Sentences with phrase «efficiency target by»

The committee backed a 40 % energy efficiency target by 2030 — the highest target on the table.

Mayor Bill de Blasio will lay out a plan today that would require thousands of buildings to comply with new energy - efficiency targets by 2030,...

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The province needs a carbon pollution reduction plan that closes the gap to its climate targets and builds a sustainable economy powered by renewable energy and energy efficiency.»

This trucking middleman role, which has largely involved a cumbersome scheduling process anchored to phone calls, is being targeted for a technological overhaul by other companies that promise to bring efficiency and reliability to the matchmaking task.

Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report provides the international community with a global dashboard to register progress on the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7): ensuring universal energy access, doubling progress on energy efficiency and substantially increasing the share of renewable energy by 2030.

The committee expressed concerns about government plans to find a further # 5 billion of efficiency savings in addition to a planned target of # 30 billion by 2011.

I ask him if it's true what they say about the brutal efficiency of the SNP by - election machine, which is sold as some insanely robust targeting mechanism.

We now have health care by bureaucracy and efficiency targets and waste which has undermined what he sees as the most natural human instinct, to really care for people.

Speaking at the second edition of the Ghana Renewable Energy fair themed, «Energy and Energy Efficiency, Accelerating Energy Access and Security,» Mr. Terkper, whose speech was read on his behalf by Deputy Minister of Finance, Mona Quartey, said the government is well aware of the important role renewable energy can play in accelerating and catalyzing the country's socio - economic development and the achievement of universal access ahead of the target date of the UN Sustainable Energy for All Initiative.

The pledge unanimously passed and signed by the Town Board at its April 11 meeting went on to ask «the New York State Legislature to commit to these same clean energy goals, which would represent a 20 percent increase over the current New York State Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.»

The release touted their efforts to advance energy efficiency and renewable energy programs alongside their aggressive greenhouse gas emission reduction targets in North America to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, and 80 percent by 2050.

The Party is confident that reforms that the government has embarked on would improve the capacity and efficiency of our security agencies to prevent the kidnap of children by terrorists and diminish their ability to carry out attacks on soft targets.

«Even with the strongest possible assumptions, we can not hit carbon emissions targets by energy and process efficiency within the existing system,» says Allwood.

The draft bill would require utilities above a certain size to supply 25 percent of their power from renewable sources like wind, solar and biomass energy by 2025, although efficiency measures could be used to meet a fifth of the target.

As with emission - trading programs elsewhere, polluters in China's pilots have two options: First, they can meet their targets by reducing their own emissions — by investing in energy efficiency, say, or curbing production.

Any RNA, when in a complex with another oligoribonucleotide known as an external guide sequence (EGS), can become a substrate for ribonuclease P. Simulation of evolution in vitro was used to select EGSs that bind tightly to a target substrate messenger RNA and that increase the efficiency of cleavage of the target by human ribonuclease P to a level equal to that achieved with natural substrates.

The European Community has abandoned targets for energy efficiency that were essential to its pledge to cut emissions of carbon dioxide to 1990 levels by the year 2000.

In an effort to combine the respective advantages of the AAV and CRISPR - based approaches, several groups have recently worked to enhance the efficiency of AAV - based gene editing via the introduction of a double strand break by using a targeted nuclease.

Cell growth was monitored every 48 hours post-stimulation for approximately two weeks and the efficiency of CXCR4 disruption was assessed at day five post-transduction by both the Surveyor nuclease assay and by deep - sequencing of the CXCR4 target site.

We next tested the efficiency of Cas9 / gRNAs disrupting four genes simultaneously by co-transfecting pooled Cas9 / gRNAs targeting MSTN, BLG, PrP and NUP genes.

The types of miRNA seed match (i.e. the association of target mRNA with the region centered on the nucleotides 2 — 7 of the 5 ′ region of miRNAs) correlate with the efficiency of mRNA targeting by miRNAs (Bartel, 2009).

Using a vacuum with a HEPA (high - efficiency particulate arrestance) filter helps to remove pollutants and allergens from your home by targeting much smaller particles than a typical filter.

by Walter Chaw I'm not kidding: Bride Wars is reptilian, hateful stuff, biologically engineered to disrespect — with maximum efficiency — the precise demographic to which it targets itself.

The solitary Bishop adheres to a code that preaches clean efficiency and wholesale detachment, though that ethos is shaken when his next target turns out to be Harry McKenna (Donald Sutherland), a longtime mentor who's been accused by Dean of being a traitor, and whom Bishop dispatches with a reluctance that reveals his true clichéd nature: the killer with a conscience.

By amending current leasing guidance to reflect industry best practice, schools will be able to secure better value leasing contracts that are more relevant to their educational needs and will be able to achieve multi ‑ million pounds savings across the sector, supporting the government in the delivering of its publicised efficiency targets.

The European Union set «20-20-20» targets — a 20 per cent reduction in carbon emissions from 1990 levels; increasing energy generation from renewable sources by 20 per cent and a 20 per cent improvement in the EU's energy efficiency — and it is expected that public sector buildings lead the way.

