Sentences with phrase «homes and businesses reduce»

It is a more efficient way to help homes and businesses reduce their use, and for utilities to track and charge customers for their real time utility use.

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«To reduce the threshold of innovative entrepreneurship, the government provides appropriate financial subsidies for rent, broadband access and public software for new businesses,» said John Rhee, general manager of the Los Angeles office for UBTECH, a Chinese robotics company headquartered in Shenzhen City that makes humanoid robots for the home.

The House bill slashes tax rates for large corporations, small businesses, and wealthy Americans, while sharply reducing or eliminating tax breaks that benefit many middle - class Americans such as deductions for state and local taxes, college tuition and home mortgage interest.

These tools provide the home office and operations management quick access to detailed business data and reduces restaurant managers» time spent on administrative needs.

As costs rise in developing countries, and automation eliminates the most mindless tasks, some manufacturing and service businesses are going home — but with greatly reduced labor needs.

NAHB today lauded efforts by the Trump administration and Congress to roll back onerous regulations that hurt home building firms and other small businesses but cautioned that much more needs to be done to further reduce regulatory burdens.

The remaining funds went towards two companies aimed at reducing humanity's dependence on fossil fuels and so counteracting the problem of climate change: Tesla Motors ($ 70m), a luxury electric car manufacturer that has since expanded to provide energy to homes and businesses through battery technology; and SolarCity ($ 10m) which seeks to offer a cleaner and more affordable energy solution.

In 2013 Home Market Foods elected to align with the USDA and EPA's WasteWise Food Recovery Challenge, a challenge which helps businesses to reduce waste through sustainable materials management.

Without action to reduce this risk, across the UK, the effect on our homes, businesses, communities, infrastructure and way of life is potentially devastating.

... supporting small businesses, helping people aspiring to buy their own home, reducing waiting lists, and easing upward pressure on rents and housing benefit bills.

Businesses are meanwhile growing increasingly worried by the darkening economic outlook at home and abroad, cutting investment and reducing headcounts.

It's a creation expected to reduce the cost of heating and cooling for homes and businesses.

In explaining his view, the congressman said in a statement: «I am very supportive of many provisions in the bill, particularly the efforts to provide strong consumer protections and reduced health care costs for small businesses, but I remain concerned about the effect this package will have back at home.»

Businesses in those states have not been shown to be harmed, and a report found that nearly 90 percent of employers said it had no effect or was even a positive factor, because, according to the senator, says it reduces stress on employees faced with having to care for a family member at home, because they will no longer have to lose their paychecks, too.

A report published last year by the Pacific Institute and NRDC showed that businesses and homes could reduce their water use by more than half by installing efficient bathroom and kitchen fittings, fixing leaks and replacing lawns with hardy native plants.

Even so, scientists warn that building too many homes and businesses nearby could reduce the crabs» habitat.

DALLAS — A Texas A&M AgriLife Research water conservation horticulturist said home and business owners should repair and maintain sprinkler systems to save money and time while reducing wasted water resources.

They have already voted no to across the board teacher salary increases and continued the freeze on teachers» salaries that has been in place for 5 years (at the same time passed a tax break for the wealthy, and now, with reduced revenue can not give raises), increased class size, taken away additional pay for Masters degrees, eliminated most of the state's teacher assistants, gone after tenure and offered the top 25 % of the teachers in a district $ 500 to give up their tenure immediately, increased the number of charter schools (many funded by Republicans in the private school business) and finally, the most recent scheme pondered is to let kids go to any school in the state regardless of their home county.

That not - for - profit provincial agency will oversee programs and rebates for homes and businesses to reduce energy costs.

Whether or not you opt for earthquake insurance for your home or business, a few simple steps can reduce property damage and help protect you and yours from injury.

Absent the 5 - year rule, a taxpayer could defer gain on business or investment property in a Code Section 1031 exchange, and, after converting the property received in the exchange to a principal residence, reduce or eliminate that gain by excluding it under the home sale exclusion.

