Of all the things I’ve come across as we near an increasingly greenwashy Earth Day, one stands out because of its simplicity and transparency. The founders of Energy Circle, a home-energy efficiency ally whose staff all test and use the products they sell in their own homes, will make their home energy use public, broadcasting it both through their website and live on Twitter at EnergyCircleKW.

They’ve hacked their best-selling device, The Energy Detective, a “real-time home electricity monitor that is the equivalent of a …

Tags: Earth Day , electricity monitor , Energy Circle , Energy Detective , energy efficiency , guest , home , Paul Smith , twitter

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With the current barrage of amazing new green building projects, it’s nice to see the old-timers are getting in on the action as well.

More specifically, the most famous profile on the New York skyline – the Empire State Building. This Wonder Of The Modern World looks set to impress the next generation of eco-friendly architects by being the focus of a major efficiency overhaul. Excitingly, not only are the redevelopers shrinking the building’s energy footprint by over a third (and in doing so saving $4 million …

Tags: architecture , city planning , energy efficiency , green , technology

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An outspoken crusader for environmental causes for years, Prince Charles could easily be dubbed the “Green Prince“. But while he’s been busy turning his home green, running his car on white wine, and pleading the cause to anyone willing to listen, his folks’ house – sorry, palace – is an environmental nightmare.

Buckingham Palace was recently given the worst possible score (0 out of 10) in an energy efficiency report completed by a team of surveyors from renewable energy firm Navitron.  One hundred …

Tags: Buckingham Palace , energy efficiency , Navitron

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