Johnson Controls' software can monitor buildings worldwide over the Internet, sending an e-mail to managers if there's a problem.

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While there are limitations in using higher bandwidth spectrum in terms of penetrating buildings and covering large geographic areas, Clearwire controls a bigger spectrum position that almost any U.S. company.

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Firms like Johnson Controls and Honeywell would help make the buildings more efficient and guarantee results.

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With almost 57 million square feet of resort space, Adelson controls real estate akin to 21 Empire State Buildings.

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They are people that design, manufacture, and install devices in buildings ranging from high-tech windows to lighting to sensors and controls and electronics.

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The GSA announced this week that trials of workstation lighting controls and advanced power strips dramatically reduced electricity use in federal buildings.

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Just one industrial-class example: Panoptix, a Johnson Controls subsidiary, has an app store for energy management of commercial buildings.

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Johnson Controls could further enrich the grid by globally engendering energy networks out of buildings and multitudinous housing in those majority of countries where there is, at best, a precarious grid, prone to peaks and black-outs.

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