Sentences with phrase «offset small decreases»
Large gains in pending home sales in the Northeast and West helped to offset small decreases in the Midwest and South.
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The incoming solar radiation has changed just a tiny bit in comparison — since 1950, by the way, it has even decreased and thus offset a small part of the human - caused warming — hence humans have probably caused more warming than is observed (best estimate is 110 % of observed warming).
For the period 1987 to date there appears to be a very small decline which suggests to me that any increase early in the period has been slightly more than offset by a small decrease over the past 12 years or so.
A more energy efficient envelope decreases the size of the mechanical systems needed to heat and cool the space, which in turn then requires a smaller amount of renewable energy to offset consumption.