Sentences with phrase «efficient use of electricity»

An EERS is a mechanism that encourages more efficient use of electricity and natural gas.

For heating, the electric option used is the air source heat pump as «it is a more efficient use of electricity than instantaneous electric and more widely deployable than ground source heat pump», and gas options used are gas condensing boiler for houses and gas condensing combi boiler for apartments.

Each dollar spent on a new reactor buys about two to ten times less carbon savings and is 20 to 40 times slower, than spending that dollar on the cheaper, faster, safer solutions that make nuclear power unnecessary and uneconomic: efficient use of electricity, making heat and power together in factories or buildings («cogeneration»), and renewable energy.

As we have proven, combining the two gives us synergy — a more efficient use of electricity and it also improves engine braking, which stops the car faster with lesser wear on the brake pads.»

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Newer SAGD plants such as Connacher Oil and Gas's Great Divide have managed to nearly eliminate fresh water use — they use non-potable water from aquifers and recycle it — and reduce GHG emissions by about 20 % compared to the industry average through more efficient burning of natural gas, cogeneration of electricity and reduced heat loss on the steam's journey underground.

For example, generating efficient, renewable energy is a priority of the federal government, so businesses involving Cogeneration (using one fuel to simultaneously produce heat and electricity) or renewable energy technologies will find more government grant opportunities than others.

Designed for efficiency, sustainability and conservation of resources in small - to - medium applications, the energy - efficient KDS separator consumes as little as 0.06 kW hr of electricity and uses no washwaster, says CST Wastewater Solutions Managing Director Mr Mike Bambridge.

Designed for efficiency, sustainability and conservation of resources in small - to - medium applications, the energy - efficient KDS separator consumes as little as 0.06 kW hr of electricity and uses no wash water, says Mr Bambridge.

Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal; and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.

But the cost of producing it by using electricity to split water is high, because the most efficient catalysts developed so far are often made with precious metals, like platinum, ruthenium and iridium.

If you take into account the energy used to produce the electricity, and compare it with a well - to - wheel analysis of the most efficient diesel - engine cars available today, the difference is already fairly small, says Kintner - Meyer.

The new synapse would be used in neuromorphic computers made of superconducting components, which can transmit electricity without resistance, and therefore, would be more efficient than other designs based on semiconductors or software.

Tillerson said he supported delivering electricity to developing areas in whatever way was the most efficient use of U.S. dollars.

By automating the process of designing optical interconnects, they feel that they have set the stage for the next generation of even faster and far more energy - efficient computers that use light rather than electricity for internal data transport.

Americans would also have to become far more efficient in their use of electricity.

Dr Peter Bagot, Research Associate in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, said: «Digital broadcasting is more energy efficient than analogue broadcasting, and following digital switch over, digital broadcast towers now use less electricity than their analogue equivalents.

Solar - thermal systems, which turn sunlight into heat and then into electricity, are more efficient than photovoltaics — because they can use the entire solar spectrum, they can reach efficiencies of 30 percent — but they are impossible to scale down to rooftop size.

08.09.14 - Optical circuits use light instead of electricity, making them faster and more energy - efficient than electrical systems.

In the demonstration project «Agrophotovoltaic — Resource Efficient Land Use» (APV - Resola)» led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, solar modules for electricity production are installed directly above crops covering an area of one third hectare.

Among Freeman's specific recommendations are a «20 percent federal tax credit to electricity and natural gas utilities that gives highest priority to the efficient use of the energy they supply,» and ban on new coal or nuclear plants and retirement of the existing plants within the next 30 years, government - funded demonstration plants for Big Solar and hydrogen, increasing federal fuel economy standards one mile - per - gallon a year over the next 24 years, tax credits for plug - in hybrids or flex - fuel vehicles, and an excess - profits tax on oil to fund the tax credits.

Plug - in hybrids benefit from the more efficient use of fossil fuels in electricity generation even now and so have lower emissions than internal combustion engine cars, and if they get their juice from renewables, emissions would be very low indeed.

There is evidence too that generating your own electricity makes you more aware of the power you use, and more likely to be energy efficient.

The purpose of the HV battery is to use electricity when the gas engine is not efficient — when power demand is very low (less than 15hp).

This also takes into account the electricity used to run the device; the highly efficient eInk display keeps the energy usage of the Kindle to a minimum.

A more energy - efficient option is a pet fountainthat circulates water and uses minimal amounts of electricity.

This reduces the use of electricity and cost of bills as compared with PSUs that are less efficient.

