Sentences with phrase «net energy»

There is no direct net energy transfer from air to liquid.

The goal originally was 2020 as our date to mandate zero net energy in code and you don't want that to be an abrupt change.

Because of this, most zero net energy buildings still get half or more of their energy from the grid.

This higher trend for ocean heat would bring the total energy build - up more in line with satellite measurements of net energy imbalance.

Poor net energy return means more CO2 emissions, which will accelerate the end of the world as we know it.

Where the boundaries are drawn affects the final net energy ratios.

The red line is the total amount of net energy change.

Two objects at the same temperature have zero net energy transfer and as a result, will not change temperature.

There is only net energy transfer if they are at different temperatures.

It makes sense, then, to investigate all sources of energy looking for those with the lowest net energy costs.

My approach was to determine the total net energy that is transferred from the surface to the atmosphere.

We need to know definitively how much net energy gain these alternative energy systems are providing.

Net energy intake was larger for black adults compared with their white and Hispanic counterparts and greater for middle - income v. high - income adults.

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about whether homes that produce as much energy as they use should be called net zero energy or zero net energy homes.

By 2020, all new residential buildings will be required to meet zero net energy requirements; by 2030, this will apply to all new commercial buildings and 50 % of existing ones.

Cooking is a universal human behaviour that has been proposed to function partly as a mechanism for increasing dietary net energy gain.

For zero net energy buildings, the accounting includes counting the solar on the roof, and assuming the utility will give them power when the sun isn't shining.

Net energy return is how much you have in «profit» per unit of energy investment.

• Participants represent industry change makers who will drive the innovation, policy and practice necessary to bring zero net energy buildings to scale.

The red line is the total amount of net energy change.

The paper discusses the planet's energy budget - how much net energy is flowing into our climate and where it's going.

Re-evaluating the Cost - Effectiveness of Net Energy Metering in California.

Best known as a producer of coal and natural gas, Australia is the world's ninth ‐ largest energy producer and, with Canada and Norway, one of only three net energy exporters in the OECD.

An increase in net energy input to the ITCZ in a perturbed climate (via reduced outgoing longwave radiation due to increased carbon dioxide concentrations, for example) means that, for energetic balance, the circulation and vertical velocity in the ITCZ must strengthen in order to export the excess energy (assuming the gross moist stability in the ITCZ is positive and constant).

It is an argument they commonly deploy in calling for changes to retail rate reimbursement for net energy metering.

States with net energy metering policies.