Sentences with phrase «efficient our homes become»

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Then, in 2007, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz noticed that, while his company had become a more efficient and effective machine, it had lost some of the more romantic, home - grown spirit that had initially attracted customers.

Now that I have started collecting various ingredients for other recipes it is becoming more cost efficient to cook dishes at home.

Following that she spent eight years with the National Association of Home Builders and most recently served as their Director of the Executive Officers Council where her responsibilities included helping NAHBs 800 local chapters become more efficient and effective in the areas of membership, governance and communication.

The two biggest consumers of electricity in the home — air conditioners and refrigerators — may soon become much more energy efficient thanks to a new method of cooling.

New U.S. regulations, starting January 1, cap energy consumption of a roughly 1,600 - lumen bulb (equivalent to a standard 100 - watt incandescent bulb) at 72 watts — which means the workhorse of home lighting will have to become about 30 percent more efficient overnight.

Heat and power units for homes may also become more common, such SOFCs can be 85 percent efficient.

Because LEDs are much more energy - efficient than their fluorescent predecessors, they soon became ubiquitous in TVs, computer screens, tablets and certain e-readers, infusing homes and offices with much brighter blue light than ever before.

For those growing up in such homes, schools themselves should become highly effective and efficient imparters of language in all its aspects: vocabulary, syntax, knowledge, etc..

The impact of the Ford Mustang's introduction in 1964 could be felt even in Japan, where the Toyota Celica became not only a success in its home market but also was one of the first cars to introduce a smaller, more fuel - efficient version of the Mustang formula to the United States.

In order for New York City to become more energy efficient, it needs home rule, free from the interests of Albany, as the recent debacle over congestion pricing shows.

But the vast majority of environmentalists are the ordinary folks back home who recycle (there is a GHG component to that in the energy saved using recycled materials, esp aluminum), conserve energy, become efficient, use alt energy when available...

The authors also examined a series of studies on how America's homes and buildings have become increasingly energy efficient thanks to state and local policies, improved technologies and a growing recognition among builders that using less energy can mean saving more money.

Self - regulating building systems, achieved through automation, program the home to become more energy efficient over time as the virtual house technology learns from its environment and the occupants» lifestyles.

Indeed, as the building envelope and source equipment have become more efficient, HVAC design and installation quality remains mired in mediocrity, now becoming the Achilles Heel of home performance.

The Arctic «radiator» thus became about 10 % more efficient (10 % reduction in ice extent) over the next several years peaking in 2007 and now those chickens are coming home to roost in the form of a cold pulse making its way along the ocean floor back down to the tropics.

The state had used those funds to help businesses and schools become more energy efficient, weatherize low - income homes, provide energy efficiency job training for more than 170 workers, and so on.

On two opposite sides of the globe, public opinion is gradually moving towards the need for smaller homes helping families become more energy efficient and contribute to the environment.

However, a new home that does not have an energy efficient building envelope may meet some arbitrary current code requirement, but will never become a net zero home — unless it later has the additional expense of undergoing a DER.

A new home built with an energy efficient building envelope can pretty easily become a net zero home by adding on PV.

Most man - made objects are machines, and each part of each machine should be designed to do as much work for man as possible... As life becomes more complex and crowded, our machines must become even more efficient - and this is equally true of our machines for living - our homes.

And given the fact that in the average home, many family members may have different levels of commitment to efficient heating, and different levels of tolerance for wrapping themselves up in rugs, it often becomes a tricky balancing act in familial diplomacy.

Given that we are talking about a single occupant too, the notion of insulating that one most important source of heat as effectively as possible becomes key to a greener, more efficient home office.

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I will help to teach you the necessary tools to healthier relationships, greater mental well - being, becoming more efficient at home and work and finally have a more positive outlook on the future.

In the future, as more resource - efficient homes are retrofitted, sold, resold, and built, their valuation will become second nature.

Replacing a home's windows with new energy - efficient designs benefit not only homeowners who plan to stay in the house, but become a selling point to interested buyers, Pellegrin says.

A zero - energy ready home is an energy - efficient home that can become zero - energy — or use as much energy as it produces — with the addition of onsite renewable energy.

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As the weather cools off and the heating bills start to rise, we become more conscious of how energy - efficient our homes are.

There's no doubting that energy efficient homes have become a hot subject over the last few years, particularly as residents and owners are seeing significant savings thanks to considerable decreases in their utility bills.