Sentences with phrase «equivalent emissions for»

The GHG Protocol's Scope III and Product Life Cycle standards are the leading international standards for calculating carbon - equivalent emissions for products.

Not exact matches

As well as explaining that the production of meat — on its journey from farm to fork — is responsible for 15 per cent of the planet's harmful greenhouse gas emissions, it underlines that raising equivalent amounts of grain or vegetables for human consumption uses far less land, water and resources.

To put these numbers in perspective, the amount of carbon dioxide the state would need to reduce, to make up for Indian Point's closure, is the equivalent of the annual greenhouse - gas emissions of more than 2.4 million passenger cars.

The total emissions for the Lincoln Park project during the course of the year is 30,272 metric tons CO2 equivalent, about equal to the annual emissions from all households in the Town of Ulster, or 1.5 % of all Ulster County emissions.

Erie County and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority («NYSERDA») have announced the development of a Climate Action and Sustainability Plan for internal county operations which is expected to save more than $ 700,000 in energy costs and reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 5,300 metric tons of carbon dioxide by 2020, equivalent to taking 925 cars off the road.

But Suh's analysis finds that the service sector, which accounts for more than 60 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product, pumps out 37.6 percent of overall greenhouse gas emissions in the country, or nearly 1.7 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent.

That is the message of new research that has quantified CO2 emissions from the Harbour for the first time — found to be 1000 tonnes annually — equivalent to the pollution from about 200 cars.

If the UNFCCC is happy with the project, it issues us with a certificate for a number of carbon credits (1 tonne of carbon, or the equivalent, abated equals 1 carbon credit) which can then be sold to companies who need to reduce their net emissions.

According to the Alliance to Save Energy, new standards for efficient lighting could save 158 million tons of carbon emissions each year, the equivalent of the emissions from 80 coal - fired power plants.

In their newly published study, the U-M researchers examined cost, energy use and greenhouse gas emissions for different types of 60 - watt - equivalent bulbs and created a computer model to generate multiple replacement scenarios, which were then analyzed.

For a 1 gigawatt power plant, a 1 percent improvement in efficiency saves 17,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year, equivalent to removing more than 3,500 vehicles from the road.

Launched in mid-2010 after 3 years of technical consultation, the Yasuni ITT project was lauded by foreign governments and environmental groups as an innovative way to fight global warming: Not exploiting the Ishpingo - Tambococha - Tiputini (ITT) oilfields in Yasuni National Park will, according to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), prevent the emissions of around 410 million metric tons of carbon dioxide — equivalent to the annual emissions of France and accounting for 20 % of Ecuador's known oil reserves.

What we need are the kinds of policy incentives that are equivalent to air mail,» such as a cost for CO2 emissions and a subsidy for captured and stored CO2.

Thanks to these regulations, automakers have prevented emissions of 130 million metric tons of carbon dioxide — equivalent to a year's worth of electricity use for 20 million homes.

Urban areas and their aging natural gas pipes and valves are also responsible for a lot of methane emissions, which is about 35 times as potent as a greenhouse gas over the span of 100 years and makes up about 10 percent of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in terms of CO2 equivalents.

For electrification to lower emissions, Kennedy says that a region needs to produce its electricity at a rate below his threshold: approximately 600 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per gigawatt hour (GWh).

-- For a covered entity described in section 700 (13)(C), 1 emission allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of fossil fuel - based carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or any other fluorinated gas that is a greenhouse gas (except for nitrogen trifluoride), or any combination thereof, produced or imported by such covered entity during the previous calendar year for sale or distribution in interstate commerFor a covered entity described in section 700 (13)(C), 1 emission allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of fossil fuel - based carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or any other fluorinated gas that is a greenhouse gas (except for nitrogen trifluoride), or any combination thereof, produced or imported by such covered entity during the previous calendar year for sale or distribution in interstate commerfor each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of fossil fuel - based carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or any other fluorinated gas that is a greenhouse gas (except for nitrogen trifluoride), or any combination thereof, produced or imported by such covered entity during the previous calendar year for sale or distribution in interstate commerfor nitrogen trifluoride), or any combination thereof, produced or imported by such covered entity during the previous calendar year for sale or distribution in interstate commerfor sale or distribution in interstate commerce.

-- If a reversal has occurred with respect to an offset project for which offset credits are reserved under this paragraph, the Administrator shall retire offset credits or emission allowances from the offsets reserve to fully account for the tons of carbon dioxide equivalent that are no longer sequestered.

