Sentences with phrase «measures like energy»

«Although whole - building measures like Energy Star are a valuable tool, it's also crucial to acknowledge that tenants» use of a space has a huge impact on how a building performs,» Porter says.

Not exact matches

This project is generating a «phenomenal» recycle ratio — a measure of profitability in energy companies — of four times; typically a project like this needs a recycle ratio of 1.5 times to cover its cost of capital.

Last month over a dozen Fortune 500 companies, like Apple, Google, Walmart and Coca - Cola, signed pledges, organized by the White House, to take measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions and invest in clean energy.

The threat, often referred to as the «utility death spiral,» goes like this: as customers choose to install solar panels or adopt energy efficiency measures, a utility will sell fewer units of energy and has to increase what it charges for electricity to ensure that it can still cover its fixed costs, such as grid maintenance and labor.

On a 12 - month basis, inflation has declined recently and, like the measure excluding food and energy prices, is running somewhat below 2 percent.»

In plain terms, we are choosing to penalize our own energy industry with severe financial measures, when other jurisdictions like the U.S. are slashing taxes and red tape, rejecting carbon taxes, and calling for expanded fossil fuel production due to growing global demand.

It's sort of like saying you can determine how much «dragon energy» this tree is getting by looking at its health on the physical side, yet you can not measure or touch the dragon energy in it, because it has converted into reality already.

It is not coarse, not fine, not short, not long, not glowing (like fire), not adhesive (like water), without shadow and without darkness, without air and without space, without stickiness, odorless, tasteless, without eye, without ear, without voice, without winds, without energy, without breath, without mouth (without personal or family name, unaging, undying, without fear, immortal, stainless, not uncovered, not covered), without measure, without inside and without outside.

It is not coarse, not fine, not short, not long, not glowing (like fire), not adhesive (like water), without shadow and without darkness, without air and without space, without stickiness (intangible), odorless, tasteless, without eye, without ear, without voice, without wind, without energy, without breath, without mouth, without personal or family name, unaging, undying, without fear, immortal, stainless, not uncovered, not covered, without measure, without inside and without outside.

This is the result of higher energy input for mechanical measures like weed control in organic production and of lower mineral N - fertilization use in conventional production.

Like many millennial parents, I spend way too much time and energy worrying about how my kid measures up.

Building improvements include measures like new lighting fixtures and controls, heating, ventilating and air - conditioning systems, electric motors, and automated energy management systems.

The scope's light - collecting capacity — made possible with almost 800 mirror segments just 50 millimeters thick — will allowastronomers to detect Earth - like planets around other stars, measure the properties of the universe's first stars and galaxies, and probe the nature of dark matter and dark energy.

The draft bill would require utilities above a certain size to supply 25 percent of their power from renewable sources like wind, solar and biomass energy by 2025, although efficiency measures could be used to meet a fifth of the target.

It orbits its star in the so - called Goldilocks zone, a swath of space not too hot and not too cold, where an Earth - like planet would receive a similar measure of energy from it.

If we are unwilling to use relatively cheap mitigation options, like alternative energies, today, he says, «why should we expect future generations to adopt significantly more expensive measures to deal with C02?»

In experiments, the «spectral fingerprints» or absorption spectrum, are measured with state - of - the - art facilities like the Advanced Light Source (ALS) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

I'd like to implant a single device in an animal that can give us many measures of physiology and behavior besides energy expenditure.

Scientists know that there are various forms of energy, including sensible heat (which we measure as temperature), radiant energy (like what we feel from the sun), and latent heat.

As mentioned in this blog (http://www.grumpyoldman.be/the-inconvenient-truth-about-al/) the purpose of such devices is that you will then know how much electricity each consumes and can take measures if needed, like only plugging things in when needed, looking for a more energy efficient version.

As Boyd recalls, he then remembered that Robert Millikan, a Nobel Prize - winning physicist and the head of Caltech from 1921 to 1945, also had to contend with removing copper oxide when he performed his famous 1916 experiment to measure Planck's constant, which is important for calculating the amount of energy a single particle of light, or photon, Boyd wondered if he, like Millikan, could devise a method for cleaning his copper while it was under vacuum conditions.

«If we continue to have to trade key readiness measures like spare parts and maintenance and training hours away because the cost of energy has increased, that ultimately erodes our readiness as well as our combat capability, making us less ready to deploy and do our nation's bidding.»

There is also reason to doubt the assumption that people actually make the right choices: many studies have found that consumers fail to take measures to conserve energy, like improving insulation, even when they could save money by doing so.

Other imaging surveys like the Dark Energy Survey and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope measure dark energy in a different way, by observing how matter that lies between observed galaxies and us distorts that Energy Survey and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope measure dark energy in a different way, by observing how matter that lies between observed galaxies and us distorts that energy in a different way, by observing how matter that lies between observed galaxies and us distorts that light.

