Tel Aviv puts power consumption on display

Just how much electricity do we actually use? Starting Wednesday Tel Aviv area residents will be able to find out quite easily thanks to a unique initiative. The Energy and Water Ministry launched a special project which will use a visual graph of lighting fixtures attached to the Reading Power Station to demonstrate the state's electricity utilization. The project lighting up Tel Aviv (Photo courtesy of Energy Ministry) The initiative, which was founded by artist and lighting designer Gil Teichman, will display electricity demand side by side with the real time output capacity in Israel. The project is 100 meters tall, six meters wide and is composed of 4.5 kilometers of LED lighting strips and 270,000 light bulbs. The project will be placed on the power station's chimneys for three months and should be visible in the daytime as well. The Energy Ministry stressed that the project's power consumption will be extremely low – nine kilowatts – which equals the electric consumption of four electric kettles. Officials, Minister Landau launch project (Photo courtesy of Energy Ministry) "The electricity consumption index presentation was meant to bring the nation's electricity drought to light," said Energy and Water Minister Dr. Uzi Landau. "The project was selected to be the presenter of the PR campaign on the subject together with the information that each viewer has right before their eyes, it should be noted that each of the initiative's light bulbs are LED energy-saving bulbs. "The project attests to the fact that even a celebration of light can be economical and efficient," he added. Follow Ynetnews on Facebook and Twitter