Commercial buildings represent the most significant opportunity for the energy efficiency market in the U.S., accounting for 40 percent of the U.S. electrical load and approximately $108 billion in annual energy spending. One medium-sized office building consumes the energy equivalent of 100 homes. Read more »
Esses, a startup building a sort of Google Street View-style business around building energy consumption, has raised $6 million in its first round of funding. Read more »
By this time next week, the world will have 7 billion people in it, and this population growth will fundamentally change the way populations use resources like energy, water and food. Increasingly, organizations are turning to big data tools to manage resources. Read more »
