Sentences with phrase «challenges such as energy»

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Social entrepreneurship contests: Entrepreneurs working on solving global problems such as hunger, poverty, energy and education now have a smorgasbord of contests from which to choose, including the Hult Global Case Challenge, which awards $ 1 million in prizes annually.

That study also found that Canadian clean energy firms face challenges related to their size (many are small and medium - sized enterprises), such as access to capital, and concerns around protection of intellectual property.

Indra is a world leader in the development of end - to - end technology solutions in fields such as Defense and Security, Transport and Traffic, Energy and Industry, Telecommunications and Media, Financial Services, Electoral Processes, and Public Administrations and Healthcare, Through its Minsait unit, it addresses the challenges of digital transformation.

Hawking comes up with things such as his theory that blackholes can radiate energy and since we don't have any blackhole sitting around to test his theory it remains unchallenged until a physicist of equal standing challenges it.

However, «the revealing that rules in modern technology is a challenging [Herausfordern], which puts to nature the unreasonable demand that it supply energy that can be extracted and stored as such.»

The Company is driving innovations that extract value from material, polymer, chemical and biological science to help address many of the world's most challenging problems such as the need for clean water, clean energy generation and conservation, and increasing agricultural productivity.

The exhibit's four areas introduce different climate change challenges, such as how natural features can protect coastal homes, ways for houses to save energy, and sustainable strategies that come from natural materials.

The business is quite challenging and I quit at some point but I can't afford to let people down especially those that see, believe in and have supported my vision such as the Tony Elumelu Foundation, NEF (Nigeria Energy Forum) and our esteem customers that are encouraging us.

Graf accepted Miliband's challenge, and proposed new campaign methods that relied on grass - roots campaigns on concrete issues such as pay - day lenders, the living wage, energy prices, zero - hours contracts, saving the local library, and so on.

The «single discipline, single investigator» model remains dominant in many universities, she said, while challenges such as those as the intersection of food, energy and water usage cry out for multidisciplinary approaches.

The GREAT3 challenge is designed to improve methods for measuring weak lensing in preparation for future dark matter / dark energy missions, such as the European Space Agency's Euclid, in which NASA plays an important role, and the National Academy of Science's highest priority for NASA, WFIRST — also known as the WFIRST - AFTA mission, which stands for Wide - Field Infrared Survey Telescope - Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets.

Under the next White House Administration, Holdren said, science - based challenges that will require sustained, robust investment include efforts to ensure safe and sustainable food, water, and energy for everyone, reduce greenhouse gases, minimize harm from climate change already underway, combat diseases such as Zika, defeat cancer, improve quality - of - life for those who are aging, prevent devastating asteroid impacts, and send humans into space «not just to visit, but to stay.»

As the two of us started to evaluate the feasibility of such a change, we took on an even larger challenge: to determine how 100 percent of the world's energy, for all purposes, could be supplied by wind, water and solar resources, by as early as 203As the two of us started to evaluate the feasibility of such a change, we took on an even larger challenge: to determine how 100 percent of the world's energy, for all purposes, could be supplied by wind, water and solar resources, by as early as 203as early as 203as 2030.

The directorate is actively pursuing solutions to high - priority challenges facing deep space missions, such as improving current life support systems for long - duration space travel and advancing energy storage solutions for longer - term power.

Some biomimicry efforts are tackling large - scale challenges such as supplying energy to an entire building.

However, the current world is facing many great challenges and serious crisis, such as in energy and sustainable development, biology and medicine, as well as information and cyber security.

But Baker suggested that the world also needs new proteins to meet new challenges that loom on the human timescale, such as the diseases of old age, dwindling energy supplies, and a warming planet.

Challenges included overcoming experimental design problems, such as creating a reliable method to monitor the miniscule energy fluctuations in their light source that would show up as interference in the measured signal.

The challenge is creating a catalyst that can push the reactions to produce a fuel, such as hydrogen, and later break the fuel to release the energy.

Fusion energy would supplement other green sources of electricity, such as wind and power, which have great potential but face the challenge not only of relying on the weather but of storing energy, Synakowski said.

It's for people who have health concerns such as digestive challenges, immune issues, low energy, mood problems and others.

Without realizing it, you and your loved ones are becoming so imbalanced in your nutritional needs, you are likely to be blind - sided by energy deficits that can someday become chronic health challenges, such as food sensitivities, chronic fatigue, weight gain, mood disorders, hormone imbalances, insulin resistance, pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, and even auto - immunity.

Strategies such as «Stay out of Oz» and «Doors and Windows» will prep you to tackle a 28 - day self - care challenge, allowing you to refresh your mental energy and be at your best, every moment of every day.

This brief describes how a school can apply Linked Learning to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields in order to prepare students for challenging professional and technical education in fields such as engineering, biomedical, energy, and manufacturing.

Couch investigates such established sources of energy as nuclear, natural gas, and coal as well as cutting - edge technologies involving wind, solar, hydropower, tidal, and biomass production in this accessible guide to urgent energy challenges.

They need extra exercise and challenges such as playing fetch, agility training, and learning new commands, in order to burn off extra energy.

Our aim was to create greater transparency and accountability in terms of what countries are doing — or, in some cases not doing — on some of the biggest challenges our world faces today, such as climate change, water, energy, conservation, and the management of our natural resources.

Combine this energy - watching with some sometimes truly impressive AI that can beat you with intelligence rather than with raw attributes such as power and speed, and you've got a game that puts up a stiff challenge.

