Sentences with phrase «meet energy efficiency goals»

Some building owners and occupants are willing to adopt new behaviors and practices to meet energy efficiency goals.

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Economic value of energy efficiency can drive reductions in global CO2 emissions End - use energy efficiency can deliver a third of the CO ₂ savings necessary by 2050 to meet climate goals 17 April 2018

Global goals on energy access, renewables and efficiency will not be met without accelerated ambition Energy is at the heart of the sustainable development agenda to 2030 18 Aprienergy access, renewables and efficiency will not be met without accelerated ambition Energy is at the heart of the sustainable development agenda to 2030 18 ApriEnergy is at the heart of the sustainable development agenda to 2030 18 April 2018

The Government has put in place legislation which requires any future Government to reach this first goal however this analysis and subsequent figures from Policy Exchange's report: Warmer Homes — Improving fuel poverty and energy efficiency policy in the UK highlights current resources are less than half of what is required to meet this target, let alone a more ambitious timeframe.

In addition, Affected State Entities may receive credit towards meeting the Target for installing on - site renewable generation if the host site for such renewable generation has deployed all cost - effective energy efficiency improvements consistent with the goals of this Executive Order.

Today's report, written by consulting firm Impetus for Greenpeace, warns the government needs to invest heavily in energy efficiency if it is to meet its climate change goals.

The pledge unanimously passed and signed by the Town Board at its April 11 meeting went on to ask «the New York State Legislature to commit to these same clean energy goals, which would represent a 20 percent increase over the current New York State Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.&energy goals, which would represent a 20 percent increase over the current New York State Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.&Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.&energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.&energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.&energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.»

LIPA's 50 MW clean renewable energy project first stemmed from then - Lieutenant Governor Paterson's Renewable Energy Task Force report in 2008 and furthers the Governor's 45 - by - 15 initiative which established a goal for the State to meet 45 percent of its electricity needs through improved energy efficiency and renewable sources by the yearenergy project first stemmed from then - Lieutenant Governor Paterson's Renewable Energy Task Force report in 2008 and furthers the Governor's 45 - by - 15 initiative which established a goal for the State to meet 45 percent of its electricity needs through improved energy efficiency and renewable sources by the yearEnergy Task Force report in 2008 and furthers the Governor's 45 - by - 15 initiative which established a goal for the State to meet 45 percent of its electricity needs through improved energy efficiency and renewable sources by the yearenergy efficiency and renewable sources by the year 2015.

The Policy Loftness and others recommend that the federal government encourage efficiency through tax incentives and stricter standards for appliances, vehicles, and buildings to meet the goals of the American Clean Energy and Security Act.

Utilize performance contracts to help meet energy efficiency and management goals while deploying life - cycle cost effective energy and clean energy technology and water conservation measures.

«We strongly urge the government to set such a target, using cost - effective energy efficiency gains to help meet its goal,» Mr. Mandil emphasised.

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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.&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.&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.&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.&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.»

To meet this goal, the city enacted the Greener, Greater Buildings Plan (GGBP), a set of energy efficiency laws that are focused on providing the City's largest buildings with the information they need to make informed decisions about their energy use.

The Global Tracking Initiative combines the work of 15 international organizations to show where the world is today in energy access, renewable energy, and energy efficiency, and how far it needs to go to meet the 2030 goals.

In 2006, the European Union (EU), which consists of 27 members, committed to reducing its global warming emissions by at least 20 percent of 1990 levels by 2020, to consuming 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, and to reducing its primary energy use by 20 percent from projected levels through increased energy efficiency.1 The EU has also committed to spending $ 375 billion a year to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050 compared to 1990 levels.2 The EU is meeting these goals through binding national commitments which vary depending on the unique situation of a given country but which average out to the overall targets.

What will it take to meet the Sustainable Energy for All goals for energy access, renewable energy, and energy efficiency byEnergy for All goals for energy access, renewable energy, and energy efficiency byenergy access, renewable energy, and energy efficiency byenergy, and energy efficiency byenergy efficiency by 2030?

«Lighting and appliance efficiency improvements, together with renewable energy, are key to simultaneously meeting the sustainable development goal of providing access to affordable and clean energy for all and the Paris Agreement 1.5 oC limit», said Jasmin Cantzler of Climate Analytics, another consortium member.

Finally, they gave a nod to energy efficiency, which doesn't produce electricity but, by lowering demand, would make it easier to meet the 50 percent goal.

This analytical report calls for increasing energy access, energy efficiency, and clean energy efforts to meet the climate change challenge and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

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. 286) Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 to require the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to assign more than 125 % credit to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for certain mortgage purchase activities that comply with the original requirement goals and meet energy efficiency requirements under this Act.

A new programme of work is looking at hydrogen's role in the energy system and in meeting efficiency goals.

