Sentences with phrase «efficiency standards for»

This is becoming more feasible, he said, because of advances such as the green appraisal addendum, more accurate MLS listing data, and growing acceptance of energy - efficiency standards for homes.

California has joined fourteen other states in a lawsuit against the Department of Energy over the DOE's alleged failure to update its energy efficiency standards for household and commercial appliances.

The study notes that each Californian typically saved about $ 1,000 per year between 1975 and 1995 just through efficiency standards for buildings and appliances.

The case studies include mileage requirements for motor vehicles and energy - efficiency standards for clothes dryers, room air conditioners, and light bulbs.

DOE also sets minimum efficiency standards for some products through a regulatory process.

But that also could mean that many other states are likely to start following suit and tightening down on efficiency standards for televisions.

Reportedly, automakers are already on track to comply with the efficiency standards for the next couple years, but will have to work to increase efficiency after 2013 — meaning cleaner, greener, American cars.

1975 The U.S. Congress passes the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, creating the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and imposing the first fuel - efficiency standards for vehicles.

Government can do this by imposing steadily rising efficiency standards for buildings and appliances and by stipulating that utilities generate a certain amount of electricity from renewables — like wind or solar.

Three House Republicans, Joe Barton and Michael Burgess of Texas and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, have introduced the Better Use of Light Bulbs Act, which would repeal the section of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 that sets minimum energy efficiency standards for light bulbs and would effectively phase out most ordinary incandescents.

In today's speech, Mr. Bloomberg called for four key measures on climate change: a vast increase in energy - related research and development; an end to certain agricultural subsidies, especially that of corn - based ethanol; an increase in federal fuel efficiency standards for vehicles; and laws to make pollution more expensive for companies.

After calling America's «addiction to oil» one of the most serious challenges in America today, President Bush renewed calls for a higher mandatory alternative fuel standard and higher fuel efficiency standards for motor vehicles in an effort to conserve 8.5 billion gallons of gas in the next 10 years (click above for the entire speech).

He implemented historic improvements in fuel - efficiency standards for automobiles, and instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to move forward on the regulation of global - warming pollution under the Clean Air Act.

One Yale survey, for example, has found very broad support for higher fuel - efficiency standards for cars even among people who question global warming.

In 2005, Salazar voted against increasing fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks; and in the same year voted against repealing tax breaks for oil producers.

For example, tougher efficiency standards for air conditioners and refrigerators alone would, by 2020, save the amount of power produced by the Three Gorges dam.

AB 3232 would ramp up energy efficiency standards for homes to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but critics say swapping gas furnaces, water heaters and appliances for all - electric houses is unnecessary and will cost too much.

Efficiency standards for the hundreds of millions of internal combustion engines that will still be sold, especially trucks, will need to be strengthened.

Simon writes that ORA uncovered «evidence of SoCalGas» misconduct» in three areas: «SoCalGas» opposition to the U.S. Department of Energy's proposed new efficiency standards for residential furnaces.

Only four countries have energy - efficiency standards for heavy trucks, compared with about 40 countries with passenger - vehicle standards.

The 2009 Appliance Efficiency Regulations became effective statewide on August 9, 2009, and, as required by AB 1109 (Huffman, Chapter 534, Statutes of 2007), set new efficiency standards for general purpose lighting of a phased 50 percent increase in efficiency for residential general service lighting by 2018.

Heat pumps are going through a period of innovation including more wide - spread availability of ductless heat pumps, development of cold climate heat pumps, higher minimum efficiency standards for heat pumps, and development of gas - fired heat pumps.

Environmental concerns have led to new efficiency standards for domestic appliances, and smart meters may regulate our electricity usage from afar, while we are constantly told to reduce our consumption of everything and there is serious discussion about how procreation should be limited to save the planet.

Building energy codes are regulatory instruments that specify minimum energy efficiency standards for the residential and commercial building sectors.

We need leadership from the White House — and over the past four years, President Barack Obama has taken major steps to reduce our carbon consumption, including setting higher fuel - efficiency standards for cars and trucks.

Stringent energy - efficiency standards for buildings and industry, electric vehicles, electric heat pumps, nuclear, solar and wind power, and biofuels are among commonly known clean energy solutions described in the report.

