Yuyuan Garden goes ‘green’
February 21st, 2008 | by admin |Yuyuan Garden, a wellknown tourist attraction in downtown Shanghai, is lit with newly installed, energysaving lights last night. The garden area has just completed a major renovation program involving a total cost of nearly 90 million yuan (US$12.56 million). Part of the program was to install the new“green” lights, which will not only improve the lighting at night, but also cut power consumption by 40 percent. Built more than 400 years ago, Yuyuan Garden features botanical layouts and architectural styles typical in southern areas of the Yangtze River. It attracts millions of domestic and overseas tourists every year. —Shanghai Daily
Read more @ english.eastday.com.
