Sentences with phrase «carbon efficiency targets»

If the project is located in an area where a zero carbon efficiency target has been locally established by a governing authority, it must achieve that target.

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The province needs a carbon pollution reduction plan that closes the gap to its climate targets and builds a sustainable economy powered by renewable energy and energy efficiency.»

«All home buyers will be able to benefit from energy efficiency advice, with those receiving low green ratings of «F» and «G» especially targeted for support and grants to make improvements to cut their costs and carbon emissions.»

Within their progress report of the 4th carbon budget, the CCC illustrates that spending on domestic energy efficiency for low income households is currently less than half the required investment to meet statutory targets.

«Even with the strongest possible assumptions, we can not hit carbon emissions targets by energy and process efficiency within the existing system,» says Allwood.

While no countries put forward new targets, all of them — from emissions giant Australia to tiny Niue (population 1,398) inscribed their domestic carbon - cutting, fossil - fuel reducing, renewable energy and energy efficiency goals as part of the declaration.

And while China is still not committed to absolute emissions reductions in global climate negotiations, experts say its «intensity - based» U.N. carbon reduction targets, which are based on improving the relative efficiency of industrial processes, could be as effective as Western - style absolute cuts in emissions.

Meanwhile consumers remain largely unaware of efficiency's advantages, advocates say, thereby bypassing an easy target for considerable cuts in national carbon emissions.

The large - scale study, which incorporated data from more than 40,000 unique flights, found significant savings in carbon emissions and monetary costs when airline captains were provided with tailored monthly information on fuel efficiency, along with targets and individualized feedback.

The European Community has abandoned targets for energy efficiency that were essential to its pledge to cut emissions of carbon dioxide to 1990 levels by the year 2000.

This new work, described in a study published in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, is the first to successfully demonstrate the approach of going from carbon dioxide directly to target products, namely ethanol and ethylene, at energy conversion efficiencies rivaling natural counterparts.

The European Union set «20-20-20» targets — a 20 per cent reduction in carbon emissions from 1990 levels; increasing energy generation from renewable sources by 20 per cent and a 20 per cent improvement in the EU's energy efficiency — and it is expected that public sector buildings lead the way.

Thus, targeting this group of households for energy - efficiency investment may yield large financial and social dividends, as well as immediate and significant reductions in energy use and carbon dioxide emissions.

The 2030 targets for renewables and efficiency that are defined in the Sustainable Development agenda are met or exceeded in this scenario; renewables and efficiency are the key mechanisms to drive forward the low - carbon transition and reduce pollutant emissions.

During the second Climate Leaders Summit in Poznan, the signatories of the Montreal Declaration reported on their progress and agreed a new «action statement» presented to UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer, in which they committed to setting targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency to accelerate low carbon policies prior to the climate change meeting in Copenhagen.

First is regulation that could strand assets in several ways: direct regulation on carbon led by authorities at the local, national, regional, or global level; indirect regulation through increased pollution controls, constraints on water usage, or policies targeting health concerns; and mandates on renewable energy adoption and efficiency standards.

Together, we explore what it would entail for your company to be sector - leading in carbon efficiency and how you can go beyond your existing emission reduction targets.

It also calls for a higher EU energy efficiency target, expanding energy efficient policies, rapid reform of EU carbon markets and caution when assessing shale gas's potential contribution to the energy mix.

Instead, they demanded an unworkable framework of legally binding international emissions targets, influenced and supported by climate hawks who demanded a laser focus on increasing renewable deployment and energy efficiency, mainly through market mechanisms such as cap - and - trade and carbon taxes.

Energy efficiency plays a unique role as building block # 4 in the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) proposed Clean Power Plan, which sets carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions rate targets for existing power plants by state.

And while China is still not committed to absolute emissions reductions in global climate negotiations, experts say its «intensity - based» U.N. carbon reduction targets, which are based on improving the relative efficiency of industrial processes, could be as effective as Western - style absolute cuts in emissions.

The government has also made a push to increase energy efficiency, diversify its energy mix, and pursue aggressive adoption of clean and renewable energy in order to meet China's 2030 peak carbon emissions target.

The report, titled «California's Energy Future — The View to 2050,» draws a series of energy system «portraits» showing how California can meet its ambitious emissions targets using a combination of measures and energy sources that may include electrification, enhanced efficiency, nuclear energy, renewable energy sources, grid modernization, and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS).

In order to achieve the target set by the Paris Agreement --- to limit the rise in global average temperature to below the 2 degree C threshold — all new construction must be designed to high energy efficiency standards and use no CO2 - emitting fossil fuel energy to operate; by 2050 the entire built environment must be carbon neutral.

