It's the art and science of communication/automation integration with our environments. I coined this word over five years ago. A new word was needed to describe the radical, exciting changes that were occurring in the integration of communication and automation with our green building environment. Feel free to use the word in this context; I feel that it is very descriptive.
This article provides us with a shopping list of necessities for greener buildings. A few direct quotes from Tom's article are important to set the scene.