While the data shows significant challenges in meeting 2030 goals, it also contained some bright spots on energy efficiency, energy access and renewable energy.

Approximately half of the goal is met through increased energy efficiency to first reduce energy demands, and the other half is achieved by switching to renewable energy sources for electricity production (Figure 1).

In Europe, BP joined Shell in sculpting a winning industry push to scrap the EU's renewable energy and energy efficiency goals, in favour of a single greenhouse gas target for 2030 that could be met by an increased use of natural gas.

-- The Secretary of Energy is authorized to provide grants to organizations to conduct business competitions that provide incentives, training, and mentorship to entrepreneurs, including minority - owned and woman - owned, and early stage start - up companies throughout the United States to meet high priority economic, environmental, and energy security goals in areas to include energy efficiency, renewable energy, air quality, water quality and conservation, transportation, smart grid, green building, and waste managEnergy is authorized to provide grants to organizations to conduct business competitions that provide incentives, training, and mentorship to entrepreneurs, including minority - owned and woman - owned, and early stage start - up companies throughout the United States to meet high priority economic, environmental, and energy security goals in areas to include energy efficiency, renewable energy, air quality, water quality and conservation, transportation, smart grid, green building, and waste managenergy security goals in areas to include energy efficiency, renewable energy, air quality, water quality and conservation, transportation, smart grid, green building, and waste managenergy efficiency, renewable energy, air quality, water quality and conservation, transportation, smart grid, green building, and waste managenergy, air quality, water quality and conservation, transportation, smart grid, green building, and waste management.

New York State Chairman of Energy and Finance Richard Kauffman said, «To meet our energy and climate goals, energy efficiency must scale raEnergy and Finance Richard Kauffman said, «To meet our energy and climate goals, energy efficiency must scale raenergy and climate goals, energy efficiency must scale raenergy efficiency must scale rapidly.

The world has work to do to meet Sustainable Energy for All's goals of reaching 100 percent access to modern energy, doubling renewable energy, and doubling improvement in energy efficiency byEnergy for All's goals of reaching 100 percent access to modern energy, doubling renewable energy, and doubling improvement in energy efficiency byenergy, doubling renewable energy, and doubling improvement in energy efficiency byenergy, and doubling improvement in energy efficiency byenergy efficiency by 2030.

Also, stay tuned for an upcoming post that lays out why Passive House is the only building methodology that can deliver the kind of energy efficiency to meet the necessary goals for affordable housing.

As an added bonus, each state will have flexibility in how it meets its goal, and will be able to make separate investments in renewable energy, fuel switching / retrofitting, or energy efficiency to ensure the reductions are met using the most cost - effective measures available.

Meeting the new energy efficiency target will deliver nearly one third of the greenhouse gas emissions reductions needed to meet New York's climate goal of 40 percent reduction by 2030.

Another issue associated with energy efficiency is how to incorporate the expected energy savings from meeting the state's long - term energy efficiency goals into the Energy Commission's electricity and natural gas demand forenergy efficiency is how to incorporate the expected energy savings from meeting the state's long - term energy efficiency goals into the Energy Commission's electricity and natural gas demand forenergy savings from meeting the state's long - term energy efficiency goals into the Energy Commission's electricity and natural gas demand forenergy efficiency goals into the Energy Commission's electricity and natural gas demand forEnergy Commission's electricity and natural gas demand forecast.

To meet those goals, the state must increase its efforts to achieve all cost - effective energy efficiency.

Governor Patterson went on to say that harnessing the power of wind is critical to achieving his stated goal for New York to meet 45 percent of its electricity needs through improved energy efficiency and renewable sources by 2015.

To meet those challenges, the IEA recommends Slovakia take the following steps to comply with EU and IEA standards and Shared Goals; improve the security of oil and gas supplies including through diversification; enforce an energy efficiency action plan to offset high energy prices and compensate for decommissioning power generating capacity; and effectively open its markets to competition.

Approximately half of the goal is met through increased energy efficiency to first reduce energy demands, and the other half is achieved by switching to renewable energy sources for electricity production (Figure 1, below).

Global goals on energy access, renewables and efficiency will not be met without accelerated ambition Energy is at the heart of the sustainable development agenda to 2030 18 Aprienergy access, renewables and efficiency will not be met without accelerated ambition Energy is at the heart of the sustainable development agenda to 2030 18 ApriEnergy is at the heart of the sustainable development agenda to 2030 18 April 2018

For the United States to minimize long - term energy costs and meet greenhouse gas emission reduction goals, both energy efficiency and renewable energy will need to play a substantial role.

Assisted in the launch of new line of high energy - efficiency appliances and met goals outlined by the Department of Eenergy - efficiency appliances and met goals outlined by the Department of EnergyEnergy.