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The Erie County Legislature's Finance and Management Committee, Chaired by Majority Leader Joseph C. Lorigo, discussed the County Government Efficiency Plan at today's meeting to implement improvements that could provide additional relief to taxpayers.

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The program, still in early stages of planning, is aimed at both helping janitors maximize efficiency and establishing standards and best practices for the use of robots in janitorial work, according to Brain Corporation.

Brodie Wood, SVP of healthcare, education and not - for - profit markets at Transamerica Retirement Solutions, discussed the efficiencies and benefits a closed MEP can offer not - for - profit 403 (b) plans.

A plan was also in place to automate a number of processes at the plant to improve efficiency.

Outsourcing and increasing the role of the private sector in public service provision is at the heart of both Labour and Conservative plans for reducing costs and increasing efficiency.

Also at 1 p.m., Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone will be joined by Deputy County Executive Jon Kaiman to reveal SuffolkSHARE — a ten - point plan that would deliver taxpayer savings and produce greater efficiencies among local governments through new inter-municipal coordination, H. Lee Dennison Building, Plaza Level, 100 Veterans Memorial Highway, Hauppauge, Long Island.

«What the prime minister has done is ask the Cabinet secretary to preside over a joint review by MoD, the Treasury and the Cabinet Office looking at what further efficiency savings can be made within the MoD on top of the very aggressive efficiency plan we've already got in place without affecting frontline military capability,» he added.

Cuomo plans to appoint a efficiency expert to consider cost savings at both CUNY and the State University of New York.

In July of 2017, as part of the state's Municipal Consolidation and Efficiency Competition (MCEC), County Legislator and Regional Solutions Commission Chair George Borrello (pictured at left) presented an efficiency plan to the New York State Department of StEfficiency Competition (MCEC), County Legislator and Regional Solutions Commission Chair George Borrello (pictured at left) presented an efficiency plan to the New York State Department of Stefficiency plan to the New York State Department of State (DOS).

Deborah Grantham, Assistant Director for Environment & Natural Resources at the Cornell Cooperative Extension, said, «Cornell Cooperative Extension regards on - farm energy efficiency as a crucial element of energy planning for New York State and in ensuring agricultural sustainability and profitability.

The pledge unanimously passed and signed by the Town Board at its April 11 meeting went on to ask «the New York State Legislature to commit to these same clean energy goals, which would represent a 20 percent increase over the current New York State Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.»

A plan to achieve # 57 million of efficiency savings at the Department of Transport (DfT) will instead cost the taxpayer # 81 million, the National Audit Office (NAO) says.

The plan laid out today for revitalizing NYCHA would set a new standard of transparency and efficiency at the agency, and provide the resources it needs to repair and properly maintain the homes of thousands of hard working New Yorkers.

«The homeowners would get the [new] credit in year two if their local governments have provided an efficiency plan that demonstrates savings of at least 1 percent per year for the following three years, and that plan is approved by the division of the budget,» Cuomo explained on a conference call with reporters.

Albany County officials and 29 local government leaders gathered at the downtown county office building this morning to announce completion of the Countywide Government Efficiency Plan.

Contract negotiations also led to more work - rule efficiencies, additional sick leave, more health plan options, higher health insurance opt - out payments and increased health insurance premium sharing, with contributions capped at $ 6,000 for active employees and $ 8,000 for retirees.

In addition to improving the efficiency of gasoline - powered internal combustion engines through technologies such as direct injection, variable valve timing and turbocharging, the plan rests on giving a boost to electric - powered automobiles, such as the Nissan Leaf or Chevrolet Volt, according to officials at the DoT's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Andrew Warren, of the European Association for the Conservation of Energy, says member states will now not be able to meet CO2 targets pledged at last year's Earth Summit, because these required Community - wide efficiency standards, as originally planned in SAVE, and a Community - wide energy tax.