-- The regulations promulgated under this paragraph shall include standards and protocols for project eligibility, certification of destroyers, monitoring, tracking, destruction efficiency, quantification of project and baseline emissions and carbon dioxide equivalent value, and verification.

(ii) Insurance that provides for purchase and provision to the Secretary for retirement of a quantity of offset credits or emission allowances equal in number to the tons of carbon dioxide equivalents of greenhouse gas emissions released due to reversal.

-- The Administrator may promulgate regulations to add to the list of class I and class II, group I, substances that may be destroyed for destruction offset credits, taking into account a candidate substance's carbon dioxide equivalent value, ozone depletion potential, prevalence in banks in the United States, and emission rates, as well as the need for additional cost containment under the class II, group II cap and the integrity of the class II, group II cap.

«(B) Insurance that provides for purchase and provision to the Administrator for retirement of an amount of offset credits or emission allowances equal in number to the tons of carbon dioxide equivalents of greenhouse gas emissions released due to reversal.

«(C) For purposes of this subsection, emissions shall be calculated using tons of carbon dioxide equivalents.

«(B) international offset credits may be sold at a strategic reserve auction under this subsection only if the Administrator determines that it is highly likely that covered entities will, to cover emissions occurring in the year the auction is held, use offset credits to demonstrate compliance under section 722 for emissions equal to or greater than 80 percent of 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent;

-- For a covered entity described in section 700 (13)(J), 1 emission allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas that would be emitted from the combustion of the natural gas, and any other gas meeting the specifications for commingling with natural gas for purposes of delivery, that such entity delivered during the previous calendar year to customers that are not covered entities, assuming no capture and sequestration of that greenhouse gFor a covered entity described in section 700 (13)(J), 1 emission allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas that would be emitted from the combustion of the natural gas, and any other gas meeting the specifications for commingling with natural gas for purposes of delivery, that such entity delivered during the previous calendar year to customers that are not covered entities, assuming no capture and sequestration of that greenhouse gfor each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas that would be emitted from the combustion of the natural gas, and any other gas meeting the specifications for commingling with natural gas for purposes of delivery, that such entity delivered during the previous calendar year to customers that are not covered entities, assuming no capture and sequestration of that greenhouse gfor commingling with natural gas for purposes of delivery, that such entity delivered during the previous calendar year to customers that are not covered entities, assuming no capture and sequestration of that greenhouse gfor purposes of delivery, that such entity delivered during the previous calendar year to customers that are not covered entities, assuming no capture and sequestration of that greenhouse gas.

These regulations shall take into account the total number of tons of carbon dioxide equivalent of greenhouse gas emissions for which a covered entity is demonstrating compliance temporarily, and may set a limit on this amount.

Goat farming in Europe is responsible for more than 1.4 tonnes CO2 equivalent per year, so replication of the project could have a significant impact on this major source of emissions.

They appear to be related to differences in interpretation of INDCs, assumptions about other countries, level of disaggregation for small countries, choice of global warming potentials to compute carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, treatment of emissions related to land use, and treatment of international aviation and maritime shipping.

The stakes for full implementation are high — the agreement is expected to prevent up to 80 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions by 2050, which could prevent up to 0.5 degrees Celsius in warming.

The fifth IPCC assessment Summary for Policymakers [14] concludes that to achieve a 50 % chance of keeping global warming below 2 °C equivalent CO2 emissions should not exceed 1210 GtC, and after accounting for non-CO2 climate forcings this limit on CO2 emissions becomes 840 GtC.

/ kWh (carbon dioxide equivalent emissions per kilowatt hour), compared to 11.2 g for offshore wind, 88 g for solar PV, 379 g for natural gas and 1072 g for coal.

Production emissions and «post farming emissions» (inclusive of processing, transport and cooking) of lentils are only 0.9 kg of CO2 equivalent for each kg consumed, 40 times less compared to other protein sources, such as lamb.

Growing, processing, shipping, and preparing food — particularly the kind Americans typically eat (and schools typically serve)-- requires huge amounts of energy and produces tons of waste: Animal agriculture contributes nearly one - fifth of the greenhouse - gas emissions responsible for climate change — 1 pound of beef generates the equivalent of 36 pounds of carbon dioxide, according to researchers.

Altogether, this should allow a major reduction in agriculture emissions, as global food waste and loss account for 3.3 Gt of CO2 equivalent per year.

For example, when the standards are fully phased in, tractors in a tractor - trailer will achieve up to 25 percent lower CO2 emissions and fuel consumption than an equivalent tractor in 2018.