«By 2020 electrification will be key to performance cars - not just for the performance we are expected to deliver but to meet emissions and efficiency targets

Through applications of the new technology first in the mini-vehicle N BOX — the first model of the new mini-vehicle N Series — and gradually in other vehicle models, Honda is targeting top - of - industry fuel efficiency for every category within three years, while simultaneously setting a timeline of 2020 to reduce by 30 % CO2 emissions for all products sold worldwide, relative to emission figures for 2000.

This result is triple the monthly target sales volume, demonstrating a positive reception by Japanese consumers, thanks to the Demio's stylish exterior, highly competitive cost of ownership and top class fuel efficiency.

Available in three trims — LX, S and EX — the all - new 2018 Rio is powered by a carryover but enhanced Gamma 1.6 - liter GDI four - cylinder engine, targeting improved fuel efficiency, better responsiveness and low - speed driving dynamics.

Rio is powered by an enhanced 130 - horsepower, 1.6 - litre GDI four - cylinder, targeting improved fuel efficiency, better responsiveness and low - speed driving dynamics.

And we will continue to do so, by investing in renewable energy, promoting greater efficiency, and slashing our emissions to reach the targets we set for 2020 and our long - term goal for 2050.

-- Targeted energy efficiency measures in buildings, industry and transport account for nearly half the emissions reduction in 2020, with the additional investment required being more than offset by reduced spending on fuel bills.

Efficiency and conservation are crucial elements to cutting GHG emissions by targets of up to 80 % by 2050!

Power companies are well on their way to meet the Plan's targets, thanks to the fact that the electricity industry has already started rapidly moving away from coal and towards cleaner generation — a transition driven mainly by fundamental market forces such as lower gas prices, lower costs for wind and solar power and energy efficiency, and by state and federal policies and company planning decisions that long predated the Plan.

The move comes because the company has made big inroads into its original target by cutting aircraft emissions intensity by 13.8 % efficiency and improving vehicle fuel efficiency by 16.6 % up until the end of the 2011 financial year.

Such ambitions are lofty but not the first time water efficiency goals has been made official policy; in 2007, it set the target of reducing «water intensity» by 20 % for the five year period ending 2010.

Save the average American family nearly $ 85 on their annual energy bill in 2030, reducing enough energy to power 30 million homes, and save consumers a total of $ 155 billion from 2020 - 2030; Give a head start to wind and solar deployment and prioritize the deployment of energy efficiency improvements in low - income communities that need it most early in the program through a Clean Energy Incentive Program; and Continue American leadership on climate change by keeping us on track to meet the economy - wide emissions targets we have set, including the goal of reducing emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and to 26 - 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.»

But if we can continue to reduce NOx — by targeting industrial emissions and improving agricultural efficiencies — then at some point the effect of temperature won't matter, because high O3 levels can not occur in the absence of substantial NOx concentrations.

At an industry roundtable hosted by the U.S. - India Business Council (USIBC) in New York, Piyush Goyal, Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy discussed India's ambitious target of achieving 175 GW of renewable generation capacity and innovative ways of mainstreaming energy efficiency.

If the project is located in an area where a zero carbon efficiency target has been locally established by a governing authority, it must achieve that target.

In 2006, the European Union (EU), which consists of 27 members, committed to reducing its global warming emissions by at least 20 percent of 1990 levels by 2020, to consuming 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, and to reducing its primary energy use by 20 percent from projected levels through increased energy efficiency.1 The EU has also committed to spending $ 375 billion a year to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050 compared to 1990 levels.2 The EU is meeting these goals through binding national commitments which vary depending on the unique situation of a given country but which average out to the overall targets.

As I've pointed out before, Virginia's target is so modest that the state could meet it simply by adopting a few efficiency measures and supplying new demand with wind and solar.

The volume of all forms of energy used by the building during the performance period shall be converted to a kilowatt hour equivalent to determine efficiency performance target and required offset.

At its firs global supply - chain summit in Beijing, Walmart, the world's largest retailer, launched an ambitious program dubbed the «Global Sourcing Responsibility Initiative» that will require its Chinese suppliers (which may number up to 20,000 according to China Daily) to abide to potentially costly energy efficiency targets, to be verified by third party audits, among other environmental and social goals.

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.

By targeting the least efficient properties and the most vulnerable city residents with utility data, and offering free energy efficiency upgrades, Knoxville tackles social inequality while improving climate resilience and reducing emissions.

Using the NRDC policy framework, along with the proprietary outlook from IHS Inc. on energy efficiency and power demand, the Energy Institute report then assesses the costs and market impacts of meeting the Obama Administration's emissions target of 42 % reductions below 2005 levels by 2030.

A federal EERS would complement existing state - level energy efficiency standards by setting a national goal for energy savings with targets for utilities in every state.

However, the vehicle fuel efficiency targets announced in 2009 by Obama are well short of those announced for Europe and China.)