Sentences with phrase «improvement in energy efficiency»

The initiative also seeks to double the rate of improvement in energy efficiency.

Significant improvements in energy efficiency in developing countries could provide greater opportunity for economic growth while also providing broader access to energy and related services even from limited energy resources.

Significant improvements in energy efficiency could provide greater opportunity for economic growth while also providing broader access to energy and related services even from limited energy resources.

The report combines energy modelling with a survey of 25 national programmes, to provide an overview of the various benefits associated with improvements in energy efficiency.

Furthermore, we have seen dramatic improvements in energy efficiency in the last few years.

Recent improvements in energy efficiency will accelerate the rule's implementation, the agency projects, with a roughly 8 percent cut in the national average cost of electricity bills by 2030.

If China's use of renewable and nuclear energy grows at a plausible rate, and the country captures some of its emissions from coal - burning power stations and keeps making improvements in energy efficiency, by 2050 its total emissions could end up 4 per cent lower than today, says Zhou.

The world has work to do to meet Sustainable Energy for All's goals of reaching 100 percent access to modern energy, doubling renewable energy, and doubling improvement in energy efficiency by 2030.

The GPU boasts a 180 percent performance uplift and a 40 percent improvement in energy efficiency compared to its predecessor.

Smalley's nanotechnology could then be focused on further improvements in energy efficiency.

Still, government policies, as well as cost reductions across the energy sector, enable a doubling of both renewables — subject of a special focus in this year's Outlook — and of improvements in energy efficiency over the next 25 years.

Although both energy use and greenhouse gas emissions increased in Canada between 1990 and 1999, the increase would have been much greater if not for improvements in energy efficiency.

New Zealand can play leading role in smart energy systems, says new IEA report Over the past decade, New Zealand's growing energy needs have outpaced improvements in energy efficiency, mainly because of the country's expanding economy and growing population 20 February 2017

• Another 20 high - impact countries account for 80 percent of energy consumption and will need to lead the way on doubling the share of renewables to 36 percent of the global energy mix and doubling improvement in energy efficiency.

«The GPU boasts a 180 - percent performance uplift and a 40 percent improvement in energy efficiency compared to its predecessor.»

«A one - off improvement in energy efficiency would cut household bills, giving householders lasting independence,» Audit Commission chairman Michael O'Higgins said.

If nuclear power was phased out without improvements in energy efficiency, supplying Ukraine with the energy it will need in 15 years» time would require investment of between $ 8 and $ 14.8 billion.

Other Hubs are devoted to modeling and simulation of nuclear reactors, achieving major improvements in the energy efficiency of buildings, and developing fuels from sunlight.

«These pathways may include greater improvements in energy efficiency, more wind, solar, nuclear, or other low carbon energy sources, or technological breakthroughs we currently do not know about.»

Merging the environmental goals with development policies, the project offers a glimpse of the health benefits that flow from improvements in energy efficiency.

The Energy Policy and Conservation Act [of 1975], as amended, specifies that the Department [of Energy] must consider for amended standards those standard levels that «achieve the maximum improvement in energy efficiency which the Secretary determines is technologically feasible and economically justified» and which will «result in significant conservation of energy.»

This perfect storm of high population growth, slow improvements in energy efficiency, ruthless exploitation of fossil fuels and non-existent climate policies leads to the dire climate outcomes of the RCP8.5 scenario.

Instead of measuring real improvement in energy efficiency, it hides the outsourcing of dirty, coal - based manufacturing to developing countries and changes during times of economic growth or recession, irrespective of efficiency.

That is on the basis of zero - carbon electricity supply drawing on Australia's ample endowment and technical potential for renewables, shift from direct fuel use to electricity, and economically valuable improvements in energy efficiency and industrial processes.

Improvements in energy efficiency show the greatest potential of any single strategy to abate global GHG emissions from the energy sector.

SCE's plan indicates that the electrification of nearly one - third of residential and commercial space and water heaters, combined with continued improvements in energy efficiency in buildings, could reduce GHG emissions significantly.

The grim «business - as - usual» climate change is avoided in an alternative scenario in which growth of greenhouse gas emissions is slowed in the first quarter of this century, primarily via concerted improvements in energy efficiency... and then reduced via advanced energy technologies that yield a cleaner atmosphere as well as a stable climate.

The emerging Urban Energy Cloud vision is of a smart city that integrates large - and small - scale energy initiatives and solutions, citywide improvements in energy efficiency, distributed energy resources, and low carbon transportation.

Ultimately, the bill rewards improvements in energy efficiency and encourages advances in technologies.»

The IEA's Energy Efficiency Market Report 2016 details the stunning improvements in energy efficiency since 2000, which are now providing $ 540 billion a year in energy cost savings for IEA - tracked countries.

In the other two scenarios, assuming the Building Sector makes either modest or strong improvements in energy efficiency, we will not need new power plant generating capacity into the foreseeable future.

McKinsey and Company, the National Resources Defense Council, Rocky Mountain Institute, and others assume a near - linear or near - direct relationship between improvements in energy efficiency and reductions in aggregate energy consumption.

The objection of the CIF is not surprising, as the organisation has a long history of opposing improvements in energy efficiency standards.

The Khazzoom - Brookes Postulate: As energy efficiency improves, people can afford more energy - intensive solutions, so improvements in energy efficiency can actually lead to more consumption, not less.

Sadly, they have overestimated improvements in energy efficiency in 93 % of their forecasts...

But Cleantechnica offers a run down on the slew of other improvements in energy efficiency that the walker would bring:

The study also did not include the emissions savings achievable through federally mandated improvements in the energy efficiency of appliances and lighting use, such as the phase - out of inefficient light bulbs stipulated by Congress in the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007.

In a new article in today's Wall Street Journal, two Breakthrough Institute staff members argue that the rise of commercial space tourism, heralded by Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo upcoming launch, makes the case that humans will continue to use more, not less, energy in the future, despite improvements in energy efficiency.

The AfDB Vice President stated that it was eager to see improvement in energy efficiency and conservation along the energy value chain to reduce losses - production, transmission, distribution, and end - use inefficiencies.

Commissioning is likely to yield 5 % — 10 % improvements in energy efficiency by catching mistakes like missing or incorrectly installed equipment.

«In addition, we note that achieving significant emissions reductions, in the international shipping sector, would depend on technological innovation and further improvements in energy efficiency,» said Lantz, according to sources present at the talks, which are closed to reporters.

Bat - inspired aerial robots also bring significant improvements in energy efficiency over current aerial robots.

By switching to LED lighting technology and implementing energy - saving measures and conversions, the LEA Live Entertainment Award Committee and the Production Resource Group have already achieved significant improvements in energy efficiency over the past few years.

Over the past decade, New Zealand's growing energy needs have outpaced improvements in energy efficiency, mainly because of the country's expanding economy and growing population, according to the International Energy Agency's latest study of New Zealand's energy policies.