Sentences with phrase «reducing idling time»

Trucks are embracing green technologies — hybrid electric and engine - powered systems — that reduce idling time and air pollution.

Using Transport Canada data Kia figures that if every passenger vehicle in Canada reduced idle time by two minutes a day we'd save 305,000 million litres of fuel a year — and pump considerably less nastiness into the environment.

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Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who took over installing the new system when he became Speaker in February, says it has multiple benefits, including reducing the wait time late on budget night when lawmakers are idled while all of the bills print.

Along with reducing smog from idling vehicles waiting in line to pay tolls - Buffalo Niagara International Trade Gateway Organization, Executive Director Craig Turner said, electronic tolling would save truck drivers and others in the logistics industry lots of time.

Those modifications include stop — start (idle - off) systems in which the engine shuts down when the car is stopped during driving; low rolling - resistance tires (which are harder and thus less flat, reducing friction); variable valve timing for engines, which increases gas consumption efficiency; and fuel economy computers or displays to encourage eco-driving, such as such as those in the Toyota Prius, which show miles per gallon averages for that moment, hour, week or month, or when riding downhill, so that drivers are more aware of how their driving impacts fuel efficiency.

«If you can detect a fault before it becomes serious, then you can plan ahead and reduce the time machinery spends idle in the shop.

The recommendations, in addition to flying less and wasting 25 percent less food, include: carpooling or telecommuting once a week (75 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) saved by 2020, if adopted by all Americans); maintaining your car or truck, such as keeping tires properly inflated (45 million metric tons of CO2e); cutting the time spent idling in a vehicle in half (40 million metric tons of CO2e); better insulation at home (85 million metric tons of CO2e); programmable thermostats set higher (80 million metric tons of CO2e); reducing electricity demand from appliances that are «off,» so - called phantom demand (70 million metric tons CO2e); using hot water more efficiently, such as washing clothes in colder water (65 million metric tons of CO2e); buying EnergyStar appliances when old ones wear out (55 million metric tons CO2e); replacing incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescents (30 million metric tons CO2e); eating chicken instead of beef two days a week (105 million metric tons of CO2e); increased recycling of paper, plastics and metals (105 million metric tons of CO2e); «responsible» consumption, such as buying less bottled water (60 million metric tons CO2e).

Over time, it would contribute to reduced gas mileage, rough idle, and...

San Francisco proposed installing multimodal intelligent traffic signal systems equipped with DSRC technology at high priority pedestrian collision locations to improve pedestrian safety, reduce idling, and prioritize transit and emergency vehicles to improve reliability and response times.

Variable valve timing solenoids fail when the Check Engine Light comes on, fuel economy is reduced, there is a rough idle, or loss of power.

The 6.4 L VVT V8 engine features Variable Valve Timing and FuelSaver Multi-Displacement Technology (MDS) to reduce fuel consumption while idling or cruising.

We could try overclocking our CPU in order to try and reduce that GPU idle time, however this is only good up to a certain point, and it isn't necessarily an option for everyone in the first place.

It has imposed a five - minute idling time limit for vehicles on all of its properties, reduced the number of parking spaces to encourage commuting, and runs biodiesel throughout its operation.

The last battery saving tip involving the display involves reducing the time the screen remains idle before turning itself off.