Sentences with phrase «including efficiency improvements»

That estimate included only the capital cost of measures including efficiency improvements to buildings and more low - carbon power including nuclear and renewable energy.

Not exact matches

In an interview with the Canadian Press, Canaccord Genuity analyst Dvai Ghose noted a number of challenges that will face Laurence once he begins his new role at Rogers, including the improvement of customer service and the efficiency of the company's cable division, which competes directly with Bell's Internet protocol TV service.

Our same - store sales growth is generally attributable to several key factors, including: new product introductions; improvements in restaurant speed of service and other operational efficiencies; hospitality initiatives; frequency of guest visits; expansion into, and enhancement of, broader menu offerings; promotional activities and pricing.

Lowe's, the home - improvement giant, recently tapped Cascade to become one of the first vendors involved in the Energy Center, a store within a store that gathers a variety of home - efficiency products, including compact fluorescent bulbs and solar panels.

Other energy efficiency improvements include automatic shutoff of production machines if they run unattended for more than 10 minutes.

«The work includes improving the dining area and where orders are placed, as well as making improvements to outside areas and bringing in new equipment that we're testing to help with operational efficiency.

Areas identified as opportunities for improvement include energy efficiency, materials handling, waste reduction and environmentally preferred purchasing.

With a focus on constant improvement of practices and adoption of the latest farming and winemaking technologies, McManis Family Vineyards» water use efficiency measures in the vineyard include the use of soil moisture sensors, flow meters and distribution uniformity tests; while their winery recycles water and averages one gallon of water to produce one gallon of wine.

Split into six teams including maintenance, line improvement, training, spare parts and logistics, line conversions and moulds and packaging, Sidel Services has been designed to help customers achieve better product quality, efficiency, flexibility, cost optimisation and brand support.

Town officials said the improvement was due to cost - saving efforts including buying used trucks for the town instead of new ones, coating roads with cheaper beet - juice brine before snowstorms instead of using salt, installing high - efficiency LED streetlights, posting legal notices online instead of in print, and hiring part - time snow plow operators to avoid paying overtime for full - time crews.

The draft North Country Regional Sustainability Plan's major goals include generating and exporting renewable energy from the northern tier, energy efficiency improvements, development of alternative heating fuels from within the region, sustainable use of natural resources to enhance jobs and business development and environmental stewardship.

The project was supported by a USDA NIFA grant, and the study's authors include researchers from the National Program for Genetic Improvement of Feed Efficiency in Beef Cattle, as well as associated graduate students and staff.

The one year results, revealed today, show that the remede ® system led to substantial benefits in sleep parameters including a reduction in AHI, a reduction in the time spent with low blood oxygen levels overnight, and improvements in sleep efficiency and REM sleep.

Key concepts that were not considered in this study include the economic and health effects of cool pavements, and potential emissions savings from vehicle - road interactions (for example, smoother roads may translate to small improvements in fuel efficiency).

-- Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to establish annual energy efficiency participation incentives to encourage participants in programs administered by the Secretary, including recipients under programs for which HUD assistance is provided, to achieve substantial improvements in energy efficiency.

Benefits, which improve resilience, include improvements in soil fertility and water - use efficiency, plus disruption of weed, pest, and disease life cycles.

Her strategy in securing emission reductions includes development of strategic partnerships with retailers and other stakeholders, with the ultimate goal of incorporating clean air and efficiency improvements into a sustainable business model.

From a health perspective, I would only be scratching the surface by mentioning benefits that include improvement in blood pressure, increases in HDL (good) cholesterol and decreases in LDL (bad) cholesterol, reduced body fat, a decreased glucose - stimulated insulin response, improvement in heart and lung function and efficiency, and decreases in anxiety, tension, and depression.

By applying strong organizational and process improvement skills, Ryan has a history of creating efficiency in customer service - driven companies with operational experience including financial, event planning / scheduling, insurance compliance, and inventory management.

Eligible projects under the program include capital and related improvement projects that foster efficiency, competitive operations, and quality ship construction, repair, and reconfiguration.

Other improvements include better fuel efficiency, a dark - tinted matrix grille, and the addition of the Mulliner Driving Specification, which features a diamond - quilted perforated leather pattern on -LSB-...]

Using CVVT on both camshafts has several advantages when compared to using it only on the intake camshaft including an improvement in performance (increased volumetric efficiency) and fuel economy (reduced pumping loss), and a reduction in hydrocarbon emissions

Other improvements include better fuel efficiency, a dark - tinted matrix grille, and the addition of the Mulliner Driving Specification, which features a diamond - quilted perforated leather pattern on the seats.

Volkswagen Group Australia has released a heavily upgraded Polo, bringing a significant range of technical improvements — including class - leading safety and multi-media technologies and greater efficiency — for much less money.

Using CVVT on both camshafts has several advantages when compared with using it just on the intake camshaft, including a two percent improvement in performance (increased volumetric efficiency), two percent improvement in fuel economy (reduced pumping loss) and a 30 percent reduction in hydrocarbon emissions.

