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December 18. 2013
ZooLights gets Greener and Brighter
Holiday
tradition
features a
million LEDs
ZooLights is both brighter and
greener this year.
Since 2000, the Oregon Zoo has
been upgrading its spectacular holi­
day light display with an eye to the
future— gradually switching from
conventional incandescent lights
to highly efficient LEDs, which
use a fraction of the energy and last
far longer.
This year’s ZooLights, presented
by Toyota with support from The
Boeing Company, adds even more
new diodes, adding up to more
than a million LEDs out of the
nearly 1.5 million lights on display.
LEDs use about 10 to 25 percent
o f the power of standard holiday
lights. With an expected life o f at
least 25,000 hours — 20 times that
o f conventional light strings— this
year’s new lights could last for
PHOTO BY SHERVIN H ESS
ZooLights has upgraded more than a million lights to energy-efficient LEDs. The Oregon Zoo’s popular holiday light display runs
through Jan. 5 at the zoo.
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Christmas Tree Lot
11140 SE Powell Blvd
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On the comer of: MLK Jr. & Rosa Park
another quarter-century or beyond.
“E v ery y e a r w e ’re m ak in g
ZooLights more sustainable for the
next generation o f visitors,” said
event coordinator Russell Guinn,
w ho has overseen the seasonal
spectacle since 1992. “The spar­
kling LEDs that kids are enjoying
this year could still be glowing
when they bring their own kids to
enjoy ZooLights years from now.”
T he Z o o L ig h ts visit has b e ­
com e a fav o rite holiday tra d i­
tion w ith its life-size anim al sil­
h o u ettes, m oving sculptures and
fo re sts o f lig h te d trees. T h is
y e a r’s d isp lay has a co n tin u o u s
lo o p aro u n d the zoo th ro u g h
areas th at h a v e n ’t been lit up
b e fo re . O ne sp e c ta c u la r new
s e c tio n in th e z o o ’s A fric a
R ain fo rest a rea featu res a tw ist­
ing 1 00-foot-long rain b o w -c o l­
o red tu n n el o f light.
Z o o L ig h ts ho u rs are 5-8 p.m .
S u n d ay through T h u rsd ay , and
5 -8 :3 0 p.m . F rid ay through S a t­
urday. Z o o L ig h ts w ill be clo sed
D ec. 24-25 and then co n tin u e
th ro u g h Jan. 5. A dm ission is
$10 fo r ad u lts, $8.50 fo r se ­
n io rs, $7 fo r ch ild ren and free
fo r ch ild ren 2 and under.