Sentences with phrase «global energy use»

The building sector accounts for about one - third of global energy use and energy - related greenhouse gas emissions.

... it is likely that we have only just begun to experience the surge in global energy use associated with ongoing rapid development.

Global per capita energy use increased, while global energy use per $ 1000 GDP declined.

During that time, the global population increased by 75 %, and global energy use doubled.

Industry accounted for 30 percent of that growth, is responsible for 28 percent of global energy use and currently is the source of more emissions than the transport or building sectors.

Chinese growth will push demand for fuels, contributing 36 % to predicted growth in global energy use.

Energy sector experts transforming global energy use to create a clean, prosperous, and secure low - carbon future

If the rich nations continue to grow in wealth and the poor ones systematically narrow the income gap with successful development, by 2050 the global economy might increase sixfold and global energy use roughly fourfold.

ROUGHLY 30 to 40 per cent of global energy use occurs in buildings.

In the first study of its kind, Berkeley Lab researcher Evan Mills co-authored an investigation of the aggregate global energy use of personal computers designed for gaming — including taking direct measurements using industry benchmarking tools — and found that gamers can achieve energy savings of more than 75 percent by changing some settings and swapping out some components, while also improving reliability and performance.

Of course, if you're serious about stabilizing atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, achieving the American goal in 2020 is just step one in what would have to be a centurylong 12 - step (or more) program to completely decouple global energy use from processes that generate heat - trapping emissions.

The largest contribution to demand growth — almost 30 % — comes from India, whose share of global energy use rises to 11 % by 2040 (still well below its 18 % share in the anticipated global population).

on the need to stabilize atmospheric GHG concentrations, even as global energy use continues to grow.

Kriegler et al. (2013) examine this using an integrated assessment model that represents global energy use, as well as the Earth's climate and economic systems.

Global energy use ~ 13,000 Mtoe = 151,190 TWh energy = ~ 18,142 GW capacity That global wind power capacity totals 318 GWe or 1.75 % in 2013?

Buildings accounted for 32 percent of final global energy use and 19 percent of energy - related greenhouse gas emissions in 2010, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest global warming assessment report, published in 2014.

In December 2014, Carbon War Room (CWR) merged with the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)-- a US - based NGO, dedicated to transforming global energy use to create a clean, prosperous, and secure low - carbon future — and together, they work across all energy sectors to accelerate the energy transition and reduce carbon emissions.

If the rich nations continue to grow in income and the poor ones systematically narrow the income gap with successful development, by 2050 the global economy might increase sixfold and global energy use roughly fourfold.

Meanwhile, all available science and data suggests the current medium term trajectory for Global Energy Use in the next 25 years remains Business As Usual.

China — which IEA preliminary data suggests overtook the United States in 2009 to become the world's largest energy user despite its low per capita energy use — contributes 36 % to the projected growth in global energy use.

But global energy use is set to fall in 2009 for the first time since 1981 as a result of the global economic crisis, reducing the need for emission reductions by a full two billion metric tons, according to the IEA.

A new analysis of global energy use, economics and the climate shows that without new climate policies, expanding the current bounty of inexpensive natural gas alone would not slow the growth of global greenhouse gas emissions worldwide over the long term, according to a study appearing today in Nature.

Releasing its Ten Messages on Climate Change today, the International Resource Panel (IRP) said natural resource management and climate change were intrinsically linked, with a large part of global energy use, and therefore greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, tied directly to the acquisition, processing, transport, conversion, use and disposal of resources.

This paper provides an overview of recent trends in light - duty vehicle fuel economy around the world, new projections, and a discussion of fuel economy technology opportunities and costs over the next 30 - 50 years - all in the context of recent IEA projections of global energy use (especially oil use) and CO2 emissions.

eg Renewables, wind solar geo biomass is still only about 3.67 % of global energy use.

If the rich nations continue to grow in income and the poor ones systematically narrow the income gap with successful development, by 2050 the global economy might increase sixfold and global energy use roughly fourfold.»

Back in 1990, the EU accounted for 21 per cent of global energy use.

[Translate] Rocky Mountain Institute Founded in 1982, Rocky Mountain Institute is a nonprofit that transforms global energy use to...

About the Rocky Mountain Institute Since 1982, Rocky Mountain Institute has advanced market - based solutions that transform global energy use to create a clean, prosperous and secure future.

«Global energy use and the resulting emissions may have to change or we will have to adapt to a warmer world; arguably, it's likely we will need to do both,» S&P notes.

There are three main issues to be addressed: technology, morality, and the scale of global energy use.

3.4 Industries account for more than one - third of global energy use and CO2 emissions.

Directly or indirectly, manufacturing industry accounts for more than one - third of global energy use and CO2 emissions.

Global energy use will likely double or triple over the next 50 years, even if we use energy much more efficiently.

- The road ahead for fossil fuels: coal, oil and natural gas remain the bedrock of global energy use but all face an uncertain period of adjustment, both to today's market conditions and — over the longer term — to the prospect of a new policy landscape post-COP21.

The Rocky Mountain Institute was founded in 1982 to transform global energy use to create a clean, prosperous, and secure low - carbon future.