Today around the world architects and developers have become more discrete with energy issues. the reason for this is simple, we are using more energy than we are able to regenerate and this is known through actual life cycle analysis of buildings which is where energy rating systems come in.
you can find my short presentation on Energy rating systems for green buildings at the link below:
Again please always remember to give credits for any referenced work, in order to encourage authors and researchers who actually take the pains to bring us knowledge. I hope this would be of help to you!