Sentences with phrase «intensity by»

Shorenstein is also a corporate partner in the Department of Energy's Better Buildings Challenge, with a commitment to reducing energy intensity by 20 percent in properties it owns and manages by 2020.

Rather than stopping the energy in the playroom, let's teach our clients how to regulate through the intensity by teaching them to become mindful of their experience.

This model and our further analyses helped us to challenge the Business Plan by comparing it in detail with market development, specific customer feedback and the competitive intensity by region and product group.

This is reflected both in his suggestion that proportionality may be preferable to Wednesbury (on account of the former's greater structure), and in his attempt to defend proportionality against charges of undue intensity by pointing out that it is capable of being applied in a less - demanding manner.

In India, nine IGHGP members, including the nation's largest automobile, cement, and chemical companies, have committed to reduce GHG emissions intensity by at least 20 percent, most by 2020, and have agreed to work with their supply chains to measure and manage emissions.

The plan has several targets, these include a cut in the carbon intensity of GDP 17 % by 2015, to cut energy intensity by 16 %.

«We are on track to reduce our carbon intensity by 50 % before 2020, now already at 38 % reduction against our baseline.

One of the harshest charges against fracking, often leveled with apocalyptic intensity by its foes, is that it indiscriminately contaminates vital drinking water supplies.

Even the U.S. State Department recognized oil sands innovation in its evaluation of the Keystone XL pipeline project: «Oil sands mining projects have reduced greenhouse gas emissions intensity by an average of 39 percent between 1990 and 2008 and are working toward further reductions,» the final Environmental Impact Statement concluded.

Here's where this «loophole of uncertainty» comes into play - because China has implemented actions that address climate change through its Eleventh Five - Year Plan since 2005 and has internally funding all of its energy efficiency measures and mitigation actions (and furthermore hasn't asked for any funding with regards to their 40 - 45 % reduction in carbon intensity by 2020 from 2005 levels), China would therefore be exempt from international MRV if this text is eventually agreed upon.

«The Department of Energy estimates that existing Chinese policies will already cut carbon intensity by 45 to 46 percent,» Mr. Levi said.

It compares the United States goal of reducing emissions by 17 % and the China goal of reducing emissions intensity by 40 - 45 %.

Hurricane - ocean interaction: A hurricane affects its own intensity by interacting with the ocean.

In 2016, BT achieved our previous science based target to reduce our carbon emissions intensity by 80 % on 1996/97 levels four years early and saved # 220 million through driving efficiencies in our networks, data centres and buildings in the process.

The company has set goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 25 %, reduce carbon emissions from Fox feature film productions by 15 % per shoot day, and reduce emissions from scripted television productions by 10 % per episode, all by 2020.

The analysis, by climatologist Professor Kerry Emanuel of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says that major storms in the Atlantic and Pacific since the 1970s have increased in intensity by about 50 per cent.

Last year he denied the influence of climate change on increased bushfire intensity by quoting Wikipedia.

The United Kingdom, Nigeria, China, Italy, Australia, Russia and Mexico reduced their energy intensity by more than 2 percent annually.

India has undertaken to reduce its emission intensity by 20 - 25 % by 2020 compared with 15 years ago.

... BHP was on track to beat a target of a five percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per unit of production by end - June 2007, and had set a target of a further 6 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 2012.»

This fuel landscape will impact the country's CO2 emissions per capita, but structural changes — like new, efficient steam power plant developments — are expected to help reduce Malaysia's carbon intensity by 33 %.

We can reduce the carbon intensity by having more fuel efficient cars and power plants and by switching to renewable, carbon - neutral energy sources (see Amory Lovins et al.).

Reducing the statewide energy use intensity by more than 15 kilo British thermal units per square foot since 2010.

Blue represents areas where climate models predict an increase in intensity by the end of the 21st century, brown represents a predicted decrease.

and he says: «The absorption length for the existing concentration of CO2 is around 25 meters i.e. the distance to reduce the intensity by 1 / e.

China Mobile, for instance, has set itself the target of reducing its energy intensity by 40 %, double the national target, reports The Guardian.

The LCFS goal is a modest 10 % reduction in carbon intensity by 2020, and if they hit that goal it means you would only need to offset 90 % of the gasoline you buy and burn.

... Lubin and colleagues David Tytler and Carl Melis of UC San Diego's Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences arrived at their estimate of a grand minimum's intensity by reviewing nearly 20 years of data gathered by the International Ultraviolet Explorer satellite mission.