Solar PV panels are mounted on a motorised frame which tracks the movements of the sun throughout the day, optimising the efficiency of the system, and bringing the building a long way towards its carbon neutral target.

Based on the results of this analysis, we provide guidance on a targeted approach to increase the carbon efficiency of your organization.

According to Reuters, «The plan gives states multiple options to achieve their emission targets, such as improving power plant heat rates; using more natural gas plants to replace coal plants; ramping up zero - carbon energy, such as solar or nuclear; and increasing energy efficiency.

He said the combination of the carbon price, Renewable Energy Target and energy efficiency policies have made an important contribution to turning around the growth of electricity sector emissions since Labor was elected in November 2007.

Both strategies would lend increased efficiency to the fight against carbon pollution and help states achieve their climate targets in a timely fashion.

49) The head of Britain's climate change watchdog has predicted households will need to spend up to # 15,000 on a full energy efficiency makeover if the Government is to meet its ambitious targets for cutting carbon emissions.

Companies and organizations are setting science - based targets, committing to purchasing and generating 100 % renewable energy, steering their investment portfolios towards low - carbon assets and enhancing the efficiency of their processes.

Nearly a dozen states have already implemented or are implementing their own market - based programs to reduce carbon pollution, the EPA reported, and 25 states have set energy efficiency targets with 35 having set renewable energy targets.

Having ambitious carbon - reduction targets allows us to drive forward innovation, develop new energy - saving technologies and share our know - how through the supply chain and beyond to increase efficiency on a global scale.»

This new work, described in a study published in the journal Energy and Environmental Science, is the first to successfully demonstrate the approach of going from carbon dioxide directly to target products, namely ethanol and ethylene, at energy conversion efficiencies rivaling natural counterparts.

In 2016, BT achieved our previous science based target to reduce our carbon emissions intensity by 80 % on 1996/97 levels four years early and saved # 220 million through driving efficiencies in our networks, data centres and buildings in the process.

[3] Each state has interim targets it must meet beginning in 2020, and the EPA proposed that states use a combination of four «building blocks» to achieve the emissions reductions: (1) improving the efficiency (heat rate) of existing coal - fired power plants; (2) switching from coal - fired power by increasing the use and capacity factor, or efficiency, of natural - gas combined - cycle power plants; (3) using less carbon - intensive generating power, such as renewable energy or nuclear power; and (4) increasing demand - side energy - efficiency measures.

The AIA +2030 Online Series helps design professionals create buildings that meet the energy efficiency targets of the 2030 Challenge, offering strategies to reach a minimum of a 70 % reduction in building energy consumption and fossil fuel greenhouse gas emissions today, increasing to carbon neutral for new building designs by 2030.

Coal is not the problem, emissions are, and in order to reduce emissions and get us on the pathway to achieving the Paris Agreement's well below 2 degree target, high efficiency low emissions (HELE) and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies must be supported.

Simply making progress to the targets requires steps of a magnitude that seem practically impossible, e.g., such as the need for the UK to achieve a carbon efficiency of its economy equal to that of France in 2006 in a time period considerably less than a decade.

The country can get on this pathway by setting strong interim emission reduction targets for major carbon - emitting sectors, implementing complementary renewable energy and energy efficiency policies, and through state or regional measures.

Most importantly, it is taking these messages directly to policymakers throughout Europe, lobbying for ambitious, legally - binding 2030 targets for carbon dioxide emissions, renewable power and energy efficiency.

Diane Holdorf, Chief Sustainability Officer, Kellogg Company, said: «As one of the first ten companies to have approved science - based greenhouse gas emissions targets in 2015, we've already invested in energy efficiency and low carbon technologies.

The state of South Australia has a target to improve energy efficiency of government buildings by 30 % by 2020 and to achieve net - zero emissions by 2050, while establishing its capital Adelaide as the world's first carbon neutral city.

Favored technologies such as solar or nuclear, targets such as Europe's renewables and efficiency standards, and broadly appealing policies such as carbon pricing only matter if they can scale.

Under TCFD, companies report against governance, strategy, risk management metrics and targets related to climate risks using a 2 degrees C scenario and disclose information related to water consumption, energy use and efficiency, land use and development or use of products and services designed for a low - carbon economy.

This package included Provincial and Municipal ‐ level carbon and energy intensity targets, recognising that the Provinces and Municipalities have different economic structures, efficiency options and levels of wealth.