Environmental Defence applauded the announcement, calling the smart thermostat offer a «goodie» to entice Ontarians into a deeper conversation
about energy use.
While Greenpeace is right to put pressure on these companies to be more transparent
about their energy use and where they're getting that energy from, the organization is stepping into sticky territory by coming up with their own numbers for that purpose.
The realization that CO2 emissions seriously impact global climate ought to transform how we think
about energy use.
Historically, only facility managers of commercial and industrial facilities, and a handful of individuals that were exceptionally excited
about energy use or its environmental impact purchased energy management tools.
To meet this goal, the city enacted the Greener, Greater Buildings Plan (GGBP), a set of energy efficiency laws that are focused on providing the City's largest buildings with the information they need to make informed decisions
about their energy use.
Resorting to emotive, personal and insulting language is a mark of your failure to debate rationally and think critically
about energy use and climate science.
How
about the energy used to heat your home?
For this project, he's working on some cool ideas with LED lights that make a statement
about the energy use of the building.
In an effort to raise awareness
about energy use and global warming, the BBC even made a TV - programme in which an entire household was powered via these generators, with 80 cyclists generating up to 14 kW.
Now do you think that what we should do is actually have no regulations
about energy use in this country — we should be able to be free to use whatever energy they want.
FWIW - one of the assumptions in the Passive House design parameters that is not easy to dig out is what the interior temps are supposed to be (lots of talk
about energy use, emissions, and cost but not interior temps or assumed comfort).
Check out our unique workbook, Energy Action at Home, which is full of information, fast facts, energy tips, and interactive activities that teach children
about the energy they use every day and how to help conserve our limited resources.
Of course, fears about climate change often drive concern
about energy use.
AB 3232, Minter wrote, is «aimed at taking away Californians» right to make choices
about the energy they use in their homes and businesses» and «would drive up energy bills, make housing more expensive and stall innovation.»
On Wednesday, lawmakers in Sacramento are set to debate legislation aimed at taking away Californians» right to make choices
about the energy they use in their homes and businesses.
Microsoft plans on making it more accurate and detailed as users submit info and provide feedback, and as utilities sign on for providing information automatically
about energy use so that the user doesn't have to input that themselves.
But given that the company has been comparatively secretive
about its energy use so far, it's very hard to tell.
Someone has to care a whole lot
about their energy use to connect up and pay attention to a home energy dashboard.
GE says: «Imagine using the most advanced technologies to make real - time decisions
about your energy use.
It is estimated that running the air source heat pump that heats and cools the house will cost $ 325 per year, or as little as zero if the occupants are careful
about their energy use and generate more from the photovoltaics on the roof than they use.
«Customers don't care very much
about their energy use and you have a very short time frame to communicate with them,» Mercer said.
In addition, providing on line «smart meter» information to consumers
about their energy use, could help them cut out waste, change their lifestyles and / or lead them to invest in more efficient systems.
If you're concerned
about energy use, it's a great city, as well, since Oakland is the number one consumer of electricity from renewable resources.
For example, the refrigerator can negotiate with the windmills in the area
about energy use given certain conditions.
By Chris Chopik There are many questions emerging
about the energy use related to commercial and domestic hot water.
For example, Nest marries its understanding of a household's habits with data
about energy use to make decisions about the best time to run a load of laundry.
Don't worry
about the energy use of that bulb.
Not exact matches
«The genius
about the artificial island is that you could set up a lot of wind turbines, offshore, out of sight, but still
use near shore technologies which are cheaper,» Energinet's Hanne Storm Edlefsen told CNBC's Sustainable
Energy.
Now a growing number of those customers are pushing the cloud giant to be more open
about what's powering its data centers and are pushing it to
use more green, renewable
energy sources.
About 40 percent of the
energy used to control the climate in buildings seeps out through windows and doors, producing more than 250 million tons of emissions a year, according to the Department of E
energy used to control the climate in buildings seeps out through windows and doors, producing more than 250 million tons of emissions a year, according to the Department of
EnergyEnergy.
Atti says that by removing these parts, Phononics units are nearly silent and
use about 25 percent less
energy.
Carpenter noted that this county - level data provides a strong signal
about a bigger macroeconomic phenomenon: «
Using the four maps in succession identifies both the timing of the economic ups and downs in the
energy sector and the regions where that stress was occurring.
It's
about using the nervous
energy to your advantage to deliver an energetic message.
«City officials may not understand that they will get access to very little of what Google learns from their citizens... Meanwhile, Google will be gaining insights
about urban life — including
energy use, transit effectiveness, climate mitigation strategies, and social service delivery patterns — that it will then be able to resell to cities around the world.
Nye also made known his feelings
about Alberta's oilsands as an inefficient source of
energy,
using the term «tar,» a label despised by the province's oil industry.
Think long and hard
about what, exactly, you want to accomplish and how you want to
use your
energy.
Husky
Energy in Superior is one of
about 50 refineries in the country that still
uses hydrogen fluoride to process high - octane gasoline, according to a 2013 report from the United Steelworkers Union.
If you're talking
about mental fortitude, well I probably
use 60 % of my
energy just getting out of bed in the morning.
Rather than
using his Twitter audience to tweet
about healthcare or his
energy plan, he
used it to attack «Morning Joe» co-host Mika Brzezinski, saying she was «bleeding badly from a face - lift» around New Year's Eve.
About 90 % of the
energy generated by the plant is
used by Brazil.
In this morning's hearing with the House
Energy and Commerce Committee, New Mexico Representative Ben Lujan cornered Mark Zuckerberg with a question
about so - called «shadow profiles» — the term often
used to refer to the data that Facebook collects on non-users and other hidden data that Facebook holds but does not offer openly on the site for users to see.
You may not think much
about this, but a tremendous amount of global resources — such as
energy, minerals, chemicals and water — are
used to make a single item of clothing, electronic gadget, or household item.
I thought it would be a useful exercise to
use a modified version of Levi's checklist to think
about Energy East and its impact on Canadian energy security, so here
Energy East and its impact on Canadian
energy security, so here
energy security, so here we go:
The goal must be to encourage employers of all sizes, as well as individual Canadians, to make smarter choices
about day - to - day
energy use.
We know that the truck
uses four independent electric motors that are derived from the Model 3, that it has an
energy consumption of less than 2 kWh per mile, and that it can be charged to up to 400 miles in
about half an hour.
He recently offered to rebuild the Puerto Rico power grid
using solar panels, which prompted Governor Ricardo Rossello to give Musk a chance to talk
about making the island the flagship project for Musk's alternative
energy efforts.
Yet, such assumptions are exactly how U.S. shale drilling is being talked
about in the minds of non-geologists who want to hype stocks and
use patriotic terms like «
energy independence.»
Slingshot Aerospace is
using artificial intelligence to provide detailed reports
about the earth to industries such as Defense, insurance, and
energy.
The uncertainty
about what lies ahead for the European Union - the world's largest economic grouping - as well as the subset of nations that
use the euro common currency, hit
energy stocks hard.
Alberta, which relies on coal to generate
about half its power, would see electricity rates rise more slowly in coming decades if
use of renewable
energy increased, according to a study published today.