The industry - led Green Button standard aims to provide utility customers with easy and secure
access to their energy usage information; it was developed in response to a White House directive in 2012.
With the system, security - clearanced users are offered instant, real - time
access to the energy usage information from any of their store locations.
Not exact matches
When
energy and telecom infrastructures are in place, there are still the costs of actual
usage of ICTs
to address; in order
to meet these expenses taxation and subsidization strategies are needed that allow individuals and institutions
to access digital networks.
A building
energy management system (BEMS) can typically control up
to 80 per cent of a building's
energy usage, so it's clear
to see how using
access control
to optimise the system
to suit the variable
usage and occupation of a building can streamline
energy usage.
The integration of
access control systems with a BEMS also means that these decisions can be made automatically through the intelligent combination of both systems, helping
to create a more streamlined
energy usage within a building.
This fact sheet looks at what DoD is doing
to lower
energy usage and ensure America's warfighters have assured
access to the
energy they need.
In the event a building isn't suitable for a rooftop array, the standards require homes have
access to community solar or offset
energy usage through additional efficiency gains, while some homes may be exempt.
«Texas Decision Could Double Wind Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable
Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal
usage from Iceland National
Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind
Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course
to Become Major European
Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable
Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal
Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2002).
Read how the Green Button Initiative is making it possible for Ontarians
to access their electricity
usage and consumption data through secure online apps, products and services − helping them
to conserve
energy and better manage their electricity bills.
While agriculture receives most of the press when it comes
to water
usage, California is an
energy - producing powerhouse, and that
energy production requires
access to a reliable water supply.
They'll also be able
to access CO and smoke alerts and peak
energy usage events.