«This case demonstrates the novel application of wearable devices for display of CTA data sets in the catheterization laboratory that can be used for better planning and guidance of interventional procedures, and provides proof of concept that wearable devices can improve operator comfort and procedure efficiency in interventional cardiology,» explained lead investigator Maksymilian P. Opolski, MD, PhD, of the Department of Interventional Cardiology and Angiology at the Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.

Dan Reicher, who served as assistant secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the Department of Energy during the Clinton administration, said that the more consistently the Obama administration can write its Clean Power Plan, the more likely it will survive challenges in the Supreme Court.

At the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Pediatric Radiology Department, the extensive MRI experience of our board - certified, fellowship - trained experts in pediatric radiology and pediatric neuroradiology helps to ensure that MRI is properly utilized, planned and protocolled for greatest efficiency in diagnosis and the resulting images are properly interpreted for your child's physician.

b by 2020, increase by x % the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, develop and implement in line with the forthcoming Hyogo Framework holistic disaster risk management at all levels

A supplier source told Reuters that GM is planning a special high - efficiency model that will use aluminum extensively for a weight savings of at least 250 lb, and an improvement of as much as 20 percent in fuel economy.

Secretary LaHood also announced federal legislation aimed at strengthening oversight on pipeline safety, as well as plans to convene a Pipeline Safety Forum on April 18th in Washington, DC, to gather state officials, industry leaders, and other pipeline safety stakeholders in order to discuss steps for improving the safety and efficiency of the nation's pipeline infrastructure.

Major investments have been made in production efficiency, with a claimed productivity improvement at launch of nearly 20 % in comparison with the previous model, and further gains planned for the next twelve months.

Ford's targeting the new vehicle to achieve AT - PZEV (Advanced Technology Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle) status in the U.S., though it's hushed right now on the exact powertrain plans (except to say it will use in - house developed lithium - ion batteries and a high - efficiency Atkinson - cycle gasoline engine).

At Kia Motors, the vice president of product planning said that this car retains the fun, funky style, efficiency and utility that has made this car a huge hit with consumers.

At this point in time horsepower and efficiency ratings haven't yet been released but we do know that the engine Mitsubishi has planned will be more powerful than its current 2.4 L four - cylinder that is capable of 166 horsepower.

Until then, the misguided plans of the Fed will continue to do little, as businesses look at the low marginal efficiency of capital, and shrink their operations.

Recordkeeping fees for jumbo plans have declined significantly in recent years due to increased technological efficiency, competition, and increased attention to fees by sponsors of other plans such that fees that may have been reasonable at one time may have become excessive based on current market conditions.

The summit, which took place October 19 - 21 at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, offered nearly 500 attendees a range of information sessions focused on strategies to better utilize technology in their work, including how to go paperless, implement wellness plans, manage inventory, use electronic medical records, and other topics designed to enhance practice profitability and efficiency.

Seminole County commissioners agreed informally Tuesday to start work on a new animal shelter and hire a part - time veterinarian to help boost the efficiency of the county's animal control department.Higher license fees would help fund the construction of the shelter, which is expected to cost at least $ 1 million.Also Tuesday, commissioners heard a plea from the Rev. George Crossley of Deltona for stronger anti-pornography legislation and approved a revised plan for the proposed Lake Forest project.

It is a legacy policy handed down to us historically by default, and operates at a level of efficiency undreamed of in modern planning.

HP plans on looking at this and more detailed numbers to improve efficiency of their chain, which is the world's largest supply chain in the technology industry.

Instead, studying a range of factors, the plan takes a deeper look at agriculture and finds opportunities to deliver more nutrition to the world while reducing waste, improving efficiency and sustaining the world's ecosystems and freshwater resources.

While a framework for energy and climate sanity is needed (sound R&D planning, energy efficiency, development of viable, eventually un-subsidized, clean - energy markets, true cost accounting for energy externalities, etc...), it is not necessarily needed all at once.

Dr. Schipper sent me a graph (click at right to see the full - size version) that shows how the Obama administration plan, in his view, simply allows the United States to match today's European fleet efficiency (vehicles on the road now) some time after 2030.

