Buildings are cited as accounting for 72% of electrical consumption in the U.S.. Seems like a pretty good place to start looking for conservation strategies.
Excerpt:
"A team of computer, environmental and computer scientists; architects; and natural resources specialists starts work this fall at the Ann Arbor school.
Their 2-year project seeks ways to sharply cut the carbon footprint of the power demands that buildings place on the electrical grid."
Read the rest
here.