rockefeller Center Tree
This year the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center is going green. By green, we mean environmentally friendly, of course. The 30,000+ lights on the massive conifer have been replaced with energy sipping LEDs that have cut the tree's power consumption to about a third its normal level. In fact, the amount of electricity required by the tree has been reduced enough that the whole thing is powered by solar panels resting atop a nearby building.

When the season finally ends (likely sometime in July) and the tree is taken down, it will be milled and donated to Habitat for Humanity, which will use the lumber to construct doorways for shelters built by the charity.

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Tags: christmas tree, ChristmasTree, environment, green, rockefeller center, RockefellerCenter

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