The building efficiency revolution emerges now from the inter-related confluence of the collapsed cost of microprocessors, enabling embedded intelligence in offerings as simple as light bulbs (soon), as well as the development of standards and interfaces for the formerly "dumb" hardware, and the ubiquity of the Internet.

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But projects such as the Bahnstadt show the energy revolution and European efficiency goals "have put very low energy buildings much more strongly in investors' focus, " said Stephan Sperl, a spokesman for German state lender KfW Bankengruppe, which offers low-interest construction loans for energy-efficient residential buildings.

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He is not offering a Tory Utopia, but better management and greater efficiency: a different emphasis rather than a revolution.

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The industrial revolution placed a premium on worker efficiency and productivity and those who were able to successfully overcome the deficiency of their machines.

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There really has been this massive revolution in how businesses are run in terms of the capital efficiency with getting a product launched.

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