These advantages include a two - percent improvement in performance (via increased volumetric efficiency), two - percent improvement in fuel economy (via reduced pumping losses) and a 30 percent reduction in hydrocarbon emissions.

display performance improvements in the new Galaxy S6 models, including higher resolution, higher absolute color accuracy, better calibration, higher peak brightness, better screen visibility and readability in high ambient light, and higher display power efficiency, resulting in a number of new performance records for Smartphone displays.

Our detailed series of DisplayMate Lab tests that are listed below show that there are many significant display performance improvements in the new Galaxy S6 models, including higher resolution, higher absolute color accuracy, better calibration, higher peak brightness, better screen visibility and readability in high ambient light, and higher display power efficiency, resulting in a number of new performance records for Smartphone displays.

Our detailed lab tests show that there have been significant display performance improvements in the new Note models including higher resolution, higher absolute color accuracy with better calibration, higher peak brightness with improved screen visibility and readability in high ambient light, and higher display power efficiency, resulting in a number of new records for smartphone display performance.

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The HomeStyle Mortgage allows homeowners to include financing for a whole swath of home improvement (s) in with their mortgage, including kitchen upgrades, bedroom and bathroom additions, structural repairs, energy efficiency changes, and cosmetic alterations... (Read More)

At Veterans United, our cap on LTV is currently 105 percent, including the financing of all closing costs, prepaid escrow funds, the VA Funding Fee and any acceptable energy - efficiency improvements.

Secondly, Project Scorpio will include Microsoft's Shader Model 6 and shader compiler improvements, features that Microsoft talked about during last year's GDC, and that are aimed to improve the efficiency of the API.

Other proposals included a greater focus on boosting fuel efficiency, the improvement of electric cars and increased tax incentives for the construction of energy - efficient buildings.

This includes projections about future improvements in efficiencies.

Further efficiency improvements may be possible in many areas including transportation, power distribution, lighting, refrigeration, motors, cooking, heating, industrial processes and other areas.

Save the average American family nearly $ 85 on their annual energy bill in 2030, reducing enough energy to power 30 million homes, and save consumers a total of $ 155 billion from 2020 - 2030; Give a head start to wind and solar deployment and prioritize the deployment of energy efficiency improvements in low - income communities that need it most early in the program through a Clean Energy Incentive Program; and Continue American leadership on climate change by keeping us on track to meet the economy - wide emissions targets we have set, including the goal of reducing emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and to 26 - 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.»

I support these, with the understanding that they must include both agricultural efficiency improvements and urban improvements, with explicit targets.

Indeed, mandates and subsidies triggering shifts toward bioenergy have negative side - effects including diverting resources from truly renewable energy sources and efficiency - improvement efforts.

As anthropologists point out, every improvement in economic efficiency — including the transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture, and the transition from agriculture to factory work — has been accompanied by a decrease in leisure.

Including efficiency / intensity improvements then, the first three factors in the Kaya identity determine a target total energy requirement for the world.

Includes provisions: (1) creating a combined energy efficiency and renewable electricity standard and requiring retail electricity suppliers to meet 20 % of their demand through renewable electricity and electricity savings by 2020; (2) setting a goal of, and requiring a strategic plan for, improving overall U.S. energy productivity by at least 2.5 % per year by 2012 and maintaining that improvement rate through 2030; and (3) establishing a cap - and - trade system for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and setting goals for reducing such emissions from covered sources by 83 % of 2005 levels by 2050.

(Sec. 299A) Amends the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to require standards for the performance of real estate appraisals in connection with federally related transactions to include a standard that requires, in determining the value of a property, consideration of any renewable energy sources for, or energy efficiency or energy - conserving improvements or features of, the property.

Each of the applications included proposals for green improvements, such as planting organic vegetable gardens, creating recycling programs, and adopting energy - efficiency upgrades.

(Sec. 284) Sets forth requirements for compliance with HUD energy efficiency standards for single family or multifamily structures, including: (1) compliance with applicable provisions of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air - conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Standard and the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code; (2) rehabilitation or improvement on existing structures reducing energy consumption by at least 20 %; and (3) newly constructed residential structures having electrical outlets with the facility and capacity to recharge a standard electric passenger vehicle.

[2] The package of efficiency technologies was identified as a typical set, including: aerodynamics improvements, transmissions upgrades, low - resistance tires, light - weighting, management systems, and ICT systems.

Or, when calculating the returns on our energy - efficiency investments, should we also include the improvements to health and productivity that home weatherization brings to low - income families?

He added: «Areas for improvement include a closer look at the cost of achieving national targets, a more pro-active climate change strategy, greater energy efficiency and further pursuit of competitive gas and electricity markets.»

Typical examples include: the expectation of high return on investment (short payback period); high capital costs and long project development times for some measures; lack of access to capital for energy efficiency improvements and feedstock / fuel change; fair market value for cogenerated electricity to the grid; and costs / lack of awareness of need for control of HFC leakage.

He has nearly 10 years of wind - energy industry experience, and his background includes performance and quality management, organizational design and development, and productivity and efficiency improvement.