Sentences with phrase «cent of water consumption»

Agriculture accounts for roughly 70 per cent of water consumption around the world.

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It describes a city investing in energy and resource effectiveness, with falling water consumption and only two per cent of municipal waste going to landfill in 2010.

As well as explaining that the production of meat — on its journey from farm to fork — is responsible for 15 per cent of the planet's harmful greenhouse gas emissions, it underlines that raising equivalent amounts of grain or vegetables for human consumption uses far less land, water and resources.

These measures may reduce our consumption by 10 per cent or so; as an answer to a possible increase of 800 per cent, they amount to no more than mopping up some of the water.

Toilets account for nearly 30 per cent of an average home's indoor water consumption, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Forged in response to the company's global goal of reducing energy and water consumption by 20 per cent by 2020, the initiatives will build on Marriott's decades - long commitment to preserving and protecting the environment.

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 vaWATER 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 vawater 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 vawater 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.

With drought, increasing water consumption, and climate change, the Colorado River Basin à cents  $ » lifeblood of the Southwest à cents  $ » appears headed for a day of reckoning.

According to the company, the units, which come with a 10 - year warranty and are about the size of an AC unit, can produce water at a price ranging between 3.5 cents to 8 cents per gallon, depending on the power source used and the heat and humidity conditions at the location, with an estimated energy consumption of about 0.51 kWh per gallon.

Cutting edge data centers of the future will require less of a physical human presence, and are likely to: â $ cents Rely on a VIL to optimize equipment management and provide for virtual remote control capable of instant changes, switches and adds â $ cents Achieve LEED certification for the physical building â $ cents Rely on more efficient water cooling that potentially takes advantage of an on - site tower to chill water for cooling the system (thus reducing energy consumption by using nature's natural cooling power to chill water) â $ cents Use fluid dynamics models to precisely design the interior of the building to maximize the efficiency of the HV / AC system for air - cooled computing systems â $ cents Tap into a mixed energy grid that relies on green energy sources such as solar, wind or hydroelectric (depending on geographic feasibility), along with a reliable city grid thus avoiding the need for the standard back - up Uninterruptible Power Supply (which will reduce equipment costs, minimize floor space used, and increase energy efficiency because systems that employ a UPS convert AC to DC and back, incurring substantial energy losses).

The water cooling system was installed in 2005 and continues to save an average of 6,768,911 kwh per year or 11 per cent of the building total energy consumption.

Showers and baths use over 50 per cent of a house's water consumption while toilets use 20 to 30 per cent.

Water metering (at a cost of $ 1.8 million) was far cheaper than building new infrastructure to meet «business as usual» demand, because it would decrease water consumption by 30 per Water metering (at a cost of $ 1.8 million) was far cheaper than building new infrastructure to meet «business as usual» demand, because it would decrease water consumption by 30 per water consumption by 30 per cent.

(And with the cost of water going up by about nine per cent per year in Toronto, cutting down on consumption is becoming an increasing priority.)