Financial intermediaries, of course, routinely convert capital gains in stocks, bonds, and homes into cash for businesses and households to facilitate purchase transactions.6 The conversions have been markedly facilitated by the financial innovation that has greatly reduced the cost of such transactions.

The Levy Economics Institute research claimed that student loan debt hurts the U.S. economy in a variety of ways, including crimping small business formation and damaging the housing sector with reduced home buying.

2) «Our tax system is voluntary because we have deductions for home, children and business and if you decide to buy a house, have a child or start a business to save on taxes then you've decided to voluntarily reduce your taxes».

Working RE also publishes a free monthly email edition designed to help home inspectors reduce their liability and increase business (see below).

Unfortunately, insurance companies are also being very cautious and focusing on reducing loss ratios, not on acquiring business, making it more difficult to get insurance on high risk homes such as grow homes.

To reduce your exposure, you need high - quality Pharr insurance quotes for your car, home, business, and health.

And if we pass a bill in the Senate, reconcile it with the House, that says we are going to invest in wind energy and solar energy and we're going to be the guys who are producing wind turbines, and we're going to be the folks who are producing solar panels on rooftops, and we're going to be the country that is retrofitting all its homes and businesses so that we are 30 percent more energy - efficient than we are right now, that produces jobs that can't be exported; it reduces our dependence on foreign oil; it is good economics; it will increase our exports — oh, and by the way, it also solves the climate problAnd if we pass a bill in the Senate, reconcile it with the House, that says we are going to invest in wind energy and solar energy and we're going to be the guys who are producing wind turbines, and we're going to be the folks who are producing solar panels on rooftops, and we're going to be the country that is retrofitting all its homes and businesses so that we are 30 percent more energy - efficient than we are right now, that produces jobs that can't be exported; it reduces our dependence on foreign oil; it is good economics; it will increase our exports — oh, and by the way, it also solves the climate probland solar energy and we're going to be the guys who are producing wind turbines, and we're going to be the folks who are producing solar panels on rooftops, and we're going to be the country that is retrofitting all its homes and businesses so that we are 30 percent more energy - efficient than we are right now, that produces jobs that can't be exported; it reduces our dependence on foreign oil; it is good economics; it will increase our exports — oh, and by the way, it also solves the climate probland we're going to be the guys who are producing wind turbines, and we're going to be the folks who are producing solar panels on rooftops, and we're going to be the country that is retrofitting all its homes and businesses so that we are 30 percent more energy - efficient than we are right now, that produces jobs that can't be exported; it reduces our dependence on foreign oil; it is good economics; it will increase our exports — oh, and by the way, it also solves the climate probland we're going to be the folks who are producing solar panels on rooftops, and we're going to be the country that is retrofitting all its homes and businesses so that we are 30 percent more energy - efficient than we are right now, that produces jobs that can't be exported; it reduces our dependence on foreign oil; it is good economics; it will increase our exports — oh, and by the way, it also solves the climate probland we're going to be the country that is retrofitting all its homes and businesses so that we are 30 percent more energy - efficient than we are right now, that produces jobs that can't be exported; it reduces our dependence on foreign oil; it is good economics; it will increase our exports — oh, and by the way, it also solves the climate probland businesses so that we are 30 percent more energy - efficient than we are right now, that produces jobs that can't be exported; it reduces our dependence on foreign oil; it is good economics; it will increase our exports — oh, and by the way, it also solves the climate probland by the way, it also solves the climate problem.

Increased energy efficiency in homes and business led to lower electricity demand growth, reducing the need to generate electricity.

The American Lung Association supports programs and policies to significantly reduce demand for energy by increasing the efficiency of U.S. homes and businesses, strengthening appliance standards, and reducing the energy consumption of consumer products.

