Sentences with phrase «for resource consumption»

The results for resource consumption and green building certification are less robust, but evidence indicates that buildings certified under operation - focused programs (LEED - EBOM and BOMA BESt) do experience decreased utility usage.

Not exact matches

Apple and other technology companies such as Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp., that build and run computer server farms have come under criticism for their high consumption of electricity and other resources.

That frees up financial resources which can then be put to use elsewhere - for consumption, investment or for reducing the debt overhang.

This type of value will be in new information, new formats for consumption and entirely new resources.

Population growth, urbanization and consumption trends call for global resource management.

Natural Resources Canada used to have a program called the Canadian Building Incentive Program, which gave financial incentives to buildings with energy efficiency measures, including a $ 60,000 grant for reducing energy consumption by 25 per cent.

In the process we drain the world of God's real presence, treating it instead as a resource for our greedy consumption and selfish delight.

«Thus an environmentally enlightened development process necessarily demands a new culture, which will be: egalitarian, with reduced disparities between rich and poor and power equally shared by men and women; resource - sharing; participatory; frugal, when compared to the current consumption patterns of the rich; humble, with a respect for the multiplicity of the world's cultures and lifestyles; and, it will aim at greater self - reliance at all levels of society.»

Christians have sometimes equated stewardship with the prudent management of natural resources for human consumption.

The study of how persons and society choose resources which have alternative uses, to produce various commodities over time and distribute them for consumption now and in the future, among various people and groups in society.

Economics is the study of how men and society end up choosing, with or without the use of money, to employ scarce productive resources that could have alternative uses, to produce various commodities and distribute them for consumption, now or in the future, among various people and groups in society.

As the technological era permeates cultures worldwide, the mass media are increasingly employed as a tool of the production - consumption cycle rather than as a resource for the education, information, and entertainment required for the well - being of all people, an element essential to the development of citizens in any democracy.

Education in modern industrial society has been organized for maximum material production and consumption, on the premises that labor is scarce and that natural resources are boundless.

«Freegans are people who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources,» Freegan.info says.

A powerful set of tools for brewers to measure their resource usage with an eye toward greater profitability through reduced consumption.

The company explained that they have used an environment - friendly design for their plant, which focuses on minimising resource wastage and energy consumption.

Miyoko tells readers, «you probably recycle, shop at farmer's markets, buy local as much as you can...» She goes on to offer some staggering stats about animals raised for human consumption that I'm not sure a lot of non-vegans have considered -LCB- at least not most of the ones I have spoken to -RCB-- some research has shown vegans use approximately 90 percent less water, energy, resources and land to raise their food than do omnivores.

Perhaps surprising is that these firms are targeting meat eaters, not vegans or vegetarians, and they are doing so by focusing on the need for the entire population to cut down on animal consumption to conserve valuable water and land resources.

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.

In its certification, it states that a component «certifies substances that have been rigorously tested against harmful effects on humans and the environment and for efficient consumption of relevant resources.»

This leads to rapid consumption of natural resources, which makes it difficult for them to feed and recover from the effects of climate change, such as increased flooding, malnutrition, and cholera.

This will include working to revitalize the Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market in the Bronx, which supplies a large portion of the produce for New York City's and the region's food consumption, and creating a «Share NY Food» Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program that develops partnerships with farmers and residents to expand access and resources and make fresh food available to consumers in urban areas.

For example rampant consumption is only a problem when there is rampant waste, or deprecation of the resource (s).

The technical cooperation is of great significance for improving efficiency, reducing resource and energy consumption, developing green and safe mines, achieving sustainable development of resources and introducing innovation into economic growth.

However, rice farming and livestock expert, Mr. Olafare Richard has identified the potentials of Osun in rice production, saying that with available resources and necessary equipment, coupled with enabling environment, Osun can produce enough rice for South - West consumption.

«This would be the first decline during a period of strong global economic growth,» the researchers said, noting that a portion of India's new energy consumption must be from «low - carbon» resources in order for global emissions to peak and then swiftly decline.

«The frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption of the participating children increases significantly,» says Julia Haß, doctoral student at the Institute for Food and Resource Economics (ILR) of the University of Bonn.

