Sentences with phrase «on urban energy»

For example, according to IEA analysis presented in the special section on urban energy systems in Energy Technology Perspectives 2016 (ETP 2016) the gradual evolution of urban transport systems to encourage walking, cycling and public transit could save $ 21 trillion by 2050, while at the same time making a significant dent in greenhouse gas emissions.

This focus on urban energy systems in ETP 2016 provides policymakers at both national and local levels the tools and analysis necessary to set realistic targets to encourage immediate action.

He has done research and consultancy on urban energy modeling, urban greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, integrated land - use and transport policies, real estate and housing markets, Urban green growth, carbon finance and cities, city networks and post-2012 negotiation process.

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Philips, for its part, is working with a number of European cities on an urban lighting system that uses sensors to determine optimum lighting levels for the amount of street activity, saving energy while still providing a safe civic environment.

In environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of cEnergy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of cenergy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of cities.

The Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy, and Homeland Security, and the Environmental Protection Agency shall develop plans for implementing the requirements of this memorandum, providing technical assistance to nonfederal actors engaged in predevelopment activities, and educating grantees and the public on the benefits of predevelopment and the Federal resources available for these activities.

The move comes as car makers and investors are pumping in billions of dollars into the so - called new energy vehicle sector in China, the world's biggest auto market, which is preparing to roll out tough norms to promote the sector to fight urban smog and cut dependence on imported oil.

«We're seeking to expand transparent and competitive global energy markets, cooperating on high - quality infrastructure investment in the United States and in the region - we've spent a lot of time talking about infrastructure, especially urban infrastructure,» Turnbull told reporters.

Richard K. Sullivan, Jr., Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, which oversees all state land conservation, said, «Since taking office, Governor (Deval) Patrick has made a historic $ 230 million investment in land conservation focused on three goals: investing in urban parks, preserving working farms and forests, and protecting large natural landscapes for habitat.

Swelling urban populations in pursuit of better housing, appliances and vehicles are keeping their foot on the gas when it comes to China's energy consumption.

Even the energy - hungry US could in theory supply all of its electricity use, according to one study, using solar PV on an area equivalent to 0.6 per cent of the country — just a fraction of the existing developed and urban space.

Booming energy sector speculation, combined with rising demands from growing urban centers and diversions to the Southwest, has put pressure on water sources.

«Jordan's ability to satisfy future urban and agricultural water demands will be stressed by cascading effects on its freshwater supply,» said study co-author Steven Gorelick, the Cyrus Fisher Tolman Professor in Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences.

The models also showed another curious development: Cool roofs — created when developers use reflective paint on rooftops — do perform their intended task of reducing temperatures in urban areas while cutting building energy costs.

In the Urban Green Council report in 2008, data was gathered on 107 projects through the five boroughs of Nyc, 63 of which were either pursuing or had achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.

She is a lead instructor in Urban Breath Yoga's 200 and 300 - hour Yoga Teacher Training programs, offering unique and valuable teachings on physical and subtle body anatomy, energy systems, and infusing meditation and traditional yogic texts in the practice and teaching of yoga.

About Blog On the Half - Pint Homestead blog, explore the concepts and practicalities of: Urban Farming, Urban Livestock, Self - Reliance, Community Service, Simple Living, Energy Independence.

 Spider - Man: Shattered Dimensions is a thrilling action - packed adventure set in four dramatically different universes from legendary Spider - Man lore, each with a distinct Spider - Man armed with unique skills and strengths, in one original storyline. Players will be transported to new locations never before seen in a Spider - Man game, from lush jungles and dusty deserts to various urban terrains. Acclaimed Marvelcomic book writer Dan Slott takes players on a mission to contain the magical energy of the Tablet of Order and Chaos, which has been shattered and sent hurtling across parallel universes, and battle fan - favorite villains in a quest to restore the fabric of reality.

Some examples include energy auditing on campus and in the community, designing electric transportation systems, creating socially relevant art to be auctioned to raise funds for nonprofits, investigating relationships between Math and Art, producing original plays and designing and constructing urban gardening systems that will be used to grow produce for a cook - off competition.

These students are reaching the halfway mark in their teacher education programs and one of my most important goals is to create a sense of energy and motivation as they — for the first time — take on the responsibility of working with small groups and organizing instruction for whole classrooms of students in Milwaukee's high needs urban schools.

On the non-governmental side, the Sustainable Cities Program at Energy Foundation China focuses on reducing carbon emissions and air pollution in urban areas with an emphasis on sustainable urbanization and transit systemOn the non-governmental side, the Sustainable Cities Program at Energy Foundation China focuses on reducing carbon emissions and air pollution in urban areas with an emphasis on sustainable urbanization and transit systemon reducing carbon emissions and air pollution in urban areas with an emphasis on sustainable urbanization and transit systemon sustainable urbanization and transit systems.

One option you have is to retain electric drive for later use - if you're going to be driving on the motorway and then in town, for example, you can save the batteries for the urban section of your drive, where the energy will be better used.

Optimal Energy, the Cape Town, South Africa - based company that unveiled the Joule full battery - electric multi-purpose urban passenger vehicle to the world at the Paris Motor Show in 2008 (earlier post), plans to have pilot fleets on the road in South Africa and globally from... Read more →

In Save mode the Range Rover P400e will only use the electric motor once it has replenished enough energy via regenerative braking or charging, allowing customers to conserve electric power to be used on a specific part of their journey, like when entering congested urban areas.

