Sentences with phrase «low energy tech»

Andrew Williamson of PHYSIC added to this that one of the most attracitve investment areas is low energy tech for water, such as low energy desalination.

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This in turn has led power companies, as well as tech startups, to look at how this new low cost energy storage source could be used in new ways.

If the Dollar broke lower, its likely too that bonds and duration would rally; defensives (staples, utes, reits) and growth (tech / biotech / discret) squeeze against crowded value unwinding (fins, energy, indus); yen and euro would squeeze mightily; gold squeezes while copper pukes in a favorite commodities «pair» unwind; HY could reverse weaker vs IG (currently everybody long CCC vs BB on the high beta trade)... this would be the theoretical path to our next pain - trade or even VaR shock.

Some of the Awe Sum features of the new building include: LED Lighting, hi - tech Energy Management Systems for HVAC, big open skylights with lots of natural lighting, all Energy Star certified office equipment, occupancy sensors for infrequently used areas, dual - flush low - flow toilets and aerators, DIRTT walls that divert construction materials from landfills and are easily reconfigurable, carpet tiles that are 100 % recyclable, Breathe Walls that produce rich fresh oxygen, and many other wonderful additions.

In this so - called «peak coal scenario», infrastructure and energy - intensive industries represent a lower share of Chinese GDP than in the report's base case, while services and high - tech manufacturing gain momentum.

Perhaps not enough mileage is made of biotech's low - tech origins — people have been brewing and baking for thousands of years, after all — or that a major driving force for the industry is a growing and ageing world population and its burgeoning need for food, health care, and energy supplies.

Recent studies conclude that while some tech - savvy consumers will line up for smart grid applications for the home, most residential customers are not eager to manage their daily energy use, particularly with electricity prices at relatively low levels.

You'll see how two different countries are transitioning to clean energy, and you'll get a peek at some innovative and practical energy technologies, from low tech (gravity) to high tech (space solar).

It is surprising the director found time and energy to film this low - tech (color flickers in and out and Scorsese shoots himself Blair Witch - style) but delightfully candid behind - the - scenes footage that takes us around the set and trailers.

Each unit pack includes: - 7 engaging lesson plans (one for each 10 - word section, plus a revision / sentence - building lesson for the end of the unit), written by qualified teachers and covering all 4 key skills - Ideas for adapting each lesson to suit your class, including extension activities, suggestions for differentiation, homework activities and substitutions for low - tech classrooms - Full timings and guidance for teachers to help you access all the resources easily - Printable resources to complement the lessons and save you time This unit pack is for Languagenut's Unit 23 - The environment, covering environmental issues, recycling, pollution, energy and ordinal numbrs.

Which is why Jaguar Land Rover has been beavering away with hybrid tech to find a way to give owners the performance and power they need, but with a lower energy and carbon footprint to keep the legislators quiet.

The ones that bother me the most are the rejection various types of political actions — which I see as essential to moving what Killian calls the «established paradigm» toward a low - emission future — and of «green tech» such as renewable energy — which I see as the current best hope toward the same end.

While advances in energy technology and smart home apps and devices have given us additional tools for living more sustainably, low - tech and simple solutions can make a difference too.

I have also heard of various schemes for technology transfer, but given the low investment in energy R&D in the US (as noted in Andy's NYT series), a lot of the tech we'd like to transfer isn't really there yet.

Already, REV has driven 730 percent growth in the statewide solar market, enabled over 105,000 low - income households to permanently cut their energy bills with energy efficiency, and created thousands of jobs in manufacturing, engineering, and other clean tech sectors.

As keynote speaker, Mark Jacobson of Stanford University, founder of the Solutions Project, shared his inspiring vision of a complete transformation of the world's energy supply to clean renewable energy using wind, water, and solar energy together with inventive low - tech technologies for energy storage.

Often these techniques are low - tech, energy efficient and environmentally responsible.

Earthtubes (earthtubing) are a most highly recommended low - tech, sustainable, non-electric, zero - energy, geothermal passive solar heating and solar cooling system.

Earthtubing for sustainable, passive geothermal heating & cooling Earthtubes (earthtubing) are a most highly recommended low - tech, sustainable, non-electric, zero - energy, geothermal passive solar heating and solar cooling system.

Already, REV has driven growth of more than 1,000 percent in the statewide solar market, improved energy affordability for 1.65 million low - income customers, and created thousands of jobs in manufacturing, engineering, and other clean tech sectors.

Already, REV has driven a nearly 800 percent growth in the statewide solar market, enabled over 105,000 low - income households to permanently cut their energy bills with energy efficiency, and created thousands of jobs in manufacturing, engineering, installation and other clean - tech sectors.

The exchange provides a trusted global marketplace which removes risk in the delivery - vs - payment process, making it easier for businesses of all sizes to invest in sustainable, clean - tech, and energy - efficient projects around the world in support of a more efficient and low - carbon economy.

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Austria House generates much of what little heating energy it requires from a low - tech ground - source system.

As Americans look to a clean energy future, and to leading the World in clean - tech while lowering their long term utility bills, the extension of the 30 % Federal Tax Credit is good news indeed.

From the US military's embrace of solar to reduce dangerous fuel convoys, to the low - tech community benefits of bike - based police patrols, we've often seen that a smarter approach to energy can yield real results for military and law enforcement applications.

Kris De Decker of No Tech Magazine» refuses to assume that every problem has a high - tech solution», and points to yet another example of how low - tech solutions can work very well, without burning a lot of energy or needing a lot of fancy technolTech Magazine» refuses to assume that every problem has a high - tech solution», and points to yet another example of how low - tech solutions can work very well, without burning a lot of energy or needing a lot of fancy technoltech solution», and points to yet another example of how low - tech solutions can work very well, without burning a lot of energy or needing a lot of fancy technoltech solutions can work very well, without burning a lot of energy or needing a lot of fancy technology.

So far, six households in the neighborhood are engaged in the experiment to live more consciously through a variety of low (er)- tech practices such as organic gardening, rainwater harvesting, greywater recycling, renewable energy generation and even cleaning polluted well water with a living machine.

Kris De Decker of Low Tech Magazine looked at the embodied energy of electronics and had a hard time of it; there isn't much data and technology moves so quickly.

We have plenty of examples of low tech, energy free ways to beat the heat all around the world.

To put this theory to the test, I decided to power Low - tech Magazine's home office in Spain with solar energy, and write my articles off the grid.

I think you're on the right track with leveraging low - tech whenever it is superior, but you fail to realize that solar energy is really very low - tech... it's just a big diode - the simplest electrical device in the world.

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Ahead of the opening of the Paris climate change conference in December 2015, Bill Gates of Microsoft, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, and other high - tech entrepreneurs announced the formation of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, which will fund a worldwide public - private partnership among governments, research institutions, and investors to finance clean energy innovation and low - carbon development around the Energy Coalition, which will fund a worldwide public - private partnership among governments, research institutions, and investors to finance clean energy innovation and low - carbon development around the energy innovation and low - carbon development around the globe.

2) How we can successfully combine and link the production of renewable energy (high tech) and the delivery of biodiversity with greenroofs (low tech) in urban areas together with the need to make global policies that are combined for cities to create a win - win situation.

Ringly is a new kind of wearable tech specifically design to be used by women, it is a new connected smart ring that connects to the iPhone via Bluetooth LE (low energy), and it lights up and buzz whenever you have received any notifications, may it be a call, message, email or any other app notifications.

The device also improves the end - user experience with the inclusion of an additional head strap and comes with a dedicated motion controller matching the color of the headset, featuring high - tech precision tracking and Bluetooth LE (low energy) connectivity.

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