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Progress? 302.5 Million Smart Meters Installed by 2015

Photo by Editor B According to Berg Insight, the worldwide installed base of smart electricity meters will hit over 300 million by 2015. The research firm states that over the next five years, smart meter technology is projected to move from 15-20% market penetration to almost 50% in Europe and North America, while Asia-Pacific will go from less than 1% to as much as 25%. But considering how many homes are hooked up to an electrical grid across the globe, and that smart meters are essential to get a smart grid up and running, can this be considere… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Existing House Transformed into Eco Home-of-the-Future (Video)

Image credit: Great British Refurb TreeHugger is no stranger to fancy new LEED platinum residences , but the fact remains that we must do something about our existing housing stock if we are ever going to get CO2 cuts on the scale needed. Luckily, people are exploring how to do just that. A while back we reported on the Great British Refurb—… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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London’s "Green" Strata Tower Wins Carbuncle Cup As Ugliest Building in Country

When the Strata Tower hit the blogs a couple of months ago I could not bring myself to post about it; the Giant Philishave was just so out of scale and pig ugly. As for the benefits of the three turbines integrated into the structure, Sarah Rich at Fast Company used the word “pitiful.” But that hasn’t stopped it from winning awards; It just won the Carbuncle Cup as the ugliest new building in Britain. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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London’s "Green" Strata Tower Wins Carbuncle Cup As Ugliest Building in Country