Sentences with phrase «equivalent energy use»

Finally, an application example is given using the series of the CO2 annual emissions intensity in Greece (kg per kg of oil equivalent energy use) for the period 1961 - 2010.

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«But when you actually look at the total environmental impact,» he explains, «it takes three times as much energy to make that bag as we can use to make an equivalent polyethylene product.»

The extra energy you use would be the equivalent of leaving the door to the fridge open for six years, or your bathroom light on for three decades.

Whatever provides a culture with its goals, values, motivation and creative energy is its religion (irrespective of whether that term or its equivalent is used).

pureLYFT ® is an all - natural energy product made from green coffee beans that delivers 125 mg of CLEAN CAFFEINE ® (equivalent to a tall cup of coffee) into the beverage of consumers» choice through a convenient single - use energy stir stick.

AIM Photonics aims «to reduce energy consumption in data centers by supporting the replacement of copper wires with optical fiber; providing technology for optics in next generation (5G) wireless networks; helping develop the optical equivalent of radar which will facilitate the use of self - driving vehicles; and in partnership with the University of Rochester, the initiative is developing emerging optical sensors for medical and environmental applications,» the release explained.

It allows particles, such as electrons or photons of light, the equivalent of an interest - free loan: they may borrow energy from empty space and use it to make mass, according to Einstein's famous equation E = mc2.

And whereas many traditional motorcycles can achieve a respectable 50 miles per gallon at a driving cost of about seven cents per mile, an electric bike uses the energy equivalent of about 420 mpg at an operating cost of two to three cents per mile.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that the use of landfill - gas - to - energy projects reduces greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of taking 16 million passenger cars off the road.

Even the energy - hungry US could in theory supply all of its electricity use, according to one study, using solar PV on an area equivalent to 0.6 per cent of the country — just a fraction of the existing developed and urban space.

They also outlast equivalent compact fluorescent lightbulbs but use 50 percent less energy and skip the toxic mercury required as ballast.

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.

Further, Chinese officials have announced plans to explicitly cap China's total energy use at four billion metric tons of coal - equivalent by 2015; they also have drafted a «New Energy Industry Development Plan» that would invest amore than $ 750 billion in «new energy,» which includes nuclear, in the next denergy use at four billion metric tons of coal - equivalent by 2015; they also have drafted a «New Energy Industry Development Plan» that would invest amore than $ 750 billion in «new energy,» which includes nuclear, in the next dEnergy Industry Development Plan» that would invest amore than $ 750 billion in «new energy,» which includes nuclear, in the next denergy,» which includes nuclear, in the next decade.

Researchers used data from sensors designed to detect clandestine nuclear tests, among other sources, to identify airbursts with an energy equivalent to or larger than that released by 1 kiloton of exploding TNT.

In contrast to previous studies, lab - grown meat was found to be no more sustainable than chicken or eggs, requiring an equivalent area of land but using more energy in production.

If we use this procedure on, say, 5 more cryomodules, and we get equivalent gains, we can easily get up to operating at our design energy of 1,000 MeV.»

The findings show that for every m3 of rainwater used to wash clothes (the equivalent of 11 wash cycles) there is a saving of 5.68 Euros on detergent, and that large rainwater tanks for resident communities, or even for parts of neighbourhoods, is more economical and energy - efficient than individual installations.

Dr Peter Bagot, Research Associate in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, said: «Digital broadcasting is more energy efficient than analogue broadcasting, and following digital switch over, digital broadcast towers now use less electricity than their analogue equivalents.

OTEC is a relatively marginal alternative energy source that uses cold deep water and warm surface water to run the equivalent of a reverse fridge cycle.

Together, these measures could reduce emissions from energy use by about 3.1 gigatons of carbon - dioxide equivalent by 2020, the authors argue.

This energy expenditure is much greater than the energy that a person wearing a backpack of an equivalent weight would use.

A plant uses just 1 percent of the energy it receives from the sun to make glucose, whereas the artificial system achieved roughly 10 percent efficiency in converting carbon dioxide to fuel, the equivalent of pulling 180 grams of carbon dioxide from the air per kilowatt - hour of electricity generated.

This study is focused on three specific aspects: to assess the impact of vegetation density on energy efficiency of a roof located at a Mediterranean coastal climate; develop a simplified numeral model that can estimate thermal resistance values equivalent to plants and substrates, and finally, to verify the numerical model by using experimental data.

However, for use with integrated assessment models, energy balance models, and — most importantly — for writing of treaties and legislation — it is still generally necessary to translate all GHG's into some equivalent in terms of CO2.

