Sentences with phrase «energy efficiency figure»

Cameron had hoped to cut the energy efficiency figure to 25 %, but was prepared to accept 27 % as long as it was not binding on Britain.

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Bloomberg New Energy Finance recently estimated that in 2040, that figure will stand at 34 % due to falling costs and efficiency improvements.

Jeff I figure at best Canada has 50 years to sell oil and then renewables, safer nuclear, electric cars and greater energy efficiency will make the oil sands worthless.

The Government has put in place legislation which requires any future Government to reach this first goal however this analysis and subsequent figures from Policy Exchange's report: Warmer Homes — Improving fuel poverty and energy efficiency policy in the UK highlights current resources are less than half of what is required to meet this target, let alone a more ambitious timeframe.

But the figures include $ 7.5 million in new capital funding for energy efficiency and renovation projects.

The University of Salford's Energy House, which has an international reputation for testing energy efficiency in the home, has been selected to help figure out how the idea might work in praEnergy House, which has an international reputation for testing energy efficiency in the home, has been selected to help figure out how the idea might work in praenergy efficiency in the home, has been selected to help figure out how the idea might work in practice.

Five years ago, Modha concluded that if the world's best engineers still hadn't figured out how to match the brain's energy efficiency and resourcefulness after decades of trying using the old methods, perhaps they never would.

This impressive figure is due to the combination of technologies from the Audi modular efficiency platform, which also includes an energy recuperation system.

While EPA figures aren't yet available in regards to fuel efficiency, MINI has equipped its Paceman with brake - energy regeneration and auto start - stop technology to help maximize fuel economy — though it's not clear if both will be offered in North America.

Check out this U.S. government lab comparison of the return on investments from energy efficiency improvements; it's dated now (the stock market figures are from the 1990s), but the ROI numbers for efficiency improvements haven't changed all that much since then:

A particularly powerful thread, the importance of the Pentagon as a driver of innovation and market for effective energy technology, emerged in an earlier discussion involving three of the top figures in the federal government focused on advancing energy choices that will work for the long haul — Cathy Zoi, assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy, Arun Majumdar, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, and Jeffrey Marqusee, who runs environmental research and development programs for the Department of Deenergy technology, emerged in an earlier discussion involving three of the top figures in the federal government focused on advancing energy choices that will work for the long haul — Cathy Zoi, assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy, Arun Majumdar, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, and Jeffrey Marqusee, who runs environmental research and development programs for the Department of Deenergy choices that will work for the long haul — Cathy Zoi, assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy, Arun Majumdar, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, and Jeffrey Marqusee, who runs environmental research and development programs for the Department of Deenergy for energy efficiency and renewable energy, Arun Majumdar, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, and Jeffrey Marqusee, who runs environmental research and development programs for the Department of Deenergy efficiency and renewable energy, Arun Majumdar, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, and Jeffrey Marqusee, who runs environmental research and development programs for the Department of Deenergy, Arun Majumdar, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, and Jeffrey Marqusee, who runs environmental research and development programs for the Department of DeEnergy, and Jeffrey Marqusee, who runs environmental research and development programs for the Department of Defense.

And this is the decade to really improve the technology and get the costs down to a level where we can really keep it on a sustainable, long - term path, so getting the costs down of renewable energy, figuring out how we can do energy efficiency and retrofits more cost effectively.

For this analysis, the end - use sector models determine results of incremental demand - side energy efficiency activities by U.S. Census division (Figure 2) and then map the savings to Electricity Market Module regions.

Hydrogen is competitive against alternatives for power generation, particularly given its multiple uses and efficiencies Source: «Hawaii Energy Facts & Figures, May 2015,» Hawaii State Energy Office

A goal would be to model energy efficiency opportunities to figure out practical ways that customers can save electricity and money, and electric companies can curb the amount of megawatts that go onto the grid.

While the UK power sector continues to cut its emissions, figures published in Julyshowed progress on energy efficiency, heat and transport is stalling.

Approximately half of the goal is met through increased energy efficiency to first reduce energy demands, and the other half is achieved by switching to renewable energy sources for electricity production (Figure 1).

Figure 2 outlines these and other common barriers to energy efficiency in the building sector.

