Sentences with phrase «average energy efficient»

And if the «Zero - Carbon Buildings» are only mildly above - average energy efficient, they present quite a demand for electricity!

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Living Goods sent us estimates of how much customers who buy cookstoves and solar energy products save.122 Living Goods told us that it estimates that its customers save 50 % of their monthly fuel costs on average when using an efficient cookstove, and that typical fuel spending in Uganda tends to be in the range of $ 20 - 25 USD per month pre-stove purchase.123 We have not yet reviewed these estimates.

Faster than the average stovetop, the Aicok is also more energy efficient, making it easier on your wallet than traditional cooking methods.

In March the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory demonstrated a thin - film solar photovoltaic cell that is 19.9 percent efficient, two - thirds better than the industry average of 12 percent.

The Secretary shall define product classes broadly and, except as provided in paragraph (2), shall designate as Best - in - Class Product models no more than the most efficient 10 percent of the commercially available product models in a class that demonstrate, as a group, a distinctly greater energy efficiency than the average energy efficiency of that class of appliances, equipment, or electronics.

In addition, Efficient Dynamics measures such as brake energy regeneration and needs - based control of auxiliary units ensure that the average fuel consumption on the EU test cycle is limited to 9.6 litres per 100 kilometres and CO2 emissions to 224 grams per kilometre.

Replace an old refrigerator with an energy - efficient one (this can save enough electricity to light the average home for more than four and a half months)

Web it is so simple it is painful:) You have a latent engine with 240Wm - 2 minimum average energy required, that is 50 % efficient, 120Wm - 2 work, That is maintaining the lapse rate, 120Wm - 2 wasted, radiated to space.

In Europe, HP has already reduced fleet average GHG emissions by using more energy - efficient vehicles.

ENERGY STAR certified residential telephones, on average, are 40 % more efficient than conventional products.

So if the system has less energy than average, it would be more efficient at storing energy and the change in enthalpy per unit forcing would be greater than at steady state.

On average, they are 15 percent more energy efficient than standard models.

Commercial refrigerators and freezers that have earned the ENERGY STAR are on average 20 percent more energy efficient than standard models because they are designed with components such as ECM evaporator and condenser fan motors, hot gas anti-sweat heaters, or high - efficiency compressors, which will significantly reduce energy consumption and utility ENERGY STAR are on average 20 percent more energy efficient than standard models because they are designed with components such as ECM evaporator and condenser fan motors, hot gas anti-sweat heaters, or high - efficiency compressors, which will significantly reduce energy consumption and utility energy efficient than standard models because they are designed with components such as ECM evaporator and condenser fan motors, hot gas anti-sweat heaters, or high - efficiency compressors, which will significantly reduce energy consumption and utility energy consumption and utility bills.

The thing is - until builders can actually include energy efficient features for those «wishful thinking» costs and until the average customer will actually pay more for an energy efficient house, it will be difficult to get builders to give up a substantial amount of margin.

Servers that earn the ENERGY STAR will, on average, be 30 percent more energy efficient than standard seENERGY STAR will, on average, be 30 percent more energy efficient than standard seenergy efficient than standard servers.

And you also knew, for example, that that an average gas driven car emitted 4.7 tons of carbon dioxide per year and an electric car would cut that in half even when powered from the current polluting grid, and much much less on a life cycle basis from a future global efficient renewable energy system displacing almost all fossil fuels.

The average home appliance lasts for 10 to 20 years, and an ENERGY STAR - certified appliance will use anywhere from 10 to 50 percent less energy each year than a non-energy efficient equivENERGY STAR - certified appliance will use anywhere from 10 to 50 percent less energy each year than a non-energy efficient equivenergy each year than a non-energy efficient equivenergy efficient equivalent.

Other plans include efficient lighting which will save up to 100 billion kilowatt hours annually and the Standards and Labeling Program launched by the government to increase the energy efficiency of average refrigerators and / or air - conditioners.

With an energy efficient design I always calculate the losses for the lowest winter temperature and my average summer time temperature, I want to know the base load in terms of Btu and Kilowatts since I might be adding renewable energy to the design also.

