Sentences with phrase «other improvements in energy efficiency»

But Cleantechnica offers a run down on the slew of other improvements in energy efficiency that the walker would bring:

Not exact matches

We look forward to working with NYSERDA and the other partners in the Green Jobs / Green New York program to bring energy efficiency, comfort, health and safety, and building durability improvements to the homes and business of tens of thousands of New York residents over the coming years.

New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), New York State's grid operator, confirmed that, in 2021, when Indian Point closes, other power sources coupled with energy efficiency improvements are already set to take up virtually all the slack resulting from the plant's shutdown.

Working mainly with students from Binghamton University, interns learn about solar power and energy efficiency, and work in the community to educate others on how to make energy improvements easy.

Other Hubs are devoted to modeling and simulation of nuclear reactors, achieving major improvements in the energy efficiency of buildings, and developing fuels from sunlight.

Here's the keystone line from one of a series of papers on this energy gap by Hoffert et al (Science, 2002), John Holdren (pdf), and others: «Mid-century primary power requirements that are free of carbon dioxide emissions could be several times what we now derive from fossil fuels (~ 10 [to the 13th power] watts), even with improvements in energy efficiency.»

Ygrene Works and the Ygrene Energy Fund specialize in financing residential and commercial solar installations, as well as a variety of other home and property energy efficiency and improvement projects, via PACE assessEnergy Fund specialize in financing residential and commercial solar installations, as well as a variety of other home and property energy efficiency and improvement projects, via PACE assessenergy efficiency and improvement projects, via PACE assessments.

Declares that: (1) programs to implement such standards shall together be known as the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) program; and (2) the purpose of REEP is to facilitate the retrofitting of existing buildings to achieve maximum cost - effective energy efficiency improvements and significant improvements in water use and other environmental attriEnergy and Environmental Performance (REEP) program; and (2) the purpose of REEP is to facilitate the retrofitting of existing buildings to achieve maximum cost - effective energy efficiency improvements and significant improvements in water use and other environmental attrienergy efficiency improvements and significant improvements in water use and other environmental attributes.

We call for a substantial improvement in energy efficiency; and electrification of the global vehicle fleet and all other downstream uses of fossil fuels.

Benchmarking and other studies have demonstrated a technical potential for up to 40 % improvement in energy efficiency (Kim and Worrell, 2002b; Worrell et al., 1995).

Kulongoski's proposal would make this key incentive even stronger and would make investing in solar photovoltaics, energy efficient lighting upgrades, solar hot water and other energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements an attractive venture for Oregon businesses.

In the other two scenarios, assuming the Building Sector makes either modest or strong improvements in energy efficiency, we will not need new power plant generating capacity into the foreseeable futurIn the other two scenarios, assuming the Building Sector makes either modest or strong improvements in energy efficiency, we will not need new power plant generating capacity into the foreseeable futurin energy efficiency, we will not need new power plant generating capacity into the foreseeable future.

The implications of these case studies are not that energy efficiency improvements will lead to backfire in every context, nor that other trends, such as rising incomes and population growth, were less important than efficiency improvements in the growth in energy consumption.

In other words, they ignore the possibility that a significant portion of the efficiency - related energy savings will be offset as cost savings from efficiency improvements lead to increased energy use, otherwise known as «rebound.»

McKinsey and Company, the National Resources Defense Council, Rocky Mountain Institute, and others assume a near - linear or near - direct relationship between improvements in energy efficiency and reductions in aggregate energy consumption.

(1) Science and the scientific process must inform and guide decisions of my Administration on a wide range of issues, including improvement of public health, protection of the environment, increased efficiency in the use of energy and other resources, mitigation of the threat of climate change, and protection of national security.

The State will build on the initiatives underway in the CEF by working with stakeholders and others to advance innovative net zero energy retrofit prototypes for affordable housing, facilitating the adoption of energy efficiency improvements under Medicaid as a component of healthy homes interventions, and advancing the market for zero energy modular homes.

The rebound effect — the phenomenon whereby improvements in the efficiency of energy services leads total energy use to decline and then rebound as consumers re-spend savings on increases in the same or other energy services — seriously undermines climate mitigation models that rely on efficiency for emissions reductions but ignore rebound effects.

Specifically, the CBMA improves Section 179D's effectiveness in promoting energy efficiency retrofits by: measuring energy savings and improvements by reference to the existing building's own consumption baseline; linking the amount of the enhanced 179D deduction to energy savings achieved; and making the tax incentive useable for a broader range of real estate owners and other stakeholders.

These and other improvements that impact the energy efficiency of a home can save home owners money in the short term and serve as a selling point to potential buyers later.

Other possible areas of improvement for the US would be in passenger vehicle fuel economy, public transportation, the efficiency of freight transport, water efficiency policy, and requirements for large companies to conduct energy audits and hire energy managers.

Brown thinks that energy efficiency improvements will, in the future, help homeowners in two ways: «make the property more appealing, more marketable to a future buyer, and secondly, make the property a little bit more valuable than other homes that don't have these energy efficiencies that are in place.»