Sentences with phrase «energy use»

Power supplies and battery chargers are a growing source of energy use in homes.

The stricter code calls for reducing energy use in new construction and renovation of commercial and residential buildings.

If your current refrigerator was made before 1993, it uses twice the amount of energy used by new models.

The redevelopment is designed to reduce energy use by at least 20 percent.

This has dual environmental and economical benefits by decreasing the amount of energy used for heating and air conditioning.

One idea to cut down on energy use in server rooms (as well as large server farms) is to simply raise the temperature such servers operate in.

The quote says 67 % of carbon dioxide emissions are from energy used in buildings, not that the actual emissions originate at the buildings.

Currently, 30 utilities have managed to cut energy use by at least 1.5 percent; some regions lead at 3.5 percent.

31 % of total energy use in typical college or university classroom buildings goes to lighting.

The assumptions about renewable energies used in this scenario and the modelling are based on misconceptions.

Help staff understand the cost of energy use at school by putting it into comparative figures they can relate to.

There is plenty of solar and wind energy to run an advanced civilization — and even to increase energy use per capita above today's levels.

This includes introducing energy efficiency measures and reducing energy use as a priority.

As the global population increases and ages, and the amount of energy used per person increases, the world is facing an energy crisis.

... it is likely that we have only just begun to experience the surge in global energy use associated with ongoing rapid development.

Home energy use from all the electricity we use to power our appliances and electronics is another big source of your emissions, and one with lots of room for reductions.

But the benefits for lowering energy use are substantial.

The research program is aimed towards advanced building systems that have the potential to reduce residential building energy use by 50 - 60 %.

At the heart of the curriculum outline is the use of real - time data about energy use.

And they may put us on a path to significantly less fossil energy use.

The more energy used during peak hours, the more carbon emissions from these plants, the worse it is for our environment.

Compared with the normal population, we would expect the overweight population to have higher transportation fuel energy use because of the additional fuel energy needed to transport heavier people.

For example, reducing energy use through greater efficiency saves money.

This is because the utility separates the day into «peak» and «off peak» hours, and charges different rates for energy used during each time period.

So it makes sense to move as much energy use as possible over to electricity, particularly vehicles, home heating and cooling, and lower - temperature industrial applications.

Whole foods translate into less energy used in manufacturing and transportation and obviously, better nutrition.

Meanwhile, we are managing energy use in our companies and facilities.

In addition, inexpensive energy stimulates the economy, which also increases overall energy use.

What makes this better than generating clean energy using solar panels?

Also explores the balance between resource availability and demand, and the relationship between energy use and technology.

An energy audit or assessment will illustrate where building improvements can save energy and water consumption, reduce greenhouse gases and save money through more efficient energy use.

That's precisely the reason so many start - ups are working diligently to come up with ways to make monitoring energy use simple, easy, and interesting.

I walked into the Exhibit Hall to see a sign telling me about the solar energy used by the center.

In 2013, the world's urban areas accounted for about 64 % of global primary energy use and produced 70 % of the planet's carbon dioxide emissions.

Each rating is based on 28 environmental factors, including energy use, recycling, transportation, building efficiency, availability of environmental courses, and the schools commitment to sustainability.

They were able to achieve a 50 percent reduction in energy use while performance remained essentially unchanged.

Between 1975 and 2002, residential energy use per person dropped 16 percent in the country as a whole.

All of human development has basically followed a pattern of increased intensity of energy usage, and civilization has basically been a quest for higher energy use.

It is very important to be informed about your own energy use when considering community solar.

Such control over energy use means customers can make an average of a 20 % reduction on their resource intake.

Remember this report is only about the provision of electricity, which is only about 20 + % of Australian final energy use.

We have the technologies for the direction of natural light, heat, natural cooling, and the other ways we have actually cut household energy use the past year.

Being older and being male lead to more accurate perceptions of water use but not energy use.

The amount of wind energy used today has no effect on the amount available tomorrow.