Christmas is merrier, thanks to Enel X’s LED lights

In terms of environmental innovation, Colombia, together with Chile, is one of the most advanced countries in Latin America. And its environmental sustainability journey continues. This year, for example, residents in the capital, Bogotá, will spend the Christmas period surrounded by beautiful, truly sustainable lights and colours. We are talking about “The Christmas Road,” the illuminated route that can be visited until January 7. Since 2005 it has been installed every year in the streets of Bogotá by Enel X in collaboration with local government authorities.

The Christmas street will be LED-lit

This Christmas in Bogotá the needs of the planet will be really heard, thanks to the LED technology of the lights that have been installed. A team with more than 150 members designed and planned this project and set up 13 million 100% energy-efficient LED lights. They created a route almost 12-km long illuminated with minimum energy consumption and production. It covers 150 thousand square metres of squares and city parks, including the National Park, Plaza de Bolívar, the T Zone, the transport terminal, Plaza fundacional de Suba, the Usaquén and El Tunal parks. In El Tunal an innovative Christmas tree has been installed: it is 56 metres in height and is lit by 160 thousand coloured LED bulbs. This installation features two elements joined together by photoelectric barriers.

To make Bogotá's Christmas itinerary even more exciting, the Mayor's office organised a rich programme of events including “La Noche de las Velitas”(literally, the Night of the Little Candles”) in Parque Simón in Plaza de Eventos Bolívar, a night-time cycle route in various parts of the city, the Novenas Navideñas (literally, “Nine Days Before Christmas”) in many parks and the "Christmas Dream of Isidro" show in Plaza de Bolívar.