The document discusses improving energy efficiency in large buildings through better financial controls and monitoring of energy usage. It argues that traditional methods relying on new equipment are insufficient, and that a cultural change is needed to treat energy like any other budget expense through regular benchmarking, planning, execution and publishing of results. The document promotes a software and monitoring solution called EnergyPlanIT that provides automated analysis, utility data review, and continuous monitoring to track energy usage and identify problems in real-time. Case studies demonstrate how this approach has helped analyze usage at schools and offices and measure the impact of efficiency changes.