Also included in this larger figure is $ 86 million to support clean energy regulatory actions that focus on energy efficiency; $ 48 million to develop transportation sector regulations and next - generation clean transportation initiatives; $ 58 million for projects that improve our understanding of climate change impacts; and $ 25 million to advance Canada's engagement in international negotiations and support the Canada-U.S. Clean Energy Diaenergy regulatory actions that focus on energy efficiency; $ 48 million to develop transportation sector regulations and next - generation clean transportation initiatives; $ 58 million for projects that improve our understanding of climate change impacts; and $ 25 million to advance Canada's engagement in international negotiations and support the Canada-U.S. Clean Energy Diaenergy efficiency; $ 48 million to develop transportation sector regulations and next - generation clean transportation initiatives; $ 58 million for projects that improve our understanding of climate change impacts; and $ 25 million to advance Canada's engagement in international negotiations and support the Canada-U.S. Clean Energy DiaEnergy Dialogue.

These trends are illustrated in the figure below, which shows essentially flat energy use and emissions in the reference case but declining energy use and emissions in the energy efficiency case.

For example, the figure above shows how aggressive climate - friendly policies in the IEA's ambitious «450 Scenario» (a 2 degree - focussed scenario) could provoke increases in deployment of renewable energy and efficiencies, as well as a relatively big contribution from CCS by 2035.

Tony Robson, the CEO of Knauf Insulation — a leading insulation firm that had threatened to divest from Europe unless firm energy saving targets were announced — said that the 27 % figure for energy efficiency improvement was «no better than business as usual» in an open letter to EU leaders.

36 Cut fossil fuel use (especially coal) Solutions Global Warming Prevention Cleanup Cut fossil fuel use (especially coal) Remove CO2 from smoke stack and vehicle emissions Shift from coal to natural gas Store (sequester) CO2 by planting trees Improve energy efficiency Sequester CO2 deep underground Shift to renewable energy resources Sequester CO2 in soil by using no - till cultivation and taking cropland out of production Transfer energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies to developing countries Reduce deforestation Figure 20.14 Solutions: methods for slowing atmospheric warming during this century.

Conversely — and despite inadequate support historically for research and development of renewable energy — wind, solar, geothermal, and small hydro power have all improved in efficiency and availability so that they are finally becoming as viable as they are necessary (as some figures here will attest).

Figure 1 shows the year - to - year DOE funding variation for six fossil energy and energy - efficiency research areas from 1978 until 2009.

Although energy efficiency can be used to displace generation and reduce emissions, the AEO 2016 Reference case models achieving Clean Power Plan compliance with only a 3 percent decrease in sales compared to the future with no Clean Power Plan (see Figure 2).

Never - the-less, I calculated that were we to find efficiency savings globally of 25 % per capita (very very ambitious I know) and the population were to top out at 11 billion (expected between 2050 and 2075) then we would need to produce 4 times more energy than we currently do annually (per 2010 figures).

The figure below shows how much energy efficiency has cleared in each auction (this does not include any demand response resources).

44 Cut fossil fuel use (especially coal) Solutions Global Warming Prevention Cleanup Cut fossil fuel use (especially coal) Remove CO2 from smoke stack and vehicle emissions Shift from coal to natural gas Store (sequester) CO2 by planting trees Improve energy efficiency Sequester CO2 deep underground Shift to renewable energy resources Sequester CO2 in soil by using no - till cultivation and taking cropland out of production Transfer energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies to developing countries Figure 20.14 Solutions: methods for slowing atmospheric warming during this century.

In other words, Microsoft needs to figure out how to address the energy use and efficiency of apartment dwellers within Hohm, or else they'll miss out on a big chunk of urban populations.

Approximately half of the goal is met through increased energy efficiency to first reduce energy demands, and the other half is achieved by switching to renewable energy sources for electricity production (Figure 1, below).

Photo: Fisker AutomotiveHow Will Those Numbers Translate to the Real World?Automakers and regulatory bodies really need to figure out how to properly rate the energy efficiency of plug - in vehicles and electric cars, because what we have right now is

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The Green Grid is hoping that by next year, they'll have a set of standardized metrics that companies can use to figure out the energy efficiency of servers, storage systems, and networking equipment.

The budget proposes funding the DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at $ 2.33 billion, an increase from 2012 figures.

The energy efficiency of dry cement plants in India has also gone up over the years and currently they operate very close to the global best available technologies [BAT](Figures 2 and 3).