Leonardo DiCaprio buys green friendly condo

Leonardo DiCaprio has bought an environmentally friendly condo in New York. The actor's new property, situated in Manhattan's Battery Park City, has solar panels, roof foliage and air and water filters. The condo also houses a 50ft pool, a fitness centre, a dog spa and an in-house branch of the New York Public Library.

The actor released the following statement: "Riverhouse is a prime example of how green technology is both accessible and achievable for new residential developments - it is a groundbreaking building." DiCaprio is currently filming Shutter Island with Martin Scorsese, the pair's fourth collaboration. He recently narrated the environmental documentary The 11th Hour.