With climate - related challenges such as unusually high rainfall being compounded by the impact of human activities such as boating, agricultural runoff, tourism, aquaculture, ports, energy projects and housing, the scientists argue that we need broad and coordinated action to stem the destruction.

Despite their appeal, such steps are almost meaningless when considering the grand challenge of limiting warming even as human numbers and energy appetites crest in coming decades, an array of climate scientists warn.

As a result, these countries will face numerous challenges in meeting the needs of their growing urban populations, including for housing, infrastructure, transportation, energy and employment, as well as for basic services such as education and health carAs a result, these countries will face numerous challenges in meeting the needs of their growing urban populations, including for housing, infrastructure, transportation, energy and employment, as well as for basic services such as education and health caras well as for basic services such as education and health caras for basic services such as education and health caras education and health care.

Solving military challenges — through such innovations as more efficient generators, better batteries, lighter materials and tactically deployed energy sources — has the potential to yield spin - off technologies that benefit the civilian community as well.

I'd like to think he's read our stories on such climate engineering options, including one last year in our Energy Challenge series by Bill Broad (with some help from me) in which the president of the National Academy of Sciences, the atmospheric chemist Ralph Cicerone, endorsed the need to aggressively study such options, even as the world works to limit emissions.

Certify the project in a program that requires advanced levels of building envelope performance such as PHIUS, Living Building Challenge and / or DOE Zero Energy Ready Home.

While these new business models challenge the traditional large energy utilities, many of those such as ENEL Green Power, Iberdrola and ENGIE, said they too were pursuing similar innovations.

When it came to upgrading an old stone - walled building to the Enerphit standard — with all the inherent challenges such an upgrade poses for energy, airtightness and moisture — who better to have as your client and defacto site manager than a professor of physics?

Others such as Professor Simon Chapman have admitted they «saw a draft» of the defamatory allegations document, and Infigen Energy's propagandist Ketan Joshi is uncharacteristically silent when challenged by others on various blog sites about his knowledge and involvement in the production and distribution of this defamatory document.

The Beijing Energy Network (BEN or 北京能源网络) is a grassroots organization based in Beijing with a mission of promoting networking and collaboration in understanding and tackling China's energy and environmental challenges among individuals and organizations from diverse sectors such as government, finance, industry, media, advocacy, think tanks and acaEnergy Network (BEN or 北京能源网络) is a grassroots organization based in Beijing with a mission of promoting networking and collaboration in understanding and tackling China's energy and environmental challenges among individuals and organizations from diverse sectors such as government, finance, industry, media, advocacy, think tanks and acaenergy and environmental challenges among individuals and organizations from diverse sectors such as government, finance, industry, media, advocacy, think tanks and academia.

Hosted by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), the Forum is focused on addressing the key challenges in delivering universal energy access to the billion people globally who are still living without basic modern energy services, such as electricity, and the three billion who lack access to clean fuels and technologies for coEnergy for All (SEforALL), the Forum is focused on addressing the key challenges in delivering universal energy access to the billion people globally who are still living without basic modern energy services, such as electricity, and the three billion who lack access to clean fuels and technologies for coenergy access to the billion people globally who are still living without basic modern energy services, such as electricity, and the three billion who lack access to clean fuels and technologies for coenergy services, such as electricity, and the three billion who lack access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking.

Those with larger levels of renewable energy penetration (Australia and China) have observed a variety of challenges such as those listed above, while countries with relatively low levels of deployment (Indonesia) have yet to experience any serious difficulties.

IER maintains that freely - functioning energy markets provide the most efficient and effective solutions to today's global energy and environmental challenges and, as such, are critical to the well - being of individuals and society.

It features chapters on: the year in review, which highlights environmental extremes, including record extreme weather and climate events and increasing degradation of marine ecosystems, but notes progress towards new investments in renewable energy and towards a green economy; the benefits of soil carbon; the closing and decommissioning of nuclear power reactors; and on key environmental indicators, which underscores the need to address mounting challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and land and soil degradation.

The guidance document addresses the challenges of rural energy enterprises in developing countries, and sets out solutions such as cooking energy service parameters.

I also believe that it is important to consider the advantages that newer technologies, such as distributed energy resources, energy storage, and microgrids, may offer in addressing resilience challenges to the bulk power system.

The firm sets and meets high standards of sustainable and energy efficient performance, and strives to go beyond LEED to achieve goals such as net - zero energy, Passivhaus, and tenets of the Living Building Challenge.

Another nuclear battle is playing out in New York, with competitive power producers such as NRG Energy and Dynegy challenging the state's use of zero energy credits, footed by ratepayers, for nuclear power pEnergy and Dynegy challenging the state's use of zero energy credits, footed by ratepayers, for nuclear power penergy credits, footed by ratepayers, for nuclear power plants.

This new approach may not only provide a new route for ammonia synthesis with minimal electrical energy, but also inspire peer researchers to use the principle to address other challenging reactions for renewable energy conversion, such as turning carbon dioxide into fuels,» Feng said.

These more ambitious targets set a challenge politically, but also for energy modellers such as the IEA, which had previously focused on the 2C goal.

Although the 2030 Challenge is at the core of the AIA 2030 Commitment, the Commitment — which only applies to AIA members — encompasses other issues as well, such as incorporating water and indoor air quality requirements in every design and outlining internal policies within the firm with regards to recycling, green product purchasing and energy conservation, among others.

We are challenged by the positioning of goals such as «100 % of plastics recycled or recoverable by 2030» (American Chemistry Council, 2018) when waste - to - energy technologies are considered «recovery» strategies.