But the required reduction of emissions intensity by 40 to 45 percent in 2020 compared with the level of 2005 means the emissions of [greenhouse gases] in 2020 has to be roughly the same as emissions now,» Qi Jianguo, of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told Xinhua.

Much of the basis of these critiques seem to be along the lines that since China is already reducing its energy intensity by 20 percent of 2005 levels by 2010 (which would translate to slightly higher carbon intensity reductions because of and increased deployment of low - carbon energy sources), it would by 2020 essentially be already halfway towards meeting this 2020 carbon intensity target.

To reach Singapore's Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement — to reduce emissions intensity by 36 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030, and peak carbon emissions by 2030 — the public has to engage in dialogue with the government and help shape a carbon tax that reflects Singapore's ambition.

The move comes because the company has made big inroads into its original target by cutting aircraft emissions intensity by 13.8 % efficiency and improving vehicle fuel efficiency by 16.6 % up until the end of the 2011 financial year.

Among other initiatives, we're proud to have reduced our greenhouse gas emissions intensity by more than 30 % since 1990; to be the initial developer of a supercritical coal plant that will emit 15 % lower carbon dioxide than existing plants; to be a founding member of the FutureGen Alliance; to be a part of Australia's low - carbon Coal 21 program; and to be the only non-Chinese partner in China's zero - emissions GreenGen project.

Which hurricanes we will reduce in intensity by our GHG reductions, we don't know, but since we care for all people, it doesn't matter which ones we help reduce, as long as we keep helping to reduce them.

The tsunamic intensity by which the «news» of another «refutation» (or overturn or revolution or noxious scandal) sweeps through the skeptical blogosphere, and even reaches the heights of the remaining traditional news outlets (tabloidal though they may be) is stunning.

Fortunately, there is a tool called the Dvorak Technique which allows forecasters to make a reasonable determination of the TC intensity by simply analyzing a single infrared or visible satellite image, which is almost always available Velden et al., 2006).

In 2002, I announced our first step: to reduce America's greenhouse gas intensity by 18 percent through 2012.

While the anatomy is not detailed, Dumas creates a compressed intensity by scaling her figures to the height of the narrow canvasses and installing them close to the floor so they share our viewing space.

Barragán created intensity by distilling color and structure: a long wall of intense pink, for example, or a window positioned so the shadow aligns with the wall opposite.

Robbed of all emotional intensity by crude CGI and a hollow script, THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES falls flat.

Otilia, played with silent intensity by Anamaria Marinca, has agreed to help her flaky roommate, Gabita (Laura Vasiliu), procure an abortion, which is illegal under the communist regime.

These include a petulant French duo named Baraque and Nana (Francois Civil and Carla Azur) on guitar and drums respectively, a seriously angsty Thereminist named Clara (played with delicious intensity by Maggie Gyllenhaal), troubled but loyal manager, Don (Scoot McNairy, continuing the role he's been on since Argo), and of course, Frank...

Then that man walks in, and we meet resident musical guru Fletcher — played with powerful intensity by a J.K. Simmons (Spider - Man) as you've never seen him before — and the pas - de-deux that will drive the movie for the next 100 + minutes begins.

But in many ways, the film's greatest achievement is its villain, Killmonger, played with unbelievable intensity by Michael B. Jordan.

Her powerfully - grounding performance is matched in intensity by those of Abigail Breslin as the taken for granted Anna; Sofia Vassilieva as the wasting away Kate; Jason Patric as the stoic family patriarch; Evan Ellingson as the brooding big brother; Alec Baldwin as a vulnerable crusader for the underdog; and Joan Cusack as a judge concerned about the best interest of the plaintiff.

What a strange «ghost» story that goes on its own way in delivering the multi-stranded narrative all centering on Maureen Cartwright (played with mesmerising intensity by Kristen Stewart).

The rest of the cast members turn in equally impressive supporting performances, but the strength of the film lies mainly within its script, written with sharp wit and intensity by the talented Kaufman.

When sound is employed it can be pretty profound and Marco Beltrami's score ratchets up the intensity by both adding to the stillness and accentuating the terror.

Julia Roberts first appears to be the pampered wife of a well - to - do loving husband (played with evil intensity by Patrick Bergin), but we quickly learn appearances are most definitely deceiving.

Played with gawky, monophonic intensity by Phil Daniels, he's a twitchy and inarticulate regular lad with no visible drive, no Dean / De Niro (or even Tim Roth / Gary Oldman) charisma.