It could mean new efficiency standards for power plants, or requirements that facilities consider switching from coal to natural gas.

121 To achieve some goals, governments are simply using mandates, such as those requiring rooftop solar water heaters on all new buildings, higher efficiency standards for cars and appliances, or a ban on the sale of incandescent light bulbs.

As a result of the 2007 energy legislation, NHTSA is required by statute to set fleetwide average fuel efficiency standards for each new model year at the maximum feasible level.

1) Strengthen energy efficiency standards for homes and buildings.

That includes stricter fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks.

The Bill already includes an 18 % reduction in the budget of the EPA but the additional measures include a rider preventing the EPA from issuing any regulation on greenhouse gases for the next year, a rider stopping the EPA from bringing in proposed fuel - efficiency standards for all automobiles (which were approved by manufacturers) a refusal to label toxic ash spill left from coal combustion as hazardous waste, a rider preventing uranium mining in the Grand Canyon and a prevention on stopping limits on mercury usage.

The IEA makes clear that recent efficiency gains have come as a result of an expansion of national policies, such as energy efficiency standards for vehicles and appliances.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Monday its plans to abandon strict fuel efficiency standards for cars and SUVs set under the Obama administration.

Minimum efficiency standards for residential appliances and lighting have been one of the most successful policies used by states and the federal...

The federal government currently sets baseline efficiency standards for appliances for sale in the United States, which means that none of the products on the market are «inefficient.»

Automakers asked the Trump administration to weaken emissions and efficiency standards for cars and light trucks, and are now anxious about just how much the Trump administration actually plans to weaken the standards.

A provision to address concerns that recent efficiency standards for water heaters could interfere with their use in demand response programs run by rural and other utilities.

The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee on Thursday held a hearing on S. 398, a bill to set higher energy efficiency standards for a wide variety of products, and on S. 395, the Better Use of Light Bulbs (or BULB) Act, a bill introduced by Sen. Mike Enzi (R - Wyo.)

They offered Mr Barroso a shame award for driving a gas guzzling car and for disregarding the need to set binding fuel efficiency standards for cars sold in Europe.

For the United States, the commitment includes the Clean Power Plan to cut power sector emissions 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030; efficiency standards for heavy - duty vehicles; methane standards and limits on HFCs.

Today, the United States is committing to finalize over 20 efficiency standards for appliances and equipment by the end of 2016 — a commitment that will enable us to meet our goal of cutting 3 billion metric tons of carbon pollution from these measures by 2030.

This cooperation includes technical and policy exchanges on the development of fuel efficiency standards for trucks and buses, continued progress towards implementation of CCUS projects with the selection of a project site in China as the large - scale CCUS demonstration project announced last November, cooperation on reducing HFCs, including private sector commitments to promote climate - friendly alternatives to HFCs, and continued support for phasing down HFCs through the Montreal Protocol, and additional cooperation on direct mitigation efforts across multiple other sectors.

Today, the U.S. and China are committing to finalize respective next - stage fuel efficiency standards for heavy - duty vehicles in 2016, and both countries are committing to implement them in 2019.

While the IMO has adopted some energy - efficiency standards for shipping, emissions are not expected to fall without further efforts, due to the large projected growth in the international shipping industry in the coming decades.

Further, the researchers say that each Californian typically saved about $ 1,000 per year between 1975 and 1995 just through efficiency standards for buildings and appliances.

(b) Enhanced energy efficiency standards for purposes of providing additional credit under certain federally assisted housing programs.

The policy implications for efficiency standards for buildings and appliances are huge.

(Sec. 284) Sets forth requirements for compliance with HUD energy efficiency standards for single family or multifamily structures, including: (1) compliance with applicable provisions of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air - conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard and the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code; (2) rehabilitation or improvement on existing structures reducing energy consumption by at least 20 %; and (3) newly constructed residential structures having electrical outlets with the facility and capacity to recharge a standard electric passenger vehicle.

A report on decarbonising heat from the UK Association for the Conservation of Energy says government «must bite the bullet» by setting mandatory minimum energy efficiency standards for all buildings, at the point of sale.