After taking a few steps back to get a running start, Hadj Benhalima dashed toward the building, pushed against its wall with his foot, propelled himself upward and stretched out.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced an array of measures to reduce the capital s energy bill by 10%. As a symbolic measure, the Eiffel Tower s lights are now turned off an hour earlier.
France uses more air conditioning than you might expect, with a quarter of households using some kind of device. That number is on the rise, but faced with the effects of global warming and looming energy…