The energy savings announced today have saved partners a total of $840 million dollars in energy costs and avoided 6 million tons of harmful carbon emissions, equivalent to cutting the emissions of 1 million cars.

From 2009 to mid-2015, UNDP and the State Committee for Architecture and Construction of the Republic of Uzbekistan, with financial support from the Global Environment Facility, have conducted a joint project entitled Promoting Energy Efficiency in Public Buildings in Uzbekistan.

Sustainability isn’t just about eco-friendly materials—a growing architectural trend suggests responsive and adaptive design is the future for a more sustainable world.

Some 22 years after an on-site survey began, construction on a large-scale geothermal power plant in Akita Prefecture kicked off Monday.

Energy demand and utility costs in laboratory buildings are very high — they can require 5-10 times more energy per square foot than a typical commercial office building.

Targeting energy efficiency in non-residential university buildings, a three-year a Europe-wide SMART CAMPUS project reached 30% energy savings, 10% beyond the expected 20%.

An EU-funded project on access to renewable and efficient energy in the municipalities of Vayk and Spitak in Armeniahas started work, aiming to support the municipalities to develop and test replicable models to save energy through the use of efficient measures and renewable sources in residential and public buildings.

Conservators and energy experts seek new solutions for a climate-friendly retrofitting of historic buildings.

On May 21, within the framework of the International Exhibition Entech HANOI 2015, the Conference "Solution to Improve the Energy Efficiency in Industry and Building" was held.

A new initiative has helped reduce energy use by 30% in university buildings across Europe.

The social housing sector has been at the forefront of the adoption of different types of energy efficiency technologies and water-saving features as it has generally been building new homes to higher levels of the Code for Sustainable homes.

In support of White House's ambitious performance goals, GSA’s Green Proving Ground (GPG) program recently published the results of three evaluations of technologies with the potential to cost-effectively reduce the energy and water use of our federal buildings.

Thailand's Eleventh National Economic and Social Development Plan for 2012-2016, has targeted improvements in natural resource and environmental quality through the development of energy security policies.

State and local governments have recently sought measures to increase efficiency for municipal buildings, which can reap benefits both financial and environmental.

Ha Giang Provincial People's Committee issued a Plan for energy saving and efficiency in the province for the period of 2013 - 2015. The plan states that in 2015, the province is to achieve a total savings of 6% of the province's electricity consumption as in the forecast on electricity demand, reflected in Master Plan for Power Development of Ha Giang in the phase 2011 - 2015.

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and the Republic of Lithuania have signed a loan agreement, totalling EUR 100 million, with a maturity of 20 years, to improve energy efficiency in public and residential buildings.

Hưởng ứng chương trình “Xây dựng nước Mỹ” (Building America) của Bộ Năng lượng, nhiều doanh nghiệp, tổ chức tại nước này đang tiến hành các dự án tăng cường hiệu quả cách nhiệt và quản lý độ ẩm trong nhà theo một hướng tiếp cận mới: khí hậu học.

On May 5, 2015, Mr. Le Manh Ha, Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh city People's Committee directed the Department of Science and Technology to coordinate with the Urban Environment Company Limited to do research into an investment project on building a hyper grate incinerator.

As part of the administration’s effort to cut energy waste in the nation’s buildings and double energy productivity by 2030, the Energy Department today announced $4 million to develop and demonstrate new energy efficiency solutions for the nation’s homes.

Congress on Tuesday passed a bill focused on improving energy efficiency in buildings and water heaters, a move celebrated by both parties for breaking longstanding partisan gridlock.