There are two primary externalities that result from our emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — 1) an enhancement of the greenhouse effect, which results in an alteration of the energy flow in the earth's climate and a general tendency to warm the global average surface temperature, and 2) an enhancement of the rate of photosynthesis in plants and a general tendency to result in more efficient growth and an overall healthier condition of vegetation (including crops).

Gensler's work on designing more energy efficient buildings saves the equivalent of 3.2 years» worth of carbon emissions from an average coal power plant — the same as taking 2.34 million passenger vehicles off the road for one year.

Blu - Ray players that earn the ENERGY STAR label are, on average, 45 % more efficient than conventional models.

A March report by the American Council for an Energy - Efficient Economy looked at efficiency programs in 20 states from 2009 to 2012 and found an average cost of 2.8 cents per kilowatt hour — about one - half to one - third the cost of alternative new electricity resource options, the group said.

Washington, D.C. — New energy - efficient water heating technologies and practices can save residential and commercial buildings on average 37 % more energy than conventional technologies.

ENERGY STAR certified set - top boxes are on average 25 percent more efficient than conventional models.

New York is already one of the world's most energy - efficient citiesa $» an average New Yorker uses about half the electricity an average San Franciscan does.

Designed by Pieter Kromwijk and referred to as Autarkhome, the solar - powered project was built to the Passivhaus standard and is 10 times more energy efficient than the average dwelling of similar size.

The project's amibition is to provide a family (it is not specified that the family must be Swedish in application forms, but it must be an average two - child family with one of the kids a teenager) with a two - story wooden house, a five - seater electric car, and lots of the latest energy - efficient emissions for six months.

Standard - size dishwashers that have earned the ENERGY STAR are on average 12 percent more energy efficient and 30 percent more water efficient than standard mENERGY STAR are on average 12 percent more energy efficient and 30 percent more water efficient than standard menergy efficient and 30 percent more water efficient than standard models.

A new study by the University of Michigan's Dr. Michael Sivak found that flying was actually now more energy efficient per passenger - mile than driving, on average.

I happen to disagree with the relevance issue, but the «not energy efficiency, but actual energy consumption» is very significant; making a house 15 % more efficient than the average house and then making it twice as big defeats the purpose.

Assuming there will be above - average performing buildings available, property values of the most energy inefficient comparables will plummet, once the most efficient buildings are labeled; while those with the poorest air quality ratings will theoretically lose tenant interest, slowly driving down rent and perhaps property value.

This stabilization was due to: 1) Social effects of globalization that reduced reproductive rates below replacement levels, 2) Several genetic engineering disasters between 2020 and 2035 that killed tens of millions of people, 3) A nuclear exchange in the MidEast in 2021 that lead to a mini - «nuclear winter,» cutting average temperatures by five degrees for a year, and 4) A punitive tax on non-renewable carbon - based energy quadrupled costs and led to more efficient use of energy resources.

Commercial refrigerators that earn the ENERGY STAR today are, on average, 20 percent more energy efficient than other products on the market... but that's only part of the ENERGY STAR today are, on average, 20 percent more energy efficient than other products on the market... but that's only part of the energy efficient than other products on the market... but that's only part of the story.

Among the survey's other findings: - Consumers are willing to watch their energy bills go up more than 70 %, on average, before feeling forced to make energy - efficient home improvements.

Although benefits can vary widely from house to house, the U.S. Green Building Council estimates energy - efficient buildings can, on average, cut carbon emissions by about one - third while reducing energy use by about one - fourth.

Default risks were found to be, on average, 32 % lower in energy efficient homes.

A 2013 study co-authored by the Institute for Market Transformation and the University of North Carolina found that, on average, mortgage - default risks were 32 percent less for energy - efficient homes than comparable nonefficient homes.

Tankless heaters last 20 years on average and are more energy efficient, making them more environmentally friendly than the traditional models.

1 Choose energy - efficient LED lights to curb energy use and costs (an average home uses 27 per cent more lighting in December).