Sentences with phrase «greatly increase energy efficiency»

Behavioral programs have the potential to greatly increase energy efficiency accomplishments in the United States.

It was wonderful to read about the tools we already have to greatly increase our energy efficiency, reduce our dependence on fossil fuel, reduce pollution and greenhouse gases, create jobs, and invest in local communities.

-- Energy technologies that exist or are under development could greatly increase energy efficiency in residences and businesses, reduce dependence on oil, accelerate the provision of energy services to the world's poor, increase the reliability and resilience of electricity grids, and shrink the impacts of energy supply on climate and other environmental values.

Since most of the measures required to slow the warming, from greatly increasing energy efficiency to land reform in poor nations, would carry other great benefits, and since the probability of unprecedented change appears to be in the vicinity of 50 percent, a very large social effort, one incurring substantial costs, seems to us not simply justified but virtually mandatory.

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«By increasing the thickness of an extremely thin layer of organic molecules inserted as a spacer between the donor and acceptor, we could reduce the attraction between the hole and electron in the exciplex and thereby greatly influence the exciplex's energy, lifetime, and emission color and efficiency.»

Others insist that actions can be taken today — such as greatly increasing the efficiency with which we use energy — that will cut the risks of climate change while offering society other benefits.

Tilt CEO Deion Campbell said the system could help provide security of energy supply and system flexibility, while the co-location with existing assets and infrastructure greatly increased utilisation and efficiency.

Since that 2012 commitment, Goldman Sachs said it had already invested US$ 37 billion, and that the greatly increased sum would help the firm play a «critical» role in enabling greater efficiency and access to capital in the clean energy sector.

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

Sanders has no official climate change plan yet, but also seek to go well beyond Obama climate change policies, with a carbon tax, greatly increased renewable energy, energy efficiency measures, and international leadership by the US.

For instance, an energy supply company can greatly reduce its costs, raise its margins and increase efficiencies with the help of technology that didn't exist five years ago.