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.

Costa has opened what it claims is the first “zero energy” coffee shop building in the UK. Dubbed the ‘Eco Pod’, the store at Wrekin Retail Park in Telford boasts a number of energy efficient and sustainable technologies.

The Yukon government is announcing a new addition to its popular suite of energy incentive programs, aimed at improving energy use in multi-family dwellings and commercial buildings.

Designing an energy-efficient home or building is no longer simply a great idea, but is becoming mandatory in some of the United States.

“Better Buildings Challenge partners are improving their communities by cutting energy waste and reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” said Dr. David Danielson, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.

Green works not only facilitate the efficient use of energy, and save resources, but also contribute to protecting the environment and human health.

Half of all infrastructure firms have no policy to record their energy and emissions use.That’s the stark finding of a survey of 300 major building and manufacturing firms across the globe.

The San Francisco Travel Association, the official destination marketing organization for the City and County of San Francisco, has received LEED Gold Certification for Commercial Interiors from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) after moving from its old offices to new ones.

Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has requested the Department of Industry and Trade and the Energy Conservation Center of Ho Chi Minh City Power Corporation to undertake the investment project on building an incinerator generator with a capacity of 1,000 tons of waste/day, which generates power from the waste burnt.

Funded by the Ministry of Economy and Energy, Germany, the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Vietnam (AHK Vietnam) in collaboration with the Baden-Wurttemberg International Agency for International Economic and Scientific Cooperation successfully held a Workshop on "Energy Management in Industries and Buildings in Vietnam".

Since opening in 2013, Seattle's Bullitt Center has been claimed to be the world's greenest commercial building. Now, it's been awarded Living Building certification, a mark that's regarded as the highest standard of building sustainability.

Israel has installed solar panels on the roof of its parliament building, creating what it calls the largest solar field of any national assembly in the world.

This plan will also help reduce environmental pollution, enhance high production and competitiveness, aiming at building a green, clean and modern city.

According to the Hanoi Energy Conservation Centre (Hanoi ECC), building blocks were one of the central objects to be subject to energy saving measures in the city in 2014. Thanks to the solutions including counselling, support, building blocks in the city have saved 535.3 TOEs and reduced 2,118 tons of CO2 emissions.

Buildings account for 40% of the total energy consumption worldwide. Research from the US Building Science shows that people’s homes and commercial buildings use about 2/5 of primary energy sources made from coal and oil.