Sentences with phrase «energy needed for air conditioning»

A mature tree canopy in a city shades buildings and can reduce air temperatures by 5 — 10 degrees Fahrenheit, thus reducing the energy needed for air conditioning.

Solar cells for electricity and solar - thermal arrays for the energy needed for air conditioning.

Not exact matches

Nearly 15 % of the electricity consumed in the United States each year is used to keep people cool, meaning America uses as much fossil fuel for air conditioning as Africa uses for all its energy needs.

In both cases, the air flow is needed in the building in order to maintain suitable inner conditions for their inhabitants, counteracting the energy gains - losses trough the building envelope.

Stanford University researchers, with the aid of the Comet supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer at UC San Diego, have engineered a low - cost plastic material that could become the basis for clothing that cools the wearer, reducing the need for energy - consuming air conditioning.

Covering city buildings in vegetation — creating «green roofs» and walls — could substantially save energy by reducing the need for air conditioning on hot days, say researchers.

You conserve energy not only by running fewer servers but also by reducing the need for air - conditioning, which accounts for half the energy consumed in data centers.

Still, solar is not the only solution, though it definitely could provide all the energy needed for such applications as air conditioning.

Air conditioning use emerges as one of the key drivers of global electricity - demand growth New IEA analysis shows urgent need to improve cooling efficiency as global energy demand for ACs to triple by 2050 15 May 2018

Public policy can provide incentives for improved insulation and more energy - efficient heating and cooling units for residences and businesses; but even the best efficiency programs can not eliminate the need for heating in colder states, and for air conditioning in hotter, humid states.

The APERC argued that since Russia's peak electricity needs occur in winter for heating, and Japan and South Korea's peak energy needs occur in summer for air conditioning, Russian hydropower could flow south in summer and Japan and South Korean nuclear power could flow north in winter.

This results in overheating and the need for energy guzzling, CO2 emitting air - conditioning to make them comfortable, or at least less uncomfortable.

They found that for the region of China roughly from Shanghai on south, light - colored «cool» roofs that reduce the need for air conditioning can lower annual energy cost, as well as annual emissions of CO2, NOx, and SO2.

Any move to ban ICE powered cars and replace them with electric cars should be done together with other actions that reduce the need for cars, including changing planning rules to promote walkable cities, changing building codes to dramatically reduce demand for electricity for air conditioning, changing transportation priorities to encourage cycling and walking, and do a massive rollout of new sources of renewable energy.

«Trees properly placed around buildings can reduce air conditioning needs by 30 % and can save 20 - 50 % in energy used for heating.»

For example, while Pope Francis singles out «the increasing use and power of air - conditioning» as a «harmful habit of consumption,» it is worth remembering that such energy - intensive activities result in pollution and the depletion of scarce resources only when a society needs to rely on dirty and non-renewable energy sources.

In addition to its enviable looks and views, the two - story Fall House features energy - efficient windows and its open design naturally encourages stack ventilation, automatically opening windows help reduce the need for air - conditioning.