The Clean Power Plan increases natural gas use significantly relative to baseline at the start of Clean Power Plan implementation, but this effect fades over time as renewables and efficiency programs increasingly become the dominant compliance strategies.

After years of amazing community activism from local parents, business owners, residents, citizen groups, and community leaders, last week the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) Board of Directors voted unanimously to approve plans to not only phase out the use of coal at its North Omaha coal - fired power plant, but also to ramp up energy efficiency.

Includes provisions: (1) creating a combined energy efficiency and renewable electricity standard and requiring retail electricity suppliers to meet 20 % of their demand through renewable electricity and electricity savings by 2020; (2) setting a goal of, and requiring a strategic plan for, improving overall U.S. energy productivity by at least 2.5 % per year by 2012 and maintaining that improvement rate through 2030; and (3) establishing a cap - and - trade system for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and setting goals for reducing such emissions from covered sources by 83 % of 2005 levels by 2050.

Cost - conscious, the government has instead opted for high - efficiency low - emissions (HELE) coal plants and plans to market its clean coal technologies abroad in addition to implementing them at home.

-- In addition to the policy under paragraph (1), it is the policy of the United States that regional electric grid planning to meet these objectives should result from an open, inclusive and transparent process, taking into account all significant demand - side and supply - side options, including energy efficiency, distributed generation, renewable energy and zero - carbon electricity generation technologies, smart - grid technologies and practices, demand response, electricity storage, voltage regulation technologies, high capacity conductors with at least 25 percent greater efficiency than traditional ACSR (aluminum stranded conductors steel reinforced) conductors, superconductor technologies, underground transmission technologies, and new conventional electric transmission capacity and corridors.

A panel discussion will look at how joint planning can increase the uptake of clean energy and ensure efficiency in the urban transportation system.

By January 1, 2017, updating the AB 758: Existing Building Energy Efficiency Action Plan, in furtherance of achieving a cumulative doubling of statewide energy efficiency savings by 2030, and updated at least every three years tEfficiency Action Plan, in furtherance of achieving a cumulative doubling of statewide energy efficiency savings by 2030, and updated at least every three years tefficiency savings by 2030, and updated at least every three years thereafter.

Carbon Development Strategy is a ten year action plan that includes the energy sector: National Energy Efficiency Program Geothermal & Renewable Energy Program Offshore Hydrocarbon Program The Government launched a public sector energy conservation program in early 2010 and has accumulated baseline data on energy consumption at the Ministry level.

In the proposed Clean Power Plan, savings from energy efficiency and at - risk and under construction nuclear generation are included in EPA's calculation of state rate and mass targets.

The version of House Bill 760 that passed the House and is now in the Senate freezes North Carolina's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS) at 6 % by eliminating future planned increases to 10 % and 12.5 %, allows energy efficiency to meet 50 % of a utility's REPS requirement instead of 25 %, and decreases the residential cost cap from $ 34 to $ 12Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS) at 6 % by eliminating future planned increases to 10 % and 12.5 %, allows energy efficiency to meet 50 % of a utility's REPS requirement instead of 25 %, and decreases the residential cost cap from $ 34 to $ 12efficiency to meet 50 % of a utility's REPS requirement instead of 25 %, and decreases the residential cost cap from $ 34 to $ 12 per year.

Rather than taking advantage of the many resources already supported by North Carolina's thriving clean energy economy (namely, renewable energy and energy efficiency), DEQ's proposed response to the Clean Power Plan includes only one compliance method: performance improvements at existing fossil fuel plants.

What's more, DEQ's proposed rules would inexplicably bypass an economic opportunity for North Carolina, particularly for those areas that need it most: Participation in the Clean Energy Investment Program, which rewards renewable energy and energy efficiency investments in low - income areas during the early years of the Clean Power Plan at no additional cost to the state.

The Hawaii house has also advanced at least two bills meant to improve energy efficiency — one to develop strategies for increasing the efficiency of homes, the other calling for a comprehensive plan that integrates efficiency standards into the state's building code.