Sentences with phrase «off of your energy bill»

You could shave as much as 10 percent off of your energy bill without sacrificing comfort.

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Bill Gates and some of the world's other richest entrepreneurs will join with governments from both rich and emerging countries on Monday to kick off the Paris climate talks by pledging billions of dollars of investment in clean energy technologies.

The next phase of the Energy Supplier ECO and the Warm Home Discount scheme must have a particular focus on those living off the main gas grid and in poor health where help is most urgently needed to avoid excess bills and excess winter mortality.»

Long - suffering downstate residents who have been ripped off by ConEd for about 6 decades are paying for this!!!! And why is there even a Public Service Commission if it lacks the ability to stop the waste of money that consumers pay on energy bills?

The Tories don't agree — despite copying Labour's «better off» slogan they believe soaring rents, rising energy bills, inflation - busting fares, are all the «inevitable» impact of market forces.

«Helium is a commodity that is frequently overlooked and often only considered when purchasing balloons for parties,» said Senator Jeff Bingaman (D - NM), chair of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, at a hearing on a bill he has introduced that would alter the terms under which the United States is selling off its once - vast reserve of helium gas, held underground in a natural geological formation near Amarillo, Texas.

A white roof reflects the sun's light and heat, so a couple of coats of paint can reduce your carbon emissions and take about 20 percent off your energy bills.

Instead of using natural gas or oil and as an alternative to incurring high electricity bills, geothermal energy works to draw off the Earth's core.

General advice to help schools to keep on top of their energy bills would be to encourage staff to switch lights off where possible.

Installing a programmable thermostat to regulate the temperature during the peak of summer could shave 5 % to 15 % off your energy bill over the course of a year.

Original post As world leaders meet in Paris on Monday to kick off two weeks of talks aimed at shaping safe targets for emissions of greenhouse gases, Bill Gates will be in town, as well, to announce a modest first step toward bolstering the basic energy research and technology development that will be needed to meet those targets affordably.

Bill Gates, billionaire philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, marked several items off his 2015 to - do list when he announced the creation of two coalitions (one of international governments, the other of billionaire investors) for investing money in developing renewable energy innovations, while pledging one billion dollars of his own money to the effort.

According to one count, Germany's energy policy (Energiewende) to increase renewables, wean off of nuclear power, and cut CO2 emissions by 2022 has added more than $ 134 billion to power bills for Germans so far.

When asked to select from a variety of sources to help the state increase its energy supply, more than 90 percent of the 949 Delaware residents responding to the survey supported an offshore wind option — in which whirling wind turbines as tall as 40 - story buildings would be erected off the coast to generate electricity — even if wind power were to add between $ 1 and $ 30 per month to their electric bills.

PARIS (Reuters)- A climate change deal is needed not just to ward off global warming, but to ensure a shift from increasingly costly fossil fuels that could lead to a doubling of energy bills, the IEA's chief economist said on Tuesday.

Louise Gray — Environment Correspondent — The Telegraph — November 19, 2012 # 150 for wind farm community — as long as you live within 1.5 miles Residents living close to a wind farm will be given up to # 150 off their energy bill in the first deal of its kind — but only if they -LSB-...]

ALEC will be debating bills related to sexual assault on college campuses, campus protest, taxpayer vouchers for private schools and well - off families, the rollback of popular renewable energy programs, the dismantling the Affordable Care Act and more.

Nearly a year after the House of Representatives approved a comprehensive climate - energy bill, two US senators on Wednesday unveiled their own plan for weaning America off fossil fuel and slashing carbon emissions tied to global warming.

The Pentagon has figured out how to shave 92 % off the energy bill by spraying polyurethane foam on the tents; but, the Majors and Generals are not so fond of it.

The root of the current financial crisis, I believe, is when Nancy Pelosi turned off the cameras and went home this summer, without passing an energy bill that allows for new domestic oil production.

Geography — if you've found your little slice of heaven here on earth that's too far to feasibly plug in to the grid — is often a good motivator, but ethical, environmental and altruistic choices drive many an off - gridder to unplug from conventional power sources; producing and using your own clean energy can be a wonderfully empowering, liberating experience, and it sure can be nice to not receive all those bills.

While human - generated energy has previously been mostly limited to one - off solutions rigged together by inventive tinkerers, at least four gyms globally have now gotten in on the act, using the power from their members pedaling to reduce their energy bills, and in one case, even give back a little bit of the savings to gym goers!

Help home owners shave $ 200 to $ 400 off their energy bills annually while increasing the long - term value of their home.

By simply closing your blinds, especially for south - and west - facing windows, you have the potential to save upwards of 7 percent off your energy bill, as well as lowering the ambient temperature by up to 20 degrees.

Many of these improvements not only help lower your energy bills, but also can be paid off immediately in the form of incentives, rebates and tax credits.

As the weather cools off and the heating bills start to rise, we become more conscious of how energy - efficient our homes are.