Save Energy at Work

Many of today's buildings suffer from a "leak-guzzle-hide" phenomenon: leaking billions of dollars due poor moisture, temperature and air pressure controls, guzzling energy and hiding actual energy performance information because of faulty or outdated metering and building management systems. But there's a way to address this and it starts with a few snapshots.

The Pixel building by Australian development and construction firm Grocon is not only the country's first carbon neutral office building, it is also the greenest.

3M, Cleveland Clinic, Dow Chemical, Grubb & Ellis, Marriott International, Nissan, Target Corporation and Walmart will take part in the the Global Superior Energy Performance Partnership to speed efficiency improvements in commercial buildings and industrial facilities.

An industrial design student in Leicester, England, has developed a way for tall buildings to harness the power of wastewater to generate energy.

Green roofs, green buildings and an energy management system has put the United States Postal Service on the fast track to its 2015 energy reduction goal.