Efficiency

Energy-management company, EnerNOC (Nasdaq: ENOC)has been awarded a US$10 million contract in Massachusetts.

South Korea's fifth largest corporation, LG Group, will invest US$17.9 billion in the next ten years to develop green business strategies and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40% of its 2009 levels.

The LED lighting revolution is picking up more steam, as General Electric (NYSE:GE) has announced it has created an LED replacement for its 40-watt light bulb.

Buildings are one of the world's largest consumers of energy and, as a result, one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases.

So, green building--architectural design based on improving the energy efficiency of a building throughout its entire life span--has become increasingly en vogue.

According to a new report from Zpryme, the global household smart appliance market will explode in the next five years.

The University of British Columbia (UBC) is constructing an outrageously sustainable building, which, when completed, will be "greenest" building in North America.

This fall a new skyscraper claiming to be the world’s greenest building will open in Guangzhou, China.

Voonami, Inc. has unveiled one of the most energy efficient data centers in the United States.

Voonami says its new giant data center will reduce energy costs by 80% compared to other data centers making it the greenest in the state of Utah, and one that will rival Google's most efficient data centers.

So, you want to buy an energy-efficient house? Terrific, but how do you know which house actually is the most energy efficient? This is one of the biggest obstacles to buying “green.”

Vancouver City Mayor Gregor Robertson has announced the city's Olympic and Paralympic Village has been certified as the greenest and most sustainable neighbourhood in the world.