Sentences with phrase «further increase energy efficiency»

To further increase energy efficiency, the computing center's waste heat will prospectively be used to heat laboratories in the neighboring building.

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Appropriate management practices could increase carbon sinks and energy efficiency improvements and production of energy from crops and residues would result in a further mitigation potential, or a cumulative carbon storage95.

The pledge unanimously passed and signed by the Town Board at its April 11 meeting went on to ask «the New York State Legislature to commit to these same clean energy goals, which would represent a 20 percent increase over the current New York State Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.&energy goals, which would represent a 20 percent increase over the current New York State Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.&Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.&energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.&energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.&energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.»

While some transportation researchers have suggested autonomous cars could cut emissions by boosting driver efficiency, others, including Fulton and his colleagues, project that energy use and carbon emissions would increase over a business - as - usual scenario because more people will travel farther.

Simultaneously, the more regenerative braking part of the kinetic energy is passed directly to the refrigerant compressor and thus the efficiency is further increased,» added Dr Schier.

Further, they refer to «recent estimates and case studies» that suggest «energy - saving technologies may backfire, meaning that increased energy consumption associated with lower energy costs because of higher efficiency may in fact result in higher energy consumption than there would have been without those technologies.»

This price, and realization of further increases, will drive innovations for energy efficiency, renewable energies, and other forms of energy that do not produce CO2.

Further dissemination of state - of - the - art technologies to increase thermal energy efficiency and electric energy efficiency and the use of alternative fuels including biomass as well as to reduce clinker content in cement is needed.

(Sec. 265) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a research program to: (1) identify the factors affecting consumer actions to conserve energy and make improvements in energy efficiency; and (2) make grants to institutions of higher education to study the effects of consumer behavior on total energy use, the potential energy savings from changes in consumption habits, the ability to reduce GHG emissions through changes in energy consumption habits, increasing public awareness of federal climate adaptation and mitigation programs, and the potential for alterations in consumer behavior to further American energy independence.

Energy recovery systems can also transfer humidity, further increasing the efficiency of the energy transfer between incoming and outgoinEnergy recovery systems can also transfer humidity, further increasing the efficiency of the energy transfer between incoming and outgoinenergy transfer between incoming and outgoing air.

''... there are already some solutions that seem to stand out as particularly promising -LSB-...] We could further increase the value and efficiency of a distributed energy network by retooling our failing auto giants - GM and Ford - to require and assist them in switching to the manufacture of flex - fuel, plug - in, hybrid vehicles...»

Increasing the energy efficiency target should be welcomed as an opportunity to revise the inadequate and further strengthen relevant tools, such as the Emissions Trading System.

«Dramatic increases in energy efficiency in power generation during the last 15 years have not been able to counteract the increasing emissions of greenhouse gases in Ireland,» Mr. Mandil explained, «and the government will have to focus very strongly on addressing the rise of these emissions through further increases in efficiency.»

Reducing embodied energy costs, increasing efficiency and increasing depth of discharge will also further improve the energetic performance of batteries.

Constructed wetlands around the house and the inclusion of a green roof further help to increase energy efficiency and manage water runoff.

It further presents the concept of regulation — or regulatory oversight — in terms of its impacts on energy efficiency and shows how regulation and policy measures can be used to encourage increased levels of energy efficiency in the energy system.

The so called Renewable Energy technologies such as Wind and Solar even if further refined and made more efficient, sought after efficiency increases that are now running into the problems of ever diminishing returns for the investments needed to raise those levels of efficiency, are now just one of the limiting factors in the hope of the so called Renewable Energy systems ever replacing today's base load coal, gas, oil, nuclear powered generators.

The Energy Commission will conduct further analysis to identify solutions to integrate increasing levels of energy efficiency, smart grid infrastructure, and renewable energy while avoiding infrequent conditions of surplus generation, or overgeneration, in which more electricity is being generated than there is load to consuEnergy Commission will conduct further analysis to identify solutions to integrate increasing levels of energy efficiency, smart grid infrastructure, and renewable energy while avoiding infrequent conditions of surplus generation, or overgeneration, in which more electricity is being generated than there is load to consuenergy efficiency, smart grid infrastructure, and renewable energy while avoiding infrequent conditions of surplus generation, or overgeneration, in which more electricity is being generated than there is load to consuenergy while avoiding infrequent conditions of surplus generation, or overgeneration, in which more electricity is being generated than there is load to consume it.

The amendment also calls for increased focus on energy efficiency to further reduce the increase in global warming.

Walter Pearce @ 358 — Yes, the built environment is continually being replenished; greatly increasing prices of energy, not just eletricity, will further encourage energy efficiency.

But instead of allowing polluters to benefit from this, in essence, extra cash, the overseers of RGGI decided to force polluters to pay for at least some of the right to pollute and then use those funds to help pay for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs in the various states, further reducing global warming pollution and potentially offsetting increased energy costs.

Much like with the debate over decommissioning the aging Indian Point nuclear power plant, much of the added power that could be created because of the increased pipeline capacity, could just as easily (and probably far more cheaply) be offset with energy efficiency improvements in the region.

They assess a home's energy usage, determine what improvements could increase energy efficiency further, and compute the savings and payback period of various options.