Sentences with phrase «control water usage»

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They cut their usage by recycling waste water to fuel their boilers, checking for leaky equipment and using sensors to control irrigation on their farms.

Home automation takes the technology a step further, providing the means to preschedule laundry, wash dishes, control sound systems, monitor water usage, and inventory the contents of the refrigerator.

First is regulation that could strand assets in several ways: direct regulation on carbon led by authorities at the local, national, regional, or global level; indirect regulation through increased pollution controls, constraints on water usage, or policies targeting health concerns; and mandates on renewable energy adoption and efficiency standards.

Smart metering technologies can also provide individuals, businesses and water companies with information in near real - time about their own water use, thus raising awareness about usage, locating leakages and having better control over water demand.

Here are just some of the many benefits that these systems provide all at once: green infrastructure absorbs and sequesters atmospheric carbon dioxide (C02); filters air and water pollutants; stabilizes soil to prevent or reduce erosion; provides wildlife habitat; decreases solar heat gain; lowers the public cost of stormwater management infrastructure and provides flood control; and reduces energy usage through passive heating and cooling.

Synapse evaluates power plant construction costs, repowering options, siting decisions, availability, efficiency, emissions characteristics, environmental control options, water usage, and cooling.

Taxes are collected on anticipated storm water control or usage fees, and are used to cover constructing, maintaining and replacing stormwater management facilities.

Most downtown buildings have already upgraded to low - flow water fixtures, Environmental Protection Agency WaterSense - labeled products, and are minimizing their cooling tower water usage through monitoring and control strategies.

The 300,000 - square - foot grocery - anchored center, a joint venture between Raddon Development Group and Ball Ventures Group and managed by Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT, has also realized additional savings because its off - site centrally - controlled irrigation system doesn't require a maintenance person at the property to gauge water usage.

actually, the water company is not allowed to put a lien on the property, if the owner didn't have control of the property during the time that the water usage occurred.