Sentences with phrase «cent of the energy used»

Up to 75 per cent of the energy used by free versions of Android apps is spent serving up ads or tracking and uploading user data: running just one app could drain your battery in around 90 minutes.

According to Energy Star, nearly 90 per cent of the energy used by a washing machine goes to heating the water.

Not exact matches

Its profitability depends greatly on energy costs and, while Fundstrat's model uses a global average of 6 cents per kilowatt hour, Chinese miners apparently only have to pay 4 cents or less.

Witness the 81 per cent increase in Japan's output since 1973 using the same amount of energy.

At its peak in the 1970s oil and natural gas accounted for nearly 70 per cent of the world's use of commercial energy.

According to the International Fertilizer Industry Association, 97 per cent of the world's N fertiliser is made using natural gas as the energy source.

In 2001, the Climate Change Levy was introduced as a tax on energy use: it was intended to be «revenue neutral» for businesses, so the Treasury reduced the rate of employers» NICs by 0.3 per cent - a move arguably inconsistent with the idea of National Insurance as contributory.

Launching the campaign, environment secretary Hilary Benn said 40 per cent of the UK's emissions come from homes and travel, but too few people are making real changes to cut their energy use.

The US president used his state of the union address yesterday to announce plans to cut the use of petrol by 20 per cent in the next decade and diversify the US» energy sources by investing in clean coal, solar and wind power.

A special committee, chaired by Joe Ghartey, the Essikado - Ketan MP that was constituted by the Speaker to investigate the matter concluded that Mr. Ayariga flouted Article 122 of the 1992 Constitution, Section 32 of the Parliament Act, 1965 (Act 300) and Orders 28 and 30 (2) of the Standing Orders of Parliament in his claim that the Chairman of Parliament's Appointments Committee, Joe Osei Owusu was used as a conduit by the Minister for Energy, Boakye Agyarko to distribute a GH cents 3,000 bribe to minority members of the Appointments Committee to facilitate Mr. Agyarko's approval after his vetting.

Mertiny and Secanell predict that using a flywheel to capture the electricity generated by a train's deceleration and applying it for acceleration would produce an energy savings of 31 per cent and cost savings of 11 per cent on the Edmonton LRT system.

If China's use of renewable and nuclear energy grows at a plausible rate, and the country captures some of its emissions from coal - burning power stations and keeps making improvements in energy efficiency, by 2050 its total emissions could end up 4 per cent lower than today, says Zhou.

And whereas many traditional motorcycles can achieve a respectable 50 miles per gallon at a driving cost of about seven cents per mile, an electric bike uses the energy equivalent of about 420 mpg at an operating cost of two to three cents per mile.

However, Opower reports that people cut their energy use by just 2 to 3 per cent on average, yielding annual savings of just tens of dollars.

Such systems can cut a building's energy use by an average of 40 per cent, says Jack Bolick, chief executive of San Francisco - based Adura Technologies.

Currently, 2 per cent of the world's energy is consumed making ammonia, using the energy - intensive Haber process.

Using waste heat from a coal plant to power the heat pump can mean 80 per cent of the energy put into the slush can be retrieved.

ROUGHLY 30 to 40 per cent of global energy use occurs in buildings.

Even the energy - hungry US could in theory supply all of its electricity use, according to one study, using solar PV on an area equivalent to 0.6 per cent of the country — just a fraction of the existing developed and urban space.

He claims that preliminary measurements of how muscle groups work in people using his shovel instead of a conventional one show that his design saves a lot of energy: it can, he says, reduce the effort of shifting a truckload of mulch by at least 30 per cent.

Forestry, agriculture and land - use changes account for nearly 25 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to the energy sector.

So if extracting methane requires more than 30 per cent of the energy it yields, using coal would be...

Novem calculates that if some 0.5 million hectares of agricultural land were turned over to production of such biomass sources of energy, this would meet around 5 per cent of Dutch energy requirements; this would increase to 12 per cent if waste and refuse materials were used as biomass.

Dr Michael Schier, from DLR's Institute of Vehicle Concepts, said: «For electric vehicles, the air conditioning uses a lot of electrical energy, thereby cutting down the range of electric cars by up to 50 per cent.

«If we are serious about climate change, the 10 per cent of the global population responsible for 50 per cent of total emissions need to make deep and immediate cuts in their use of energy — and hence their carbon emissions,» says Anderson.

«With oil and gas, 90 per cent of the data we use is seismic, especially offshore,» CSIRO's research group leader for energy exploration geosciences, Dr Ben Clennell, says.

Not only are poles helpful for tackling steep inclines, but energy consumption increases by an average of 20 per cent using poles compared to ordinary walking.

Lighting accounts for 20 per cent of the energy cost of running our schools and yet this can be halved by installing energy efficient LED lighting and reduced even further by the use of intelligent controls.