Similarly, many studies that attempt to examine the co-variability between Earth's energy budget and temperature (such as in many of the pieces here at RC concerning the Spencer and Lindzen literature) are only as good as the assumptions made about base state of the atmosphere relative to which changes are measured, the «forcing» that is supposedly driving the changes (which are often just things like ENSO, and are irrelevant to radiative - induced changes that will be important for the future), and are limited by short and discontinuous data records.

To achieve these targets, the plan calls for controlling emissions from energy - intensive industries like power and steel, building a unified national carbon emissions trading market, implementing emissions reporting and verification for key industries, and establishing a green finance system, among other measures.

The difference is that while BMR only measures basic processes of breathing, blood circulation, and temperature regulation in a completely resting state, RMR also includes energy expended by digestion and non-exercise daily movements, like getting dressed and lifting your fork to your mouth.

These algorithms use indirect respirometry data as their standard.15 This means that researchers measure a bunch of people's energy needs by analyzing the combination of gases expired in their breath, and then make formulas that account for different variables like gender, body mass, and body composition to help you estimate your calorie needs.

Just like a pound is a measure of weight, and a mile is a measure of distance, a calorie is merely a measure of energy.

Instead, lifestyle measures like pacing yourself can give you more energy.

Like all businesses, schools can implement some simple energy save measures to improve conditions and saving money, without compromising the comfort of staff and students.

It also doesn't help that as a society we spend billions on products, advertising and messaging to promote the latest type of diet, fad, program, trend, etc., each one a competing priority on our time, attention and mental energy as we try to focus on what will help us achieve our fitness goals — more times than not, simple measures like «lose weight», «gain muscle», or «reduce blood pressure.»

It's because the Skoda Octavia GreenLine also gets a host of fuel saving measures like a lowered ride height, start / stop system, brake energy recuperation, low rolling resistance tyres and optimised gearing (in the interest of low fuel consumption).

On a 12 - month basis, inflation has declined recently and, like the measure excluding food and energy prices, is running somewhat below 2 percent.»

It measures the changing prices of everyday household goods and services like food and energy bills, and shows how inflation rises over the years.

For instance, I would like the measures of TR for the health sector, consumer discretionary, energy, utilities, and so forth please.

You should always measure your dog's food based on their weight, and then adjust based on things like their age and energy levels.

My point is that I could easily see how the entire system in question could be warming, but because of transient effects, like weather patterns, the additional heat energy could easily wind up not where we're measuring it for months or even years at a time.

Measures, he said, would include developing new efficiency standards for buildings and appliances, expanding energy sources like solar and wind on public lands, and bolstering climate - change affected communities.

«People are perceiving MVHR as an energy measure, like insulation, and forgetting it's actually there to supply fresh air.»

Some adaptation measures to climate change, like air - conditioning and water pumps use energy and may contribute to even higher CO2 emissions, and thus necessitate even more mitigation (high agreement, limited evidence)[4.5.5].

Inslee's proposal this year calls for half of the revenue to be spent on carbon reduction programs, like electric vehicle charging stations and energy efficiency initiatives, while 35 percent would be spent on climate mitigation measures meant to steel the state against fire and drought.

Forcing House Democrats to take these politically difficult votes in the midst of the recession was especially galling to many moderate Democrats because the House climate bill never had a realistic chance of Senate passage, where centrist Senate allies of the president urged other measures like a renewable energy standard.

In Baltimore, Maryland, the city's Sustainability Office launched a Neighborhood Energy Challenge with surprising results: last year, low - income Park Heights» homeowners conserved more energy on average than residents of gentrified Carroll Park, saving as much as $ 1,300 a year through simple measures like weather - stripping and reduced wateEnergy Challenge with surprising results: last year, low - income Park Heights» homeowners conserved more energy on average than residents of gentrified Carroll Park, saving as much as $ 1,300 a year through simple measures like weather - stripping and reduced wateenergy on average than residents of gentrified Carroll Park, saving as much as $ 1,300 a year through simple measures like weather - stripping and reduced water use.

New England states also have opportunities to reduce energy costs and emissions by investing in energy efficiency measures that reduce the use of heating fuels like natural gas, propane, and fuel oil.

Measures like appliance labels and home energy audits could help.

For example solar is currently an expensive option per watt compared to energy efficiency measures, but in a thickly settled community like Newton, where the wind is rather whimpy as well, it is the renewable technology of choice.

Unlike standardized measures with a 0 - 1 answer like infant mortality or primary school enrollment, energy access is not as simple as having a power line connected to a household.

For a while now, schemes that aim to encourage the mass uptake of home energy upgrades — essential for cutting carbon emissions from our building stock — have tended to fall into two camps: those that focus on shallow measures like cavity wall insulation and new boilers, and deep retrofit like the Passive House Institute's Enerphit standard.

It would be more informative to measure the cost in deaths of more than just birds.What this or that energy system looks like is important, however where is no real comparison.