Sentences with phrase «land use efficiency»
«From the perspective of agricultural science, agrophotovoltaics is a promising solution for increasing both the land use efficiency and the share of renewable energy provided by the agricultural sector,» stresses Prof. Iris Lewandowski, Head of the Department of Biobased Products and Energy Crops, University of Hohenheim.
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«Harvesting the sun for power and produce: Agrophotovoltaics increases the land use efficiency by over 60 percent.»
Not exact matches
Enhanced building codes and standards, combined with incentives for «green retrofits» and new approaches to land - use planning, can significantly enhance energy efficiency.
Low - cost, high - benefit efforts look promising in at least three major areas: improved energy efficiency, energy technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and sustainable land use.
The target, it argued, «does not create any obstacles for social and economic development and corresponds to general objectives of the land - use and sustainable forest management policies, raising the level of energy efficiency, reducing energy intensity of the economy and increasing share of renewables in the Russian energy balance.»
By dramatically improving the speed and efficiency of conversion over conventional approaches, these enzymes could stimulate efforts to grow crops for fuel, with implications for biodiversity in the form of increased land use for this purpose, potential shifts away from fossil fuel use and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
Average conversion efficiency 20 %, land use 50 %.
In addition to pricing carbon, aggressive policies are needed in three key areas: energy efficiency, low carbon energy, and land - use, which includes forest conservation and agriculture.
The lower land - use efficiency of organic systems means that «large - scale conversion to organic would likely require bringing more natural habitats into agricultural production,» with a potentially severe impact on global biodiversity due to the loss of rainforests and other currently wild areas.
This is where education for sustainability comes in, teaching the next generations about renewable energy, energy efficiency, land use and what a zero carbon future might look like.
The good thing about using a plug - in hybrid setup is improved fuel efficiency, and Land Rover claims the Range Rover Sport P400e averages just 2.8 l / 100 km (101 mpg UK), with corresponding CO2 emissions of only 64 g / km.
We gained efficiency by using an Amazon Associates account and a landing page for paid traffic.
2 — I would ask President Obama to combine economic recovery and a new energy agenda (renewable energy, alternative transportation infrastructure, energy efficiency, smart grid and smart land use) into a Green New Deal.
Moreover, he claims that as renewable energy use increases, this measure of efficiency will decrease as the best land for wind, biomass, and solar power gets used up.»
we need MORE POINT OF USE solutions — efficiency, smart metering and renewable generation, and LESS Big Energy Monopoly solutions which kill off ecosystems, force us from our own land, divert our taxpayer and ratepayer dollars into building their infrastructure, then hijack us!
At RMI we agree that any serious freight strategy needs to have a big picture, integrative perspective that includes smart land - use and development as well as efficient rail, truck, and shipping transport.Compared to trucking, rail transit does sport higher efficiency numbers - today's average train has an efficiency of 400 ton - miles per gallon whereas trucks currently hover around 130 ton - miles per gallon.
No / Low Regrets Actions: (1) Fast Mitigation; (2) Renewables following sound engineering economics; (3) Increased use of Natural Gas internationally; (4) ABB's view on Energy Efficiency (supercritical coal); (5) Land / Agricultural Practices; (6) Win / Win Foreign Trade with Developing Countries; (7) Greater R&D.
Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems» conversion efficiency — and therefore their land - use efficiency — is much higher.
Areas of expertise cover every key sustainability - related area of climate change, including but not limited to: forests & land use, water, sustainable cities & buildings, as well as renewable energy and energy efficiency.
The potential strongly depends on production efficiency, the development of advanced techniques such as conversion of cellulose by enzymatic processes or by gasification and synthesis, costs, and competition with other uses of land.
Excerpt from PV magazine, by Dustin Zubke, 17 August 2017 RMI's Positive Disruption report lays out five scenarios based on recent advancements in renewable energy and efficiency as well as changes in land use.
An optimal transport and land use scenario was developed through modelling predicted demand, thus creating a future spatial design that promotes urban efficiency and sustainability for residents and the city government.
Concentration in 2008 from Pieter Tans, «Trends in Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide — Mauna Loa,» NOAA / ESRL, at www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends, viewed 7 April 2009; R. A. Houghton, «Carbon Flux to the Atmosphere from Land - Use Changes: 1850 — 2005,» in Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, TRENDS: A Compendium of Data on Global Change (Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2008); Josep G. Canadell et al., «Contributions to Accelerating Atmospheric CO2 Growth from Economic Activity, Carbon Intensity, and Efficiency of Natural Sinks,» Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol.
In her administrative order, Palin instructed the sub-Cabinet group to develop recommendations on «the opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Alaska sources, including the expanded use of alternative fuels, energy conservation, energy efficiency, renewable energy, land use management, and transportation planning.»
The Energy Commission believes that transportation energy efficiency should be pursued through increased federal vehicle fuel economy standards and more sustainable land use practices in conjunction with local governments.
Since 1979, WVU's National Research Center for Coal and Energy has advanced technology in key areas of concern to West Virginia's energy industry from coal mining and processing to oil and gas extraction, energy efficiency, mine land reclamation, health concerns, and water use.
Hemp's versatility speaks to the very heart of the bio-regional issue - land use and the profitability that comes from efficiency.
It is stressed out in the report that achieving this depends on, inter alia, limiting growth in energy demand, improving energy efficiency, increasing renewable energy use, and minimizing emissions from land - use change.
Yields per hectare measure the productivity of land and the efficiency of land use.
It's also important to note that fish farming carries an inherent efficiency benefit - compared to land - based livestock farming at least - in that fish can use vertical space in a way that a cow, for example, can't.
On one dimension are the scope and extent of our use of the planet's resources and ecosystems — for instance, the area of land used for agriculture, industry, and housing, or the amount of fossil fuels burned for energy — and on the other dimension are the intensity and efficiency of that exploitation.
The homes also met other HPI requirements such as water efficiency and daylighting, together with achieving the required score based on assessment of access to amenities, public transport, acoustic performance and responsible use of land.
And where water is often a more serious constraint on expanding food production than land, it will be up to the Ministry of Water Resources to do everything possible to raise the efficiency of water use.
Under TCFD, companies report against governance, strategy, risk management metrics and targets related to climate risks using a 2 degrees C scenario and disclose information related to water consumption, energy use and efficiency, land use and development or use of products and services designed for a low - carbon economy.
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