Electric car operating costs are translated into an mpg equivalent, or MPGe, using individual states» electricity costs as calculated by the U.S. Department of Energy.

For the first time, the plan includes quantified guidance on energy consumption control, stating that China should limit its energy use to 5 billion tons of standard coal equivalent.

We used methods described by Ainsworth et al (27) to estimate total daily energy expenditure in metabolic equivalent task hours (MET - h) based on the reported time spent at each activity and activity intensity level (28 — 30).

«China is building coal - fired power stations but it's also closing many of the older ones down, which is why its overall coal use is declining — the more significant point is it's now building the clean energy equivalent of one coal - fired power station every week, and will do for the next 15 years.»

The school will use up to 80 per cent less energy than a conventionally built equivalent facility, reducing carbon emissions by 60 per cent without the use of renewable energy.

It uses an electric motor for each rear wheel, developing 130kW each — equivalent to 174bhp per wheel — while energy comes from a 220kW lithium - ion battery pack.

[9][43][45] For both vehicles EPA calculated the MPGe rating under its five - cycle tests using the formula displayed earlier with a conversion factor of 33.7 kW - h of electricity being the energy equivalent of a gallon of gasoline.

The mpge rating (miles per gallon of gasoline equivalent) equates driving using utility - company - supplied energy vs. driving the same vehicle with a combustion engine.

And now, we have a new energy - use - per - dollar - of - GDP metric that makes China's CO2 production rate look like the equivalent of a drunken sailor's proclivities compared to the U.S.'s China will now be exposed to the world as a country that's raping the planet in the pursuit of growth.

The bike's energy use is the equivalent of an incadescent light bulb in one's living room.

A standardized unit of measure, the global warming index (GWI) namely the grams of carbon dioxide equivalent per megajoule of fuel delivered to the vehicle (gCO2e / MJ) is to be reported, adjusted, of course, for differences in the in - use energy efficiency of different fuels (e.g., gasoline versus diesel, versus natural gas or hydrogen).

However, for use with integrated assessment models, energy balance models, and — most importantly — for writing of treaties and legislation — it is still generally necessary to translate all GHG's into some equivalent in terms of CO2.

Al Gore would be far more convincing if he started living as he urges the rest of us to do, but he continues to say an equivalent of «let them eat cake» by enjoying the riches of huge personal energy consumption while chiding others for, in most cases, more modest uses.

The company estimates customer savings of approximately $ 20 million and 220 million kilowatt - hours in 2010 and 2011 combined, the equivalent of annual CO2 emissions resulting from energy use of more than 10,000 home.»

Apple plans to build more than 200 megawatts of solar projects in the northern, eastern and southern grid regions of China, which will produce the equivalent of the energy used by more by than 265,000 Chinese homes in a year and will begin to offset the energy used in Apple's supply chain.

The company's greenhouse gas emissions from its offices, data centres and travel came to 285,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent and it used 532 million kWh of energy.

Earth intercepts only a tiny 2 billionths of the sun's total radiant output, but this is the equivalent of 35 thousand times the total energy used by all people.

The dark blue line shows actual energy use in the EU, in millions of tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe).

In 1995, the total residential energy used amounted to 1254.9 PJ, equivalent of 18 % of total energy expended in Canada.

Each one reduces energy use compared with an incandescent by the equivalent of 200 pounds of coal over its lifetime.

They compared estimated emissions for shale gas, conventional gas, coal (surface - mined and deep - mined) and diesel oil, taking into account direct emissions of CO2 during combustion, indirect emissions of CO2 necessary to develop and use the energy source and methane emissions, which were converted to equivalent value of CO2 for global warming potential.

If it were possible to cut this number in half from a combination of DERs, low - energy new construction, and renewable energy use, this would be the equivalent of removing 263 coal - fired power plants from operation (EIA 2009; Green Power Partnership 2011).

note 10; carbon tax equivalent calculated using DOE, EIA, Emissions of Greenhouse Gasses in the United States 2001 (Washington, DC: 2002), p. B — 1; DOE EIA, Annual Energy Review 2006 (Washington, DC: 2007), p. 359.

This volume may vary in actual term length so long as the volume is achieved; i.e. a project may purchase a 15 year contract with an annual volume equal to the energy demand of the project, or a contract with renewables equal to 15 times its annual energy use for a one year period, or some other equivalent combination.

The volume of all forms of energy used by the building during the performance period shall be converted to a kilowatt hour equivalent to determine efficiency performance target and required offset.

They say that the energy used by a dehumidifier to deal with the evaporated water is equivalent to the energy used by using a clothes dryer to dry the clothes.