Sentences with phrase «carbon footprint of»

Switching from oil - based to plant - based plastics dramatically cuts the carbon footprint of a product by around 70 percent, Mayfield said.

To ensure that they really are following through with a PlanetFirst mentality, Samsung has partnered up with organizations from CarbonFund.org for offsetting the carbon footprint of events to the EPA's Green Power Partnership for renewable energy use to SmartWay Transport partnership for minimizing the impact of shipping products.

To make the 2017 Annual Meeting carbon neutral, the EBRD engaged the First Climate to calculate the detailed carbon footprint of the event and assist in offsetting unavoidable emissions.

Most efficient, and the lowest carbon footprint of just about any technology, is solar thermal.

I have often seen huge differences in estimates of the carbon footprint of nuclear power, ranging from 2 to 288 g CO 2 e / kWh.

It then provides an illustration of practical intervention models and tools for climate adaption and mitigation which advance social protection floor, reduce the carbon footprint of enterprises and create decent work as part of a just transition for all.

However, carbon footprint of the Internet is considerably larger than that of air travel, so I urge him to quit using it as well.

The remarkable Young Voices for the Planet films showcase dozens of young people who, starting with nothing but enthusiasm, shrink the carbon footprint of their homes, schools and communities.

«The oil pulled from the tar sands gives a Toyota Prius the carbon footprint of a Hummer,» Gore said at the time, after blasting the Canadian government for its soft position on the exploitation of the tar sands.

This guidance document provides an overview of global food loss and waste, carbon footprint of global food wastage, carbon footprint intensities and food wastage reduction scenario and climate change mitigation.

Passive House significantly reduces the carbon footprint of a home while making a comfortable, healthy, and affordable environment.

It means how much fossil fuels you use in your daily life.Each person has a carbon footprint of how much waste they produce..

It seems to have a carbon footprint of 5 to 10 g CO 2 e / kWh.

To neutralize the carbon footprint of this year's event, amounting to 3,000 + tons of CO2 equivalent, the EBRD decided to purchase offsets from the Salkhit Wind Farm in Mongolia.

The carbon footprint of a rocket is the amount of carbon emissionit leaves behind.

It is estimated the carbon footprint of sea trade could more than double by 2040.

What you fail to mention in your «uncertainty» and your hopelessly pessimistic comment about China and India is that the carbon footprint of the average American is 19 tons of CO2 per capita.

During the first Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction held in June 2007, the Working Group agreed on three priority areas: gathering and sharing good practices in climate risk - reduction; providing policy guidance to UNFCCC processes on the post-2012 climate change regime; and developing methods for reducing the carbon footprint of disaster risk reduction activities.

«We have also undertaken initiatives to influence the carbon footprint of our customers and suppliers.

By the same time, we want to have reduced the carbon footprint of putting a beer in our consumers» hands by 30 %.

CARAS has practices in place to reduce the carbon footprint of operations and is offsetting over 600 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions, the equivalent of taking 6,420 cars off the road for one week!

General Motors, a company that has made strides to lower the carbon footprint of driving, is taking heat from 10,000 of its customers for a donation its charitable foundation made to an institute that casts doubt on climate science.

Decrease, on a full fuel cycle basis, the overall impact and carbon footprint of alternative and renewable fuels and increase sustainability.

Many of the building materials in the new hospital on Route 73 in Voorhees will be produced locally, reducing the carbon footprint of transportation, Rivard said.

We don't, as a rule, trouble about the carbon footprint of foodstuffs but isn't is obvious that corn produced as food is going to be more carbon - intensive than corn produced fro fuel, if only because ethanol when transported doesn't require the same packaging and refrigeration as corn?

The enormous carbon footprint of Southern Company — among the largest financiers of Republican Party politicians — has raised eyebrows.

As a significant source of emissions, cities have an important role to play in addressing the carbon footprint of activities occurring within their boundaries.

In particular, it can lead the way to the development of effective policies to reduce the carbon footprint of people during their life course, protect older people from climate - related threats and mobilize their wealth of knowledge and experience to address these.

The UK is importing wood pellets to reduce the carbon footprint of their coal plants which is ridiculous in my opinion, but not using Municipal Solid Waste because the temperature of «normal» coal firing isn't supposedly high enough to completely sanitize the bio-waste.

The advocacy group Oil Change International referred to petcoke as «the coal hiding in the tar sands» in a 2013 report documenting the carbon footprint of petcoke production and combustion.

In a low - carbon future, cleanly generated electricity reduces the carbon footprint of light bulbs and TVs.

Pressure from sectors of the building materials industry last November forced a delay in the publication of a database detailing the carbon footprint of building materials in Ireland, Passive House Plus can reveal.

The carbon footprint of each glass was assessed through an exhaustive life cycle assessment.

Liberal environmentalist non-profits are urging people to eat organic, consume less meat, and consider the carbon footprint of their Thanksgiving feast, the Baltimore Sun reports.

Just ask Al Gore; he's easy to find, as you can see the carbon footprint of his vast estate from orbit.

There are many ways in which you can cut down on the carbon footprint of both the office and all of the individuals who work there.

But the carbon footprint of electricity varies a lot.

The prospect of significantly reducing emissions grabs the attention of officials who are trying to shrink the carbon footprint of their region.

Lamont director Sean Solomon added, «Seventy percent of the carbon footprint of the Lamont Campus currently comes from our electricity usage, so developing these two solar farms is the largest single step we can take to reduce that footprint.

Each person living in a developed country does far more damage to the planet than any poor African; every extra Briton, for instance, has the carbon footprint of 22 more Malawians — and the poor will suffer first and worst from climate change.

There's a sideswipe at the carbon footprint of middleclass Aga owners; a defence of Greens against the accusation that they're an overwhelmingly middle class movement; and a rather pathetic attempt at a class breakdown of Ryanair customers, before getting down to the main issue — an attack on Spiked and its principal contributors for their agnostic position on global warming.

Solar panels on the Johnson Farm in Chester, New York, will help reduce the carbon footprint of the Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory campus.

In addition to measuring and offsetting the carbon footprint of the 2013 Green Living Show, Carbonzero will be hosting a «Carbonzero Consultation Couch» at the event, where free 30 - minute sustainability consultations will be offered to Green Living Show exhibitors who are interested in learning how businesses of all sizes can best adopt and communicate sustainable practices.

The Young Voices for the Planet short films feature youth speaking out, creating solutions, changing laws, changing minds and changing society as they reduce the carbon footprint of their homes, schools and communities.

These numbers will be included in the final carbon footprint of the 2012 Green Living Show.

Cooking the Books, a new report from Oil Change International, calculates the true carbon footprint of the Keystone XL pipeline.

The carbon footprint of the individual child is significant, but the legacy of all that person's progeny (who will go on for many generations) is huge.

Carbonzero, a Canadian leader of corporate carbon management strategies and solutions, and a provider of carbon offsets, found that Santa Margherita's Pinot Grigio has a carbon footprint of 1.67 kgCO2e / bottle, which is below the average footprint for a bottle of wine (approximately 2.2 KgCO2e / bottle).

Carbonzero will offset all non-electric greenhouse gas emissions in order to efficiently neutralize the carbon footprint of the entire event.

An analysis using industry data found that building the ACP and a second controversial pipeline project, the Mountain Valley Pipeline, would more than double the carbon footprint of Virginia's power sector.