US Business goes green with new buildings

The high rise incorporates innovative, technologies that will make the building one of the world's newest most environmentally responsible office buildings. In the US there is a U.S. Green Building Council to promote energy efficiency in new construction.
Buildings are something of an energy-efficiency blind spot in Australia. Public attention tends to focus largely on automobile companies and mileage, but houses and skyscrapers consume more energy than cars. I don't know the numbers for Australia, but according to the US Energy Department, residential and commercial buildings account for 40 percent of total energy consumption in the US, versus just 28 percent for the entire transportation sector.
From today's Dow Jones Market Watch: An article on "green buildings," including a preview of the eco-friendly Bank of America building going up in NYC.
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