But, with smart planning and advanced energy modeling, energy consumption can be reduced at the outset.

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One key: This time around oil prices have risen at a slower and more stable pace, says Hillard Huntington, director of the Energy Modeling Forum at Stanford University.

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More matured offering includes energy forecasting and scenario modeling, budgeting and planning, energy rebate management and energy sourcing and procurement.

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The hub is piloting a portfolio of advanced energy-efficient building technologies and designs using sophisticated sensors and modeling equipment with the goal of creating technologies capable of reducing energy use in existing buildings by 50% by 2015.

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So then we worked with them on the design, utilizing sophisticated modeling to look at energy use.

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That will make it possible for dozens more research projects, like high energy physics, genetic analysis and nanotechnology modeling, by groups of scientists accessing the grid through the Internet.

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The high-performance systems that Lockheed Martin develops require a range of technologies, including cloud computing, biometrics, information management, modeling and simulation, precision pointing, energy management and storage, optics and electro-optics, and nanotechnology.

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