«If a power company has the ability to selectively charge groups of vehicles based on when renewable energy resources are available,» he says, «it makes electric vehicles useful not only for reducing petroleum consumption but for reducing the amount of greenhouse gases overall that we produce.»

All this consumption requires a host of natural resources, from vast copper mines scarring the landscape to ever more land for food.

Lead author Dr Robert Holland, also from the University's Centre for Biological Sciences, said: «Based on mapping patterns of freshwater consumption associated with energy sectors at subnational scales, our analysis also reveals that pressure on freshwater resources associated with energy production happens in a number of freshwater scarce river basins globally.

In order to account for the characteristic features of cascading use, wood researcher Michael Risse applied the holistic life cycle approach and analyzed the exergy of all materials used, the internal recycling processes, and the consumption of other primary resources, such as the forest land areas required.

The «BioElectroPlast» project coordinated by the Applied Biology Group headed by Professor Johannes Gescher of KIT's Institute for Applied Biosciences (IAB) focuses on a method to produce organic plastics with a minimum consumption of resources and at low costs.

In short, university graduates are more likely to possess the cultural resources necessary for both arts consumption and arts participation.

«This is old news,» says Ranping Song, an official with the Global Climate Program of the World Resources Institute (WRI) in Washington, D.C. Song says that last February, the National Bureau of Statistics of China released preliminary revised estimates of coal consumption for 2013 and 2014 along with indications that data for prior years might also be low.

For this reason, this type of rainwater harvesting system is particularly recommendable in districts with high population densities, such as (in Barcelona) Sants, Verdun, Sagrada Família, Sant Antoni or el Guinardó, whose consumption of resources per m3 is up to 40 % lower than that of districts like Pedralbes, Sarrià, la Clota, el Bon Pastor, Vall d'Hebron or Vallvidrera.

«We have not yet succeeded in adopting a circular pattern of production which ensures resources for all and for the future generations, and which requires us to limit the use of non-renewable resources, to moderate consumption, to maximize the efficiency of the exploitation, to reuse and to recycle.»

Meatless Monday, a project of the Center for a Livable Future (CLF) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, provides many resources and ideas to try to get Americans to cut their meat consumption by at least 15 percent.

Technological resources are distributed globally and the information is stored on Internet servers, freeing the user from the traditional dependence of the device, enhancing mobility, accessibility and security, and allowing until recently unthinkable access to next generation services via payment for consumption, that is, without a substantial prior economic investment.

As about one fourth of world electricity consumption is used for lighting purposes, the LEDs contribute to saving the Earth's resources.

Natural Resources Defense Council has several guides to avoid mercury consumption in fish including a detailed guide for pregnant women and this PDF is a good quick reference guide.

«Water quality is of great concern to California's Tribal governments not only for personal consumption, but also for the long term health and restoration of cultural habitats for traditional plants and animal life, ecosystems for healthy fish population, and access to traditional plants for food and ceremonial use,» adds Anecita Agustinez, a Tribal Policy Advisor at California's Department of Water Resources.

If you want to help support Hannah's message, head to her website and check out these mpg - approved resources for easy ways to cut down on your consumption:

Raising animals for consumption in the U.S. contributes to the depletion of land resources, including the emission of more methane gas into the atmosphere than planes, trains and automobiles combined.

A renewable and more sustainable food resource in the form of plants is simply waiting to be further optimized for human consumption.

Many environmental studies tell us that raising animals for human consumption puts a huge strain on water and land resources, and make a strong case for eating more plant - based foods.

The toll on water resources is equally grim: the meat industry accounts for half of US water consumption — 2500 gallons per pound of beef, compared to 25 gallons per pound of wheat.

However, the film's outrageous assault reaches beyond the bounds of its blatant distastefulness, bad jokes and bawdy humour; what proves most egregious, infantile and downright unpleasant is not the feature's lame and lowbrow content, but the considerable resources wasted in making a film neither funny nor fit for consumption.

Today, due to the current rate of consumption, the demand for natural resources exceeds 41 % spare capacity of the Earth.

The IRP's reports have been used by and referred to by international organizations, national governments, think - tanks and research organizations, academia, industry and civil society, in their discussions and planning for new policies that take into consideration resource efficient and sustainable consumption and production.

This play for 11 - 19 year olds looks at the impact of food consumption on the planet's resources and provides a great basis for discussion and furth...