In combination with moving down the food chain to eat fewer livestock products, reducing the food miles in our diets can dramatically reduce
energy use in the food economy.
It's energy need is massive and in that sense, and compared to the paltry efforts of the US, a goal of near 100 % renewable
energy use in a bare four decades is VERY remarkable indeed.
The roof is covered in a 13.4 kW solar photovoltaic system that the architect says is «sized to cover all
the energy use in the house.»
The estimated U.S.
energy use in 2009 equaled 94.6 quadrillion BTUs («quads»), down from 99.2 quadrillion BTUs in 2008..
Previous studies have helped agriculture cut
energy use in half in the last 50 years, according to USDA figures.
I know plenty of people who say they are concerned about the potential impacts of climate change, yet I know of no one who has altered
their energy use in any meaningful way.
According to «Fossil
Energy Use in the Manufacture of Corn Ethanol», August 2002, Dr. Michael S. Graboski «72 % of the land supplying corn to wet and dry mills would need to be planted in the absence of ethanol production for ruminant feeding and corn oil replacement.
On Wednesday, lawmakers in Sacramento are set to debate legislation aimed at taking away Californians» right to make choices about
the energy they use in their homes and businesses.
Energy efficiency measures, such as adopting the most efficient blast furnace systems in use today and the complete recovery of used steel, could reduce
energy use in the steel industry by 23 percent.
Worldwide, if all cement producers used the most efficient dry kiln process in use today,
energy use in the cement industry could drop 42 percent.
In the absence of direct measurements it is therefore necessary to estimate
energy use in the absence of the energy efficiency savings project.
The contest represents activities and
energy use in a contemporary home.
Ireland's total
energy use in 2008 amounted to about 16 Million Tonnes of Oil Equivalent (TOE).
Worldwide, increasing recycling rates and moving to the most efficient manufacturing systems in use today could reduce
energy use in the petrochemical industry by 32 percent.
AB 3232, Minter wrote, is «aimed at taking away Californians» right to make choices about
the energy they use in their homes and businesses» and «would drive up energy bills, make housing more expensive and stall innovation.»
A study by the New Buildings Institute found
energy use in green buildings to be 24 per cent lower than in conventional buildings.
ENERGY STAR tools and resources help businesses determine cost - effective approaches to managing
energy use in their buildings and plants — enabling the private sector to save energy, increase profits, and strengthen their competitiveness.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that space heating accounts for about 42 percent of
energy use in U.S. residences and space heating accounts for 30 percent of homeowners energy - related expenses.
NYSEIA is the only statewide membership and trade association dedicated solely to advancing solar
energy use in New York.
The bottom line is that there is an enormous potential for reducing
energy use in buildings in the United States and, indeed, the world.
On another thread, I've referred to the two scenarios of future world output &
energy use in the 1000 - page plus study by the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)-- Hafele et al, 1981, «Energy in a Finite World.»
About NYSEIA: Founded in 1994, the New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA) is the only statewide membership and trade association dedicated solely to advancing solar
energy use in New York State.
Even if you increase
your energy use in the process.
Total per - capita
energy use in China is about one - fourth to one - fifth that in the U.S..
I thought that cutting the automobile transport portion of
our energy use in half was going to the the most difficult part of our 1/2 project — instead, it turned out to be the easiest part.
The new 2025 energy efficiency target will cut emissions and energy costs by incentivizing building developers, commercial and institutional building owners, and residential households to pursue building improvements to reduce energy consumption by 185 trillion BTUs (British thermal units) below forecasted
energy use in 2025, the equivalent to energy consumed by 1.8 million New York homes.
When it comes to stopping and reversing the trend of rising
energy use in the transportation sector, TEF project researchers see changes to the built environment, strategies to decrease personal travel, improvements in energy efficiency, and replacing truck freight with more energy - efficient rail and marine modes as holding the greatest potential.
About NYSEIA NYSEIA is the only statewide membership and trade association dedicated solely to advancing solar
energy use in New York.
Meanwhile, we are managing
energy use in our companies and facilities.
In the Passive House calculations, primary energy is calculated using factors that describe inefficiencies and energy loss as opposed to just looking at
the energy use in the building.
In 2011, Bill Gates gave a talk in which he said that the climate benefits of energy - efficiency technologies would be wiped out by increasing fossil - based
energy use in the developing world.
The combination of moving down the food chain and reducing the food miles in our diets will dramatically reduce
energy use in the food economy.
Energy use in buildings — our homes, businesses and public institutions — is responsible for around one - third of emissions contributing to global warming.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the launch of Clean Energy Communities, a $ 16 million initiative to help local governments across the state reduce energy consumption and drive clean
energy use in their communities.
Similarly, in the design or appraisal of adaptation projects, A → M, the consideration of mitigation options can be brought in, for example in considering reduced
energy use in project design.
Increased electricity use has driven up total stationary
energy use in manufacturing, services and houses.
«Measurement of Attic Temperatures and Cooling
Energy Use In Vented and Sealed Attics in Las Vegas, Nevada» Armin F. Rudd, Joseph W. Lstiburek and Neil A. Moyer; Presented at the»96 Excellence in Building Conference, 14 - 17 November, and published in EEBA Excellence, The Journal Of The Energy Efficient Building Association, Spring 1997.
The first paper in this area estimates and models
energy use in response to daylight saving time.
Energy use in the commercial, service and residential sectors has been climbing steadily as private incomes and the production of services have increased.
Although the industrial sector accounts for the largest share of
energy use in Canada, 5 the growth in use in the transportation sector outpaced all other sectors between 1990 and 2013 with a 43 percent growth, compared to 7 percent in the residential sector, 30 percent in the industrial sector, and 23 percent in the commercial sector (Natural Resources Canada 2016).
Ministers from both Scotland and Wales have said energy storage solutions are integral to the «future direction» of
energy use in the UK as they warned against cuts to renewable energy subsidies.
RR - 0917: Measurement of Attic Temperatures and Cooling
Energy Use in Vented and Sealed Attics in Las Vegas, Nevada
In the first report looking into
energy use in refugee camps around the world, a consortium of NGOs, thinktanks and donors says that the refugees» energy use has been neglected by both the international energy access lobby and by humanitarian agencies.
If three fourths of steel production were to switch to electric arc furnaces using scrap,
energy use in the steel industry could be cut by almost 40 percent.
Earlier this summer, a global banking giant announced a major drive to reduce
the energy use in its portfolio of over 5,500 properties in 60 countries and a commitment to source 100 percent of its energy from renewables by 2020.
The combined share of
the energy use in the United States and the European OECD countries is expected to decline from 30 percent to 20 percent in 2040, which is about equal to China's share of world energy demand.
This more competitive marketplace has increased green
energy use in Illinois.
With nearly 25 years experience analyzing
energy use in China, the China Energy Group has tailored a variety of resources to help local Chinese officials turn government mandates into practical how - to guides for understanding their energy usage and reducing their carbon dioxide emissions.
The main reasons for this are: 1) the charts are kind of a pain to keep up to date, and 2) we have well exceeded the goal of cutting
energy use in half in all areas.
The introduction of rising CO2 costs will have a variety of impacts on the economy and
energy use in every sector and region within any given country.