Sentences with phrase «energy intensity of»

Explaining the declining energy intensity of the U.S. economy.

Sue - Wing, I, (2008), Explaining the declining energy intensity of the U.S. economy, Resource and Energy Economics, Vol.

In 2012, energy intensity of the Estonian GDP was amongst the highest in the EU.

Cornillie, J., and S. Fankhauser, (2004), «The energy intensity of transition countries», Energy Economics 26, no. 3: 283 — 295.

US - based technology company Dell has pledged to reduce emissions from their facilities and logistics operations by 50 percent by 2020 over 2011 levels, and reduce the energy intensity of their product portfolio 80 percent by 2020.

Sivak found that the energy intensity of driving is 2.07 times that of flying.

A few years ago, one of those was a realization that I needed to dig into — and publicize — the significance of «where we build» as a new measure of the energy intensity of buildings.

I wanted to come up with a metric for the transportation energy use associated with buildings that was parallel to the metric used to measure the energy intensity of a building — for heating, cooling, lighting, computers and other uses.

Then there is the Transportation Energy Intensity of all those buildings - what Alex Wilson of BuildingGreen defined as..

Though exact estimates vary, a decent rule of thumb is that due to the high energy intensity of production, one barrel of oil from tar sands has carbon emissions up to eight times higher than one barrel of conventional petroleum.

Thus, we must be mindful of the water intensity of our energy supplies, as well as the energy intensity of our water supplies, as we address drought and climate change.

For instance, reducing the energy intensity of homes, buildings, and cities will #movethedate of Overshoot Day; halving the carbon component of the global Ecological Footprint would move the date of Overshoot Day by 89 days.

[M] any people have latched onto the local - food movement, billing themselves «locavores,» as an antidote to the energy used to transport food long distances and the energy intensity of large - scale industrialized agriculture... Strangely enough, shipping food thousands of miles can sometimes require less energy, emit less carbon dioxide and do less environmental damage.

A mix of options to lower the energy per unit of GDP and carbon intensity of energy systems (as well as lowering the energy intensity of end uses) will be needed to achieve a truly sustainable energy future in a decarbonized world.

Wing, I. S. (2008): «Explaining the declining energy intensity of the US economy,» Resource and Energy Economics, 30, 21 - 49.

increasing energy intensity of the economy?

Well, the declining energy intensity of GDP and the varying carbon intensity of energy.

In the 66 % 2 °C Scenario, aggressive efficiency measures would be needed to lower the energy intensity of the global economy by 2.5 % per year on average between 2014 and 2050 (three - and - a-half times greater than the rate of improvement seen over the past 15 years); wind and solar combined would become the largest source of electricity by 2030.

Data on the energy intensity of GDP show big variations across time and space, e.g. the sharp decline in US intensity after the oil shocks of the 1970s, which then flattened out as prices came down, and the much lower energy intensity of European nations with high gasoline taxes.

In the end, he said, much will depend on the energy intensity of the overall economy and governmental policies that influence it.

Increases in energy efficiency, decreasing the energy intensity of the economy, «exerted a downward influence on emissions» in that period, as did the beginning of the shift away from coal, the research finds.

In 2012, we published an analysis that decomposed the two drivers of carbon intensity of the economy: changes to the energy intensity of the economy and changes to carbon intensity of energy.

Sweden and France did so mostly by decarbonizing energy supply, while the United Kingdom and Ireland did so mostly by reducing the energy intensity of their economies.

(Note: C / GDP is in turn made up of two terms: E / GDP and C / E, or Energy Intensity of the Economy and Carbon Intensity of Energy Supply)

The carbon intensity of the economy is the product of the energy intensity of the economy and the carbon intensity of the energy supply.

That depends on population and economic growth, obviously, but it also depends on the energy intensity of the world's economies — how much primary energy they require to produce a unit of GDP.

To do this, IRENA says, the energy intensity of the global economy must fall two - thirds by 2050.

«India has already started reducing emission intensity, reducing the energy intensity of development, increasing energy efficiency and also increasing the forest cover (to take more carbon out of the atmosphere).

The main countervailing factor is the reduced energy intensity of economies.

Overall, the energy intensity of the global economy would need to drop by a yearly average of 2.5 % up to 2050 — three - and - a-half times greater than the rate over the past 15 years.

Commentary: Unlocking energy savings from buildings The energy intensity of buildings is improving only slowly, representing a major opportunity for further savings 11 December 2017

All of the IPCC emission scenarios for the next century that were published in 2000 assume that the carbon intensity of energy and the energy intensity of gross domestic product (GDP) will decrease continuously.

Among the positive trends: the primary energy intensity of the global economy improved at a faster 2.8 % pace in 2015; for the first time in all regions of the world, electricity access grew faster than population growth; in Bangladesh and Mongolia, energy access gains were nearly 10 percent.

One should not conflate the energy intensity of the macroeconomy (BTU / GDP) with the energy use of a household or firm or the energy efficiency of a particular product.»

The energy intensity of commercial buildings has changed little over this period (total energy use per square foot increased), while a decrease in the energy intensity of housing was offset by an increase in housing size.

The increased energy intensity of industry coupled with an eventually declining population is not as yet factored into the climate models.

AND we should be investing heavily in R&D on reducing the carbon and energy intensity of the economy.

Policy Bob Wilkinson, professor and water director at University of California's Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, believes the key to capturing energy and water savings lies in a simple measurement: the energy intensity of water.

What about the transportation energy intensity of all those people driving there, let alone the private jets?

Energy intensity of GDP has been steadily improving for decades, but not very fast.

There are similar positive trends regarding energy efficiency, with the energy intensity of passenger transport, for example, falling by 30 % in China, India, the EU, the US, Brazil, and Japan in aggregate.

But you know, I mean a classic example is looking say at the offer the Chinese made this week on how they're going to reduce the energy intensity of their GDP.

At the same time, it has challenged the world to reduce energy intensity of 40 percent by that same year.

The target, it argued, «does not create any obstacles for social and economic development and corresponds to general objectives of the land - use and sustainable forest management policies, raising the level of energy efficiency, reducing energy intensity of the economy and increasing share of renewables in the Russian energy balance.»

Not exact matches

«And you wonder where he gets all of the time and energy and discipline to do it because human nature says that after you've been good at something for a very long time, you typically either get distracted or your intensity or focus wanes.

Shell said in late November that it aspires to cut the carbon intensity of its energy operations and of the energy products it sells by 20 % by 2035 and «around half» by 2050.

Asked about the growing DC - SV connection, Mabus said, «the energy, the intellectual capital that is there, the intensity of these founders and companies that GV is invested in, it's very appealing to me, much more appealing than maintaining something that's already gotten there.»

«We would agree that Alberta's historic focus on maximizing oilsands production... rather than optimizing production on the highest quality ore may be having unnecessary environmental impacts on things like greenhouse gas intensity and tailings production and lowering returns to Albertans as the owners of the resource,» said Simon Dyer of the Pembina Institute, a clean energy think - tank.

But just 20 minutes of low - to - moderate intensity exercise (like walking) performed three times a week can increase energy levels by 20 percent and decrease fatigue by 65 percent, according to a University of Georgia study.

Speaking of intensity, Watson Beat now has an «energy map» option that influences the tempo and intensity of a new composition, from slow and low, to fast and high — all with the turn of a nob.