For whatever reason, credit card urban legends seem to continue to circulate on the Web no matter how much energy goes into debunking the myths.

On December 7, 2017, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will stop insuring mortgages on homes that also carry Property Assessed Clean Energy program (PACE) lienOn December 7, 2017, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will stop insuring mortgages on homes that also carry Property Assessed Clean Energy program (PACE) lienon homes that also carry Property Assessed Clean Energy program (PACE) liens.

On December 7, 2017, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will stop insuring mortgages on homes that also carry Property Assessed Clean Energy program (PACOn December 7, 2017, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) will stop insuring mortgages on homes that also carry Property Assessed Clean Energy program (PACon homes that also carry Property Assessed Clean Energy program (PACE)

On any given pleasant day, dog parks teem with canine energy as urban and suburban dog owners hang out nearby.

Discover the story behind the wind turbines on the lawn in front of the Center, and how they are generating invaluable data on urban wind energy.

In the 1960s Inokuma began to paint works based on imagined aerial views of cities, reducing three dimensional topography to two dimensional patterns which at once suggest the energy and visual complexity of the urban fabric yet remain completely abstract.

Together entranced by change and yet to an extent still nostalgic towards the past, the paintings produced during the period of American Impressionism were vibrant, fusing light and color, keeping the meaning of the subject matter while depicting the energy of the urban life on one side, but also focused on the quiet side resulting in a number of vignettes of domestic life.

Salt Lake City — With growing demands on the world's resources and energy, everyday items across the urban landscape increasingly find second lives through reuse and recycling.

Working in a large scale, Mehretu draws on the 21st - century city for inspiration, transferring its energy into her gestural sweeps of paint and built - up marks in ink and pencil — often transposed from projections — and condensing seemingly infinite urban narratives, architectural views, and street plans into single unified compositions.

Set against Central Park and its urban backdrop, the installation Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof: Big Bambú will suggest the complexity and energy of an ever - changing living organism.

Over his career, Commoner worked on nuclear fallout, pesticides, water contamination, air pollution, toxic metals, the petrochemical industry, population, energy and nuclear power, urban waste disposal, dioxin, recycling, and all manner of other environmental issues.

I would however suggest that there is a need for a model for people to live within a close social structure without becoming detached from nature in which the land on which we live is involved with supporting us through what might be called urban agriculture, vertical farming and the affiliated processing of clean water, natural dynamic energy generation like wind, solar and water, and cheap / easy / affordable transit all tied - up with great education and health care.

A useful discussion of urban futures with a focus on energy and resilience to environmental hazards took place today at The New York Times, including panels of mayors, a chat between me and the actor Jeremy Irons over his involvement in the documentary «Trashed» and much more.

One that wasn't paywalled, The Influence of Urban Form on GHG Emissions in the U.S. Household Sector, showed that «doubling population - weighted density is associated with a reduction in CO2 emissions from household travel and residential energy consumption by 48 % and 35 %, respectively.»

Looking to Machiavelli for a way to put some martial arts move on the West, and flip it into dense urban housing, bicycle commuting, and radical decreases in energy consumption may allow the green elite to feel superior.

participants will also get to enjoy all the activities of the larger festival, as well as a tour of a local urban farm and garden, and an informal tiny house dinner where advocates can swap stories on, presumably, everything from teeny tiny energy bills, to tip on how to not elbow your partner in the face as you get dressed in the morning (OK, I made that last part up.

She works on the integrated nature of India's energy sector to examine the linkages between energy, development and climate change, particularly in urban areas.

Heating and cooling alone account for 35 to 60 percent of energy use in buildings resulting in nearly 40 percent of urban emissions, globally, on average.

Asia's urban population is set to soar from 1.9 billion in 2011 to 3.3 billion by 2050, a shift that is expected to place considerable strain on the continent's physical infrastructure — roads, energy, food and water resources, waste management capabilities — as well as the ability of leaders to manage this urbanisation effectively.

I don't know much about the urban food growing programs in Havana, but I do know that Cuba is a low energy use society that is dependent on imported hydrocarbons.

The report, «The Value of Shade: Estimating the Effect of Urban Trees on Summertime Electricity Use,» has been submitted for publication to the journal Energy and Buildings.

In April 2003, Macalester College installed a 10 kilowatt BWC Excel wind turbine — the first of its size in the City of St. Paul and one of the first on any college campus, which provides an educational opportunity for students, staff and faculty learn about wind energy, wind patterns, geography and the practicality of wind turbines in urban areas.

The companies working with the European Centre for Medium - range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)- which operates the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) on behalf of the European Commission - are developing products with applications across the energy, water, agriculture, financial and urban planning sectors; turning perspective into insight and data in to information.

This action plan lays out concrete actions to help countries deliver on their Nationally determined contributions and sets targets for 2020 in high - impact areas, including clean energy, green transport, climate - smart agriculture, and urban resilience, as well as in mobilizing the private sector to expand climate investments in developing countries.

The past five years have brought a sea change in urban climate action: increased awareness of the critical role that local leaders play in carbon reduction; new capacity in local governments to tackle climate change; and a sharper focus on strategies that advance energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean transportation.

Putting solar arrays on rooftops, parking lots, and urban brownfields need not contribute to energy sprawl at all while generating significant energy close to where it is needed, eliminating the sprawl precipitated by new transmission lines.