With almost 50 per cent of our energy being used by buildings in the UK, and with around 20 per cent of that being needlessly wasted, building performance can create much - needed savings.

The new school will generate 10 per cent of its energy requirements using a biomass wood pellet burning boiler to provide heating, and a photovoltaic array to generate additional electricity to the grid.

The school will use up to 80 per cent less energy than a conventionally built equivalent facility, reducing carbon emissions by 60 per cent without the use of renewable energy.

As an example of the worth of heat pumps, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, ground source heat pump systems in schools in the USA reduce energy use by 25 per cent to 50 per cent compared to traditional systems and although no such similar study is available for the UK, the expectation is theEnergy, ground source heat pump systems in schools in the USA reduce energy use by 25 per cent to 50 per cent compared to traditional systems and although no such similar study is available for the UK, the expectation is theenergy use by 25 per cent to 50 per cent compared to traditional systems and although no such similar study is available for the UK, the expectation is the same.

School kitchens expel large volumes of warm air, and many kitchen managers do not realise that more than 50 per cent of this heat can be recovered by using heat recovery devices, which can also reduce energy costs.

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.

High frequency tubes reduce energy use and heat output, eliminate flicker and hum, extend lamp life (by up to 50 per cent) and can allow dimming — all of which can make a classroom more comfortable.

Since 28 per cent of a kitchen's energy is used by refrigeration this is a significant issue.

For example, 86 per cent of pupils identified hanging clothes to dry rather than using the tumble dryer as energy efficient.

It helps that all versions of the Kangoo are now available with stop - start technology, and all models, even the ZE, get an Eco button that reduces engine torque to boost energy use by up to 10 per cent.

The Annual Fuel UtilizationEfficiency rating tells you how much heat a furnace produces compared to the energy it uses to produce it.If an older furnace operates at 50 % AFUE, 50 cents of every dollar spent is, well, going up in smoke.

Widely considered to be one of the more stable oil and gas energy trusts, ARC offers a 5 - per - cent discount on reinvested dividends and cash payments used to buy more units.

Now, with a host of enhancements, the resort has reopened to offer more unique signature experiences and natural attractions and will soon be the only African island resort to use 100 per cent solar energy.

I do see the prospect of using a targeted carbon cost / tax to raise a big research and demonstration war chest (as I described in «A 2 - Cent Solution to Help Fuel an Energy Quest «-RRB-.

Economists estimate it will only take a few per cent of GDP to transform our energy system into one that does not use the sky as a waste dump.

In 2013, the transport sector used 53 per cent of the 90 million barrels of oil consumed each day, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Instead of just setting targets for reducing emissions, the EU told governments that by 2020, 15 per cent of all the energy we use must come from renewable sources.

These shifting patterns of energy use mean coal's share of the EU energy mix has dropped from 27 per cent in 1990 to 17 per cent in 2013, as the chart below shows.

In addition to Sony's operational emission reduction targets, the company is also announcing additional 2020 commitments including a goal to reduce the annual energy use of their products by 30 per cent on average (compared to 2013 levels), a goal to increase the use of renewable energy, a target to reduce logistic - related emissions by 10 per cent, and a program to engage suppliers and contract manufacturers to reduce their GHG emissions.

If a reader has the $ / kW (stated), discount rate (assume 8 %), capacity factor (missing) and projected years of operation (stated) one can use my worksheet «A Financial Worksheet for Computing the Cost (US cents / kWh) of Solar Electricity Generated at Grid Connected Photovoltaic (PV) Generating Plants» that was published in the Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, August, 2002, Vol.

So while energy emissions will continue to grow at around 2 per cent per annum for years to come, in a couple of years time the fall in emissions from land use change will stop.

One Planet Living principle Masdar Target ZERO CARBON 100 per cent of energy supplied by renewable energy — Photovoltaics, concentrated solar power, wind, waste to energy and other technologies ZERO WASTE 99 per cent diversion of waste from landfill (includes waste reduction measures, re-use of waste wherever possible, recycling, composting, waste to energy) SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT Zero carbon emissions from transport within the city; implementation of measures to reduce the carbon cost of journeys to the city boundaries (through facilitating and encouraging the use of public transport, vehicle sharing, supporting low emissions vehicle initiatives) SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS Specifying high recycled materials content within building products; tracking and encouraging the reduction of embodied energy within material sand throughout the construction process; specifying the use of sustainable materials such as Forest Stewardship Council certified timber, bamboo and other products SUSTAINABLE FOOD Retail outlets to meet targets for supplying organic food and sustainable and or fair trade products SUSTAINABLE WATER Per capita water consumption to be at least 50 per cent less than the national average; all waste water to be re-used HABITATS AND WILDLIFE All valuable species to be conserved or relocated with positive mitigation targets CULTURE AND HERITAGE Architecture to integrate local values.