A recent study conducted by the Rockefeller Foundation and DB Climate Change Advisors supports these findings, and points out that upgrading and replacing energy consuming equipment in buildings offers an important capital investment opportunity with the potential for significant economic, climate, and employment benefits. They go on to state that “an investment in this type of initiative could yield more than $1 trillion of energy savings over 10 years, equivalent to saving approximately 30% of the annual electricity use in the U.S.”.