Diverting 5 % of freight traffic from truck to rail would save 800 million gallons of fuel each year and reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 2 million cars for 1 year.

«The latest diesel technology is really such a step in emissions, performance, particulates; it's better for the environment when compared to [an equivalent] petrol,» Speth told Autocar.

It's also extremely efficient: according to the standard applicable for plug - in hybrids, it burns just 2.3 liters of fuel (102.3 US mpg) per 100 kilometers in the NEDC, equivalent to CO2 emissions of 53 g / km (85.3 g / mi).

Porsche claims it's capable of a combined fuel consumption of 2.5 l / 100 km (equivalent to 94 mpg US or 15.9 kWh / 100 km) according to the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) for plug - in hybrid models, with corresponding CO2 emissions 56 g / km.

Although, it still comes with the 1.3 - liter 1NR - FE engine or an improved 1.5 - liter 1NZ - FE engine, mated with the Super CVT - i (Continuously Variable Transmission - intelligent) automatic transmission, an available Smart Stop feature for the 1.5 - liter variants has a fuel efficiency of 20.6 km / L (58 mpg ‑ imp; 48 mpg ‑ US) under the JC08 test cycle (equivalent to 113 g / km (6.4 oz / mi) of CO2 emissions) of the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT).

The Clarity Fuel Cell is competitively lease priced at $ 369 per month for 36 months with $ 2,868 due at signingi with California customers eligible for a $ 5,000 rebate.iiThe lease terms include an attractive mileage allowance of 20,000 miles per year, up to $ 15,000 of hydrogen fuel, up to 21 days of access to a luxury vehicle from Avis while in California, iii 24/7 roadside assistance, and eligibility for Californias Clean Air Vehicle Stickers, allowing single occupant HOV access.2 In addition, the Clarity Fuel Cell has the highest EPA driving range rating of any zero - emission light - duty vehicle in America, including fuel cell and battery electric vehicles, with a 366 - mile range rating and fuel economy rating of 68 combined MPGe (miles per gallon of gasoline - equivalent).

Tank - to - wheel CO2 equivalent emissions of 684.9 g / km are 37 % lower than those of a conventional Euro VI diesel bus, making the Enviro400H with Series - E technology an Ultra Low Emission Bus and qualifying it for funding from the Department for Transport's ongoing # 48 - million Ultra Low Emission Bus Scheme.

- Lexus's first premium compact model - Lexus Hybrid Drive powertrain with 1.8 - litre VVT - i petrol engine and powerful but compact electric motor - Full hybrid system with selectable EV mode for emissions - free electric running - Further selectable ECO, NORMAL and SPORT driving modes - ECVT intelligent electronic continuously variable transmission - Expected to deliver class - leading CO2 emissions - Significantly lower NOx emissions than equivalent diesel engines and almost no particulates - Long, 2,600 mm wheelbase ensures excellent accommodation for everyone on board - Debut at Geneva motor show prior to worldwide sales launch in late 2010

With the GM 2.8 L diesel gaining only 2 MPG over the 2.5 L gasoline engine, while adding 440 pounds to its curb weight, the diesel fuel economy gains are not sufficient to offset the higher emission factor for diesel fuel, with the diesel option producing 4 % more CO2 - equivalent emissions over the truck's life - cycle.

A glance at the consumption and emissions figures shows that the AMG V12 is fit for the future: with fuel consumption of 23.7 mpg (equivalent to 279 g / km CO2), the S 65 AMG Coupé is significantly more economical than all of its rivals.

Meanwhile, the Kodiaq's official fuel economy and CO2 emissions aren't as appealing as an equivalent Peugeot 5008's, but are similar to the Sorento's; bear this in mind if you're a company car driver looking for cheaper benefit - in - kind tax.

eBook Reader Guide has succeeded in obtaining equivalent carbon dioxide emission data for the E Ink eReader that shows how much difference your eReader can make.

The system has the capacity to reduce CO2 emissions by 861,000 pounds a year, which is the environmental equivalent of growing 9,000 seedlings for 10 years, or eliminating the number of miles driven by a car by 978,000 miles a year.

FOR BODY SCANNERS: The TSA claims, «Each full body scan produces less than 10 microREM of emission, the equivalent to the exposure each person receives in about 2 minutes of an airplane flight at altitude.»

• Similarly, Eillott et al (2011), Reagan (2011) and Reagan and Moridis (2008), for the equivalent of RCP 8.5 50 % CL methane emissions from global marine methane hydrates could be 0.3 GtCH4 / yr by 2100.