A mirror that sends heat into the frigid expanse of space has been designed by scientists to replace air-conditioning units that keep buildings cool on Earth.

The typical restaurant uses five to seven times more energy per square foot than office buildings or retail stores. And if you are running a high-volume quick service establishment, you may be using up to 10 times more. All these energy costs can eat into your profits.

A new carbon fibre far infrared heater, Technoheater, is now enabling large commercial buildings to save on their energy bills by using its distinctive properties.

The Energy Department announced up to $6 million in funding to deploy and demonstrate four emerging energy-saving technologies in commercial buildings across the country.

The British project planner Sustainable Renewable Technologies (SRT, Bilston Glen, UK) has been nominated for the Solar Power Portal Award for a solar photovoltaic (PV) system installed on a pyramid-shaped office building.

The Solar Decathlon is the world's most challenging sustainable building university-level competition and is sponsored by the U.S.

Australian company Zeo has developed and patented a glue-free process that creates a strong, versatile new building material out of just cellulose and water.

The quality of homes and other existing buildings in Europe may be improved thanks to the ENEDI (Energy in Building) Group of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country, an autonomous community of northern Spain.

Solar panels, when mounted on a building roof, not only generate electricity, but they also create a cooling effect, according to researchers from University of California, San Diego.

With potential energy savings of about 10-40 percent depending on each energy management models, the HITC building in Hanoi is being assisted by the Energy Conservation Center Hanoi (ECC) with the provision of efficient energy management systems.

The renovated two-story store measures a total of 43,000 sq ft (4,000 sq m), and is packed with green goods for Dubai residents to purchase, including organic foods, and energy conservation products.

Saving 51.49 TOE (tonnes of oil equivalent) of energy or VND781 million per year, reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 185.2 tonnes per year - the Hanoi Daeha Business Center has achieved these impressive energy conservation results thanks to green building development strategies.

A new building at Tel Aviv University features a standalone EcoWall that aims to provide vertical garden space and research facilities for its faculty.

On June 7, in Hanoi, the energy efficiency promotion project in supporting Small and Medium Enterprises Vietnam (MEET – BIS Vietnam) and the Association of Chief Engineers of Buildings/Hotels in Hanoi jointly organized the seminar "Experience in efficiently using and managing water and energy resources in buildings."

The use of atomic energy has potential risks so the Prime Minister has recently approved the project on information and communications for the development of nuclear power in order to seek consensus in building the first nuclear power plants in Ninh Thuan Province.

Engineers at Iowa State University think concrete columns could be the key to building taller, higher-powered wind turbines.

A new project makes the user interface for intelligent buildings monitor energy supply and consumption more easily accessible to everybody, from geeks to computer-illiterates.

Last year, the Anantara Resort & Spa in Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan Province won first prize at the Energy-Efficient Architecture Contest initiated by the Ministry of Construction and the second tropical building prize at the "Building Energy Efficiency East South Asia in 2012" contest.

Buildings can be air-conditioned using entirely natural means, without mechanical ventilation systems.

As scheduled, the organizing committee of the “1st energy-efficient building design competition” organized by the Ministry of Construction would hold an award ceremony on March 23rd.