Harto, C., T. Kimell, D. Elcock, «Estimating
Annual Water Consumption for Fossil Fuel Production in the Western US ``, soon to be submitted to Environmental Science and Technology Letters.
At the close of 2016, water conservation efforts came to fruition as
annual water consumption decreased by 52 percent, one year earlier than planned.
Not exact matches
Pacific Beverages designed the plant to ultimately have an
annual capacity of 1.5 million hectolitres, while targeting a reduction in
water usage to 2.2 l / 1 litres of beer produced for the Australian market, which has one of the world's top 10
annual beer
consumption levels, at 83 litres a head.
McDonald's Canada rolled out the new supplies to the entire nation, reducing its energy, wood and
water consumption, resulting in an
annual approximate savings of $ 1.3 million for the whole McDonald's Canada system, which means savings for the customers.
Diet sodas can be no more than 25 percent of the items offered, the directive says.There should be «ample choices» of
water, «soy milk, rice milk and other similar dairy or non dairy milk,» says the directive, which also covers fat and sugar content in vending machine snacks.It's all part of Newsom's effort to combat obesity and improve San Franciscans» health, similar to a national effort being championed by first lady Michelle Obama.The mayor's administration points to studies linking soda to obesity, including a UCLA one released last year that found adults who drink at least one soft drink a day are 27 percent more likely to be obese than those who don't, and that soda
consumption is fueling the state's $ 41 billion
annual obesity problem.
Bottled
water's popularity continues to grow, with the average
annual consumption increasing by an average 9.5 % annually between 1976 and 2013.
Electricity is locally produced by a photovoltaic power station that covers about the 60 % of the
annual consumption; heating and AC systems use a heat pump powered by photovoltaic panel, thermal solar panel produce up to 100 % of the hot
water used in bathrooms; during winter a pellet (compressed wood) high efficiency heating system can guarantee a comfortable warm temperature in all the houses.
«Globally, the blue
water footprint (i.e., the
consumption of surface and groundwater resources) of food wastage is about 250 cubic kilometres, which is equivalent to the
annual water discharge of the Volga river [in Russia], or three times the volume of [Switzerland's] Lake Geneva.
Kort & Scott plans to implement a variety of energy - and
water - efficiency measures, including xeriscaping, low - flow aerators, and programmable thermostats to achieve at least a 20 percent reduction in
annual energy and
water consumption.
During the first half of 2017, Fannie Mae's green - financing portfolio funded $ 10 billion in loans for multifamily properties that target an
annual reduction of 20 percent or more in energy or
water consumption.