5. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, Beverly Hills, California, 26.4 kW
This six-bedroom Beverly Park mansion was purchased from Sylvester Stallone’s ex-wife in 2003 for $6.2 million, and is now on the market for $14.8 million. Though the couple have taught their children to recycle, going solar would make a lasting lesson as well.
4. Tiger Woods, Windermere, Florida, 38.6 kW
The golf superstar’s home boasts 6692 square feet and 8 bedrooms on Lake Isleworth. His other home on nearby Juniper Island uses 129 thousand gallons of water per month, much of which supports elaborate landscaping. You’d need a solar array the size of Texas to fix this mess, but panels on the roof would be a great start.
3. Leonardo DiCaprio, Los Angeles, California, 44.9 kW
This celebrity environmental activist owns an ecofriendly apartment complex in New York City, but there is no evidence that this albatross runs on renewable energy. Considering he has his own “ecosite”, we hope that solar panels are on the way.
2. Jennifer Aniston, Los Angeles, California, 90 kW
Jennifer upgraded from the cottage on Carbon Beach she rented after her split with Brad Pitt with this $15 million dollar mansion. It’s still a construction zone though she bought the property in 2006. Jennifer has hired three security guards to patrol the grounds during construction. Her roof layout is excellent for solar panels, and since she’s supposedly spent over $1 million on interior renovations, why not shell out for solar as well?
1. Barack Obama, Washington DC, 156.4 kW
Oh wait! He already does (sort of)!
32 solar panels were installed on the roof of the White House under Jimmy Carter in 1979, and were subsequently removed by Ronald Regean in 1986.
In September 2002, 167 solar panels and two solar thermal water systems were installed on a maintenance building close to the White House. We can’t give too much credit to dear old W since the National Park Service is responsible for both the building and the renewable energy installations.
It’s not too late to reverse Reagan’s actions and reinstate solar panels on the White House roof. The time for change has come again, and Obama could lead the way by providing support for renewable energy in Washington.
If you’re a celebrity we’ve mentioned here (or a reader who wants solar), it isn’t too late to redeem yourself. Get yourself a solar system or spearhead the local branch of solar community purchasing and get yourself and your neighbors a discount.
Images via Microsoft Virtual Earth
Image credit: U.S. Department of Defense photograph
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I think this is great. I wish I could live in a house like this.
I think this is great. I wish I could live in a house like this.
Wouldn’t we all like a house like these???? I know that I will keep on dreaming of property like the ones shown in the photos
Wouldn’t we all like a house like these???? I know that I will keep on dreaming of property like the ones shown in the photos
These homes are huge and would provide so much solar energy. These celebs should go solar and show that they care about the environment.
shannon
These homes are huge and would provide so much solar energy. These celebs should go solar and show that they care about the environment.
shannon
Can anyone tell me the name of the architect who designed the largest “green” mansion built in Southern California? Samantha Brown, a program regularly featured on the Travel Channel aired last week, showed this mansion, which has a two-part name that begins with “L”, and a key element of the mansion was a interior water feature (which it’s name implies) but I can’t find it.
Thank you!
Can anyone tell me the name of the architect who designed the largest “green” mansion built in Southern California? Samantha Brown, a program regularly featured on the Travel Channel aired last week, showed this mansion, which has a two-part name that begins with “L”, and a key element of the mansion was a interior water feature (which it’s name implies) but I can’t find it.
Thank you!
I think expecting them to be energy efficient is to ask to much… they live in a PLASTIC world…
I think expecting them to be energy efficient is to ask to much… they live in a PLASTIC world…