Civil servants in Greece will be urged to turn off the lights, air-conditioning and heating on leaving work under a new energy saving plan announced Wednesday as a European winter crunch looms.
With energy-linked price hikes sparking Greece’s highest inflation in three decades, the government aims to cut public sector energy consumption by 10 percent.
Greece’s public sector is famously cavalier about energy usage, with lights often left on during the day in public buildings and on highways.
