Sky launches exclusive designer Energy Saving
Monitor to celebrate Earth Day
To celebrate Earth Day on 22nd
April Sky has collaborated with acclaimed fashion designer Richard Nicoll to create
a limited edition Wattson energy monitor that helps people keep an eye on how
much energy is being used around the home. Richard Nicoll’s retro star print design
gives the quirky energy saving monitor a new look and makes a stylish addition
to households looking to save money and cut their energy consumption.
Created by UK design collective DIY
Kyoto, the clever, wireless Wattson device shows you how much electricity is
being used around the house at any one time and can help cut annual electricity
bills by up to 25% at a time when saving money.
Sky is launching the limited edition
Wattson as part of its support for Earth Day in the UK. The event has been
marked all over the world since 1970 as a day to encourage people to appreciate
the planet and raise awareness for climate change issues. In addition to making
the designer energy saving monitors available for free to help people cut their
energy consumption around the home; Sky is also scheduling a day of
environmental programmes – of all kinds - on nine channels ranging from
green-themed The Simpson’s episodes on Sky1 to documentaries such as Extreme
Ice’ in high definition on National Geographic.
As a designer Richard Nicoll’s
catwalk collections have received high praise in recent years since his first
collection was shown in 2005. Born in Britain and raised in Australia the
designer graduated from Central St Martin’s college, before working with
fashion houses including Louis Vuitton along side Marc Jacobs. He is now
considered one of London’s most talented young designers and was named “Best
Young Designer” at the recent Elle Style Awards.
Richard Nicoll says “The environment
is a subject close to my heart so I wanted to lend my creative support to this
project with Sky and help raise awareness for Earth Day. Hopefully my design for the energy
saving monitor will help people make changes around the house to have a
positive and lasting impact on the environment.”
Usually retailing at £99, Sky will
be giving away the Richard Nicoll limited edition Wattson to celebrate Earth
Day, for the chance to win one visit:
www.earthdaycounts.co.uk.
How the Wattson works:
- Setting
up Wattson is simple, just connect it to either to the mains electricity
cables from the house to the meter box or to the fuse box.
- Once
connected, the Wattson’s display shows how many watts or pounds the home
is using at any one time.
- On
the underside of the monitor a series of coloured lights will show how
much energy is being used by glowing a different colour. Wattson monitors
the overall usage to get an average - when the light turns blue less
energy than normal is being used, when it glows purple the average amount
of energy for the home is being used and when it glow red this means that more electricity than
normal is being used at that time.
For more information about Wattson
and how it works, visit www.diykyoto.com
