ReCircle: Joe Biden, Stimulus Success, Smart Homes, Energy Efficient Mortgages, and more!

Biden: Stimulus Funds for Energy Innovation are Working.

A new report from the White House demonstrates how federal funds for energy innovation are driving innovation, creating jobs, lowering the cost of clean energy, and cutting carbon. (From GigaOm)

Poll: Do You Want a Home Energy Management System?

CNET is conducting a poll on what sorts of technology people want to help improve the energy efficiency of their home. What do you think? (From CNET)

What Are Energy Efficient Mortgages and Energy Improvement Mortgages?

There are financing mechanisms out there to help you improve your home’s energy efficiency, which, in addition to saving you money right now, can increase your home’s value by up to $20 for each $1 saved in annual energy costs.

How Should We Measure Green Building?

Lloyd Alter of Treehugger questions the validity of measuring a home’s environmental impact by energy use alone, arguing that size, materials and location should all play a larger role. (From Treehugger)

Why Houses Work - Or Don’t.

This system-by-system guide from Home Energy Magazine details the most important features of a home from a home performance and energy efficiency standpoint, and explains why you should know what they are. (From Home Energy Magazine)

GE to Test Energy Efficiency of Smart Homes.

The electronics giant has been increasingly involved in the home energy management and smart grid playing fields. A new pilot will determine just how effective their home energy management tools are in the real world. (From CNET)

Floods, Droughts, and Displacement: Climate Change Preview?

This year has seen more weather-related records in recorded history. Energy Circle’s CTO, Tom Harrison, discusses their significance in the greater contexts of climate change and geopolitics, and explains why we need to start doing something now. (From 5 Percent)

An Offbeat Energy Related Blog We Love:

EcoGeek.

While it may be decidedly mainstream within the clean energy blog world, EcoGeek is a favorite of ours for its colorful discussion of everything cleantech: from coverage of electric cars, to home energy management systems, to innovative recycling systems and more. Always on top of the latest news, and always entertaining; we like that.