Abstract: Gaming systems and apparatus may be implemented to promote more efficient use of resources by players by monitoring their use of said resources in a competitive gaming system. Some implementations include determining and promoting goals for resource consumption and tracking/monitoring the progression of one or more players in reaching said goals. The competitive gaming system may include tracking different players' progress and providing updates of said progress in a points system where the players are competing to get ahead.

Abstract: Gaming systems and apparatus may be implemented to promote more efficient use of resources by players by monitoring their use of said resources in a competitive gaming system. Some implementations include determining and promoting goals for resource consumption and tracking/monitoring the progression of one or more players in reaching said goals. The competitive gaming system may include tracking different players' progress and providing updates of said progress in a points system where the players are competing to get ahead.

Abstract: A method of promoting more efficient use of a resource includes acquiring values associated with consumption of a resource by an entity at a place (for example, a building, a floor, or a wing of a building). A normalization of the values may be performed. While the resource is being consumed at the place, comparisons based on the normalized values associated with consumption of the resource at the place and one or more other values associated with consumption of the resource are displayed to one or more persons of the entity. In some cases, consumption of the entity is compared with consumption by one or more other entities (for example, in a graph comparing one company's consumption for the week with that of another company.

Abstract: A method of promoting more efficient use of a resource includes acquiring values associated with consumption of a resource by an entity at a place (for example, a building, a floor, or a wing of a building). A normalization of the values may be performed. While the resource is being consumed at the place, comparisons based on the normalized values associated with consumption of the resource at the place and one or more other values associated with consumption of the resource are displayed to one or more persons of the entity. In some cases, consumption of the entity is compared with consumption by one or more other entities (for example, in a graph comparing one company's consumption for the week with that of another company.

Abstract: A method performs an operation for utilizing programming interface functionality of a first domain for accessing a remote resource of a second domain different than the first domain. Thereafter, the method performs an operation for providing the remote resource to a system having requested the remote resource. Provide the remote resource includes providing the remote resource through the first domain utilizing client-side services of said programming interface functionality.