Sentences with phrase «efficient than homes»

Advances in energy - efficiency have resulted in new homes being more energy - efficient than homes built just five years ago.

Although this home is 30 % more energy efficient than homes built according to current building code requirements, it is still possible to lower the HERS Index score.

Green home building with ENERGY STAR qualifications results in new homes that are substantially more energy efficient than homes built to minimum code requirements.

When built, Designed to Earn the ENERGY STAR home plans will result in a home that is at least 15 percent more energy efficient than a home built to the 2009 International Residential Code (IRC), and include additional energy - saving features that typically make them 20 — 30 percent more efficient than standard homes.

Bitmain specializes low - cost application - specific integrated circuits (ASICs) which are much more efficient than home computers, making mining a losing proposition for the mass market.

That means that an ASIC is a Million times more efficient than a home computer.

«Our homeowners are realizing significant yearly savings of 30 % to 35 %,» said Schuster, «making them more efficient than a home built to current building codes.»

For example, a home with exterior wall systems etc. that are insulated with R20 (rated) insulation should, generally speaking, be more energy efficient that a home built with R12, which should be more efficient than a home that utilized R10 and so on.

Not exact matches

They contend that shipping food from warehouses straight to homes is more efficient than shipping to a physical store and then expecting consumers to take a trip to the store, deal with the crowds, wait in line, and buy goods that could be purchased online.

Rhinehart also believes that food - processing technology, when harnessed for consumer good rather than corporate profit, is far more efficient than relying on many smaller laboratories filled with variable equipment, a.k.a the home kitchen.

If you are going to de-school, remember that home schooling, because it is one - on - one training, is much more efficient than learning in a large classroom, with one adult and 20 to 30 children.

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.

Second, a house with fewer inhabitants is less energy efficient and consumes more resources per person than one that is home to a larger brood.

Run jointly by the EPA and the U.S. Department of Energy, the program uses third - party inspectors to ensure that qualifying homes are 20 to 30 percent more efficient than typical houses.

A report published last year by the Pacific Institute and NRDC showed that businesses and homes could reduce their water use by more than half by installing efficient bathroom and kitchen fittings, fixing leaks and replacing lawns with hardy native plants.

Happy Nappy is 85 % more efficient than washing at home.

John is ostensibly happily married to accommodating, efficient, spirited Beverly (Susan Sarandon, of whom Chelsom says, she's «a match for [Gere], even a year older than him, which is a huge coup in Hollywood casting»), with whom he shares a nice suburban home and a couple of good kids.

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In term of user interface, Android 3.0 is efficient although less intuitive, some software features are better than the iPad 2: — the browser supports Flash — the browser user interface is better — the camera application and the photo gallery offer more functions — the maps application packs more features — the widgets are great to get updates about news (CNN widget), calendar and emails instantly from the home screen

I agree it's not the best or most efficient way to build wealth, but depending on your circumstances, buying a house may be a better financial option than renting (say if you stay in your home for a long time or you bought at a truly low price point).

Utility costs can be mitigated in newer construction apartments with energy - efficient windows, but these homes are often substantially more expensive to rent than one which was built just a few years ago.

Switch to energy efficient light bulbs Energy Star says that if every American home replaced just one light bulb, we'd prevent the equivalent emissions of more than 800,000 cars.

If you love the view from the upper stories, yet dread trips up and down the stairs, you can relax because the efficient elevators will get you home faster than you expect.

Now more than ever before energy efficient upgrades are easy to add to your home.

Replace an old refrigerator with an energy - efficient one (this can save enough electricity to light the average home for more than four and a half months)

Young David, having been raised in a home where his self - trained mother had regularly beaten the market, found the efficient markets hypothesis less than compelling.

HomeTeam Inspection Service brings exceptional quality, value and dependability to the home inspection industry by bringing a TEAM of inspectors on site, so inspections are faster and more efficient than traditional one - man operations and utilizes the leading technology in the industry to perform inspections.

CCPC recognizes that it is more cost effective, humane, and efficient to keep dogs in their homes, rather than them being cycled through the shelter system.

The CCPC recognizes that it is more cost effective, humane, and efficient to keep dogs in their homes, rather than them being cycled through the shelter system.We will continue to rescue hundreds of dogs, every year, from the shelter system to find them new homes, but this is only half the battle.