But there's a new generation of inductive bike lighting coming of age right now, which uses the naturally - generated eddy currents from the spinning wheel of the bike to produce enough electricity to drive bright (and energy - efficient) LED bulbs, and which promises to set cyclists free from the dreaded dead battery blues.

Making Hydrogen in these ways, and using it to run an automobile has to be less efficient than the direct use of hydrocarbon fuels and electricity to run a car, and can't reduce the total amount of CO2 emissions.

There will be an offset in that personal computers will use less energy and it is more efficient to centralize that energy use in a server farm, but Google is and will continue to be a major consumer of electricity and anything they can do to ensure a continuous and reasonably priced source of such energy is definitely within their interests.

According to a new report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), TreeHugger has been right to promote the use of compact fluorescent (here, here and here as well) and other energy - efficient lighting: a global switch to efficient lighting systems would trim the world's electricity bill by nearly one - tenth.

The Rocky Mountain Institute calculates that if the 40 least - efficient states were to reach the electrical efficiency of the 10 most - efficient ones, national electricity use would be reduced by one third.

Using carbon - based dyes and with an efficiency of only 1.5 to 2 percent, the paper - thin cells are not terribly efficient yet - even compared other higher - efficiency thin film - type solar cells, the best of which so far can convert up to almost 20 % of sunlight into electricity.

A new National Research Council report finds that by the year 2050, the U.S. may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent for light - duty vehicles — cars and small trucks — via a combination of more efficient vehicles; the use of alternative fuels like biofuels, electricity, and hydrogen; and strong government policies to overcome high costs and influence consumer choices.

«The amount of electricity that you use to drive the process is between a third and a quarter of the energy of a condensing gas boiler, so it's a very efficient.

Using more efficient appliances lowers the amount of electricity needed for the same bundle of energy services.

Combining more - efficient lights and appliances with a smart grid that uses time - of - day pricing, peak demand sensors, and the many other technologies described in this chapter shows a huge potential for reducing both overall electricity use and peak demand.

Energy efficient technologies can be found in all parts of the energy conversion chain: from exploration and production of primary energy resources, to power generation and oil refineries to electricity grids, to the final use in industry, buildings and transportation.

Even with today's power plants emitting greenhouse gases, the overall levels would be reduced because the entire process of moving a car one mile is more efficient using electricity than producing gasoline and burning it in a car's engine.

Within the United States, the Rocky Mountain Institute calculates that if the 40 least efficient states were to achieve the electrical efficiency of the 10 most efficient ones, national electricity use would be cut by one third.

The pump does require electricity to run, but for every one unit of electricity used to run the typical pump, 3 to 5 units of heat are produced making it efficient to a level of 400 % compared with only 80 % of a good oil burner.

As global warming regulations stifle the use of the most efficient and inexpensive forms of electricity, businesses as well as households will incur higher electricity costs.

Green homes typically use more efficient lighting solutions, including fluorescent bulbs and light emitting diodes (LEDs), which generate less heat and more light per unit of electricity consumed.

This is justified not by using full - fuel - cycle analysis but merely by finding electricity to be more energy efficient than gas in terms of on - site energy usage.

Combined heat and power systems (CHPs) are a highly efficient means of producing heat and electricity at the same time for large - scale industrial and residential use.

There are immense direct and indirect public benefits in transitioning to an efficient renewable energy system in terms of reduced incidence of diseases such as asthma, freeing up of most of the supplies of water that are now used for thermal electricity generation (and hence reduced conflict over water), reduced air, water, and soil pollution that accompanies fossil fuel production, processing and use, and greatly improved prospects of avoiding the worst consequences of climate change.

A combination of building - shell measures, heat pumps, solar heating and highly efficient appliances and lighting reduces energy needs in buildings as well as shifting fuel use to renewables and low - carbon electricity.

On February 20, 2007, Australia announced it would phase out the sale of inefficient incandescent light bulbs by 2010, replacing them with highly efficient compact fluorescent bulbs that use one fourth as much electricity.

While a worldwide phase out of the inefficient incandescents would reduce world electricity use by more than 3 percent, shifting to more - efficient street lighting and replacing older fluorescent tubes with newer, more - efficient ones might double this reduction in power use.

A 20 percent federal tax credit to electricity and natural gas utilities that gives highest priority to the efficient use of the energy they supply

The company has also been measuring its operational carbon for nearly two decades and seeking ways to reduce impacts through focused property management, use of energy efficient technologies, and the purchase (and more recently generation) of renewable electricity.