Subtitle B: Disposition of Allowances -(Sec. 321) Amends the CAA to set forth provisions governing the disposition of emission allowances, including specifying allocations: (1) for supplemental emissions reductions from reduced deforestation; (2) for the benefit of electricity, natural gas, and / or home heating oil and propane consumers; (3) for auction, with proceeds for the benefit of low income consumers and worker investment; (4) to energy - intensive, trade - exposed industries; (5) for the deployment of carbon capture and sequestration technology; (6) to invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy; (7) to be distributed to Energy Innovation Hubs and advanced energy research; (8) to invest in the development and deployment of clean vehicles; (9) to domestic petroleum refineries and small business refiners; (10) for domestic and international adaptation; (11) for domestic wildlife and natural resource adaptation; and (12) for international clean technology deployment.

J&D also note that by transitioning to more efficient technologies (for example, battery electric vehicles over the internal combustion engine, electric heat pumps for homes, and solar thermal energy with storage to provide baseload power rather than fossil fuels and nuclear) we can actually reduce global power production by 30 % compared to business - as - usual.

We also offer soundproofing and acoustical installations, helping reduce the noise - nuisance levels in homes and businesses.

4:40 PM ENERGY TECH AND SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS This panel will feature American businesses that are implementing solutions to reduce GHG emissions and increase resilience in the electricity grid, the built environment, transportations systems, and in homes and communities in the U.S. and abroAND SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS This panel will feature American businesses that are implementing solutions to reduce GHG emissions and increase resilience in the electricity grid, the built environment, transportations systems, and in homes and communities in the U.S. and abroand increase resilience in the electricity grid, the built environment, transportations systems, and in homes and communities in the U.S. and abroand in homes and communities in the U.S. and abroand communities in the U.S. and abroand abroad.

API and a number of other groups are pleased to be participating in National Clean Energy Week, which is highlighting readily abundant energy needed to power homes and businesses that's also helping the U.S. reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

But he added that the real payoff will come from reducing methane emission from other parts of the supply chain: the transmission lines, processing plants, and equipment used to take natural gas from the wellhead to power plants, homes, and businesses.

Distributed solar power — solar panels on homes and businesses — reduce this peak demand on hot summer days and can reduce these high prices.

Rather than creating fuel security problems, New England's clean energy trajectory will benefit homes and businesses by reducing dependence on fossil fuels and making the grid more resilient, including during winter storms.

Thousands of homes and businesses have been destroyed in Northern California due to rampant wildfires, including whole neighborhoods reduced to smoldering rubble.

While there are a number of different models for community solar, this definition highlights its core characteristic: that it provides a way for a solar project to supply energy to multiple homes and businesses, and reduce their utility bills, without being located on their premises.

Once the transmission lines reach the area they're serving, the voltage is reduced at another transformer and the electricity follows smaller distribution lines to homes and businesses.

It is creating jobs, reducing home heating and electric bills and lowering energy and raw materials costs for businesses.

City planners are fundamentally concerned with reducing and responding to threats to their communities» homes, hospitals, businesses, and transportation systems.

About Bullfrog Power Bullfrog Power, Canada's leading green energy provider, offers renewable energy solutions that enable homes and businesses to reduce their environmental impact, support the development of green energy projects in Canada and help create a cleaner, healthier world.

Members of the diocese have also encouraged others in the community to repeat this model in industries, businesses, offices and homes, aiming at energy independence and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Providing highly detailed, personalized information to homeowners in the simplest forms possible, Agilewaves» evolved monitoring system is helping reduce the useage of water, gas and electricity, and ultimately the carbon footprints of homes, businesses, and even schools.

Many strategies for reducing CO2 emissions from energy are cross-cutting and apply to homes, businesses, industry, and transportation.

Renters, homeowners, business owners, and community leaders are invited to learn how to qualify for Los Angeles DWP solar rebates and reduce electric bills using solar energy for your home, business or multi-family residence.

Provided that the excess carbon emissions came from activities that accelerated the decline of global poverty (e.g., by enabling more of the global poor to electrify their homes and businesses more quickly), such overshooting could help reduce the injustices associated with global poverty without unjustly burdening future generations.

«Our opportunity to sell vacation and second homes would have been reduced and some of us involved in property management would have seen that business go away.»