And if we pass a bill in the Senate, reconcile it with the House, that says we are going to invest in wind energy and solar energy and we're going to be the guys who are producing wind turbines, and we're going to be the folks who are producing solar panels on rooftops, and we're going to be the country that is retrofitting all its homes and businesses so that we are 30 percent more energy - efficient than we are right now, that produces jobs that can't be exported; it reduces our dependence on foreign oil; it is good economics; it will increase our exports — oh, and by the way, it also solves the climate problem.

That money could be shifted to incentives for people to use their feet, bicycles, or smaller autos in their daily journies to work; incentives to make homes and workplaces more energy efficient; incentives to shift future land developments into in - fill projects rather than urban sprawl; and incentives to make cities more friendly to pedestrians and less friendly to cars.

Yahoo Real Estate study finds that of people consider green / energy efficient appliances / materials are a requirement of their dream home — it is more popular than perennial favorites such as «building a custom home» «water views» and «mountain views»

In the end, it's a matter of what one's individual needs and future plans are, and all these homes are smaller, more efficient than the norm.

While the bathroom is very simple (just a curtain for the door), I realized that taking a bucket bath is WAY more efficient than my typical showers at home.

Many house builders claim that new homes are four times more efficient than older houses.

However, an innovative solar energy system from Austria, billed as «the world's first all - in - one solar system,» aims to make home solar much more efficient and practical, because not only does it claim to produce 40 % more output (than conventional fixed position PV arrays), but it's also decidedly more portable than a rooftop solar system and can be unbolted from its anchor and moved to a new home or location.

ENERGY STAR certified homes are designed and constructed to be significantly more energy efficient than those built to code while lowering homeowner utility bills and providing superior comfort, quality, and durability.

To date, more than 130,000 solar home systems, 18.000 water purification units and 7,500 efficient cook stoves have been distributed as part of the project.

The Building Science Consortium of the US DOE Building America Program seeks to construct energy efficient, durable, and healthy homes that consume 30 % less energy than conventional homes built to local codes.

More «small homes» than «tiny homes», Creative Cottages uses environmentally sensitive building practices to build their energy efficient homes.

«One of our take - home messages is that conservation programs are currently a cheaper and more efficient greenhouse gas policy for taxpayers than corn - ethanol production,» said study leader and Duke biologist Robert Jackson.

More than eight in 10 said they would buy more energy - efficient appliances and cut down on energy use at home, while 53 % said they would be willing to make significant lifestyle changes to address climate change.

ENERGY STAR homes are 15 % to 30 % more energy efficient than typical new homes.

The all - electric home consumes 99 % less energy than a new code - built house, and produces 91 % of the energy annually that it consumes, making it exceptionally energy efficient.

J&D also note that by transitioning to more efficient technologies (for example, battery electric vehicles over the internal combustion engine, electric heat pumps for homes, and solar thermal energy with storage to provide baseload power rather than fossil fuels and nuclear) we can actually reduce global power production by 30 % compared to business - as - usual.

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.

I can build the same size home (timber frame) using sips on a foundation for a lot less than $ 200.00 per sq. ft.. It is going to be just as energy efficient as the one in the article and even more so since it doesn't need a fuel guzzling truck to move it.

But what if it was, in the final analysis, better to have cheap energy and energy inefficient homes, than to have expensive energy and efficient homes?

New homes, indeed new everything, from appliances and computers to automobiles and aircraft, are required to be more energy - efficient — the result of a hard - won societal decision to build efficiencies into product design rather than leave them to an energy marketplace whose prices don't fully reflect environmental costs.

48 Growing Energy & Environmental Concerns 58 % of Americans rank «dealing with the nation's energy problem» as a top priority in 2006, up from 40 % in 2003 87 % of Americans cite home heating and energy prices as a «very big» or «big» problem for the nation's economy 88 % of US adults respond that «energy efficient» was very important in their electronics, appliance, lighting and heating / cooling equipment purchases Gallup polls: Americans» concerns about environmental issues have increased more than 10 percentage points between 2004 and 2006 The LOHAS Consumer Report: 91 % of people are in total agreement with the statement «I care about protecting the environment» ABC News / Washington Post Poll: 79 % of Americans think global warming poses a serious threat to future generations Source: AP Source: NASA