Sentences with phrase «over energy efficiency»

Do you place value on architectural features over energy efficiency?

The construction industry has no control over the energy efficiency (or inefficiency) of our fridges, computers etc..

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Even with a system efficiency of 80 % the 1.4 GW array would generate about 7.28 GWh of electricity daily (or 2,657.2 GWh annually)-- worth over $ 106 million per year via a competitive utility - scale Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) at $ 40 / MWh (i.e. a contract between the electricity seller and buyer that sets the price of the solar energy from the grid).

It's not easy to change the rules: «By the time we left,» Knobloch said, «we had strengthened and finalized some 50 energy - efficiency rules over two Obama terms reaching into every corner of the economy.»

After the boom and bust of cleantech in Silicon Valley over the past few years, energy entrepreneurs have struggled to find customers for energy efficiency and clean energy products.

The reason efficiency is declining is due to decline in oil reservoir quality the world over as the best reserves of this finite resource were produced first and more recent production is more energy - intensive using enhanced oil recovery techniques.

«Ohio's 4 million households would pay, on average, as much as $ 528 more for their electric service under Senate Bill 58 over a utility's three - year energy efficiency plan,» Ohio's consumer counsel, Bruce Weston, wrote in a letter this week to Senate leaders.

It was originally a Proof - of - Work model, but since the entire project is centered around energy efficiency, the choice to switch over to a less resource - intensive consensus mechanism was obvious.

The International Energy Agency and the International Renewable Energy Agency recently estimated that more than $ 100 trillion could be spent globally on energy efficiency and renewable energy over the next 35 Energy Agency and the International Renewable Energy Agency recently estimated that more than $ 100 trillion could be spent globally on energy efficiency and renewable energy over the next 35 Energy Agency recently estimated that more than $ 100 trillion could be spent globally on energy efficiency and renewable energy over the next 35 energy efficiency and renewable energy over the next 35 energy over the next 35 years.

While at Hannon Armstrong, Mr. Fox led and participated in the successful closing of over $ 250MM of solar, wind and energy efficiency financings.

It is the most energy efficient distillery within Chivas Brothers» portfolio, with a 20 % efficiency improvement over traditional distilleries.

«ITW Food Equipment Group has always been strongly committed to energy and resource efficiency, and our partnership with ENERGY STAR over the last 11 years has been a reflection of this,» said Lei Schlitz, Executive Vice President, ITW Food Equipment energy and resource efficiency, and our partnership with ENERGY STAR over the last 11 years has been a reflection of this,» said Lei Schlitz, Executive Vice President, ITW Food Equipment ENERGY STAR over the last 11 years has been a reflection of this,» said Lei Schlitz, Executive Vice President, ITW Food Equipment Group.

In addition, more than 10,000 vintners and growers participated in over 240 educational workshops targeting specific practices such as energy efficiency, integrated pest management, and air and water quality.

With energy often accounting for over 15 % of operational expenditure, a robust energy management strategy can be one of the most effective ways to reduce operating costs and increase profits, while optimising efficiencies, processes and resources.

Widely recognised as the largest fuel poverty and energy efficiency event in the UK, NEA's 33rd annual conference and exhibition is likely to attract over 300 delegates and 40 exhibitors.

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.

We all broadly welcome the Bill's objectives, and I think we can also all agree that fuel poverty has generally been getting worse over recent years and that home energy efficiency in this country is nothing like good enough.

Since 2009 we have allocated over # 500 million on a range of fuel poverty and energy efficiency programmes, installing more than 900,000 energy efficiency measures in homes across Scotland - nearly one in three of all households have received energy efficiency measures.

In fact, the bill Obama voted for raised taxes on oil companies by $ 300 million over 11 years while providing $ 5.8 billion in subsidies for renewable energy, energy efficiency and alternative fuels.

The pledge unanimously passed and signed by the Town Board at its April 11 meeting went on to ask «the New York State Legislature to commit to these same clean energy goals, which would represent a 20 percent increase over the current New York State Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.&energy goals, which would represent a 20 percent increase over the current New York State Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.&Energy Plan targets» and to urge «Governor Cuomo to adopt a statewide minimum energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.&energy efficiency target of three percent per year of annual energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.&energy savings for New York's utilities as part of his comprehensive energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.&energy efficiency program, to be announced on Earth Day 2018, and further urges that this program be implemented through a centralized planning process rather than in separate utility rate cases.»

Edward Miliband: I do, which is why we unveiled plans in February for «pay as you save» insulation, whereby people will be able to spread the costs of energy efficiency measures over a number of years; it will not be linked to the person in the house but to the house itself, so that the costs can be spread over 20 years or so.

NEA has been able to help over 7.5 million households in the UK gain access to energy advice and energy efficiency grants.

The move, which would incentivise green measures such as insulation, is expected to cost # 24m over the course of the next Assembly term and improve the energy efficiency of 20 % of Wales» housing stock.

Bloomberg said the city has made 143 energy - efficient upgrades over the past few years, including installing high - efficiency lighting on 12 sites throughout the city, saving roughly $ 332,000 a year.

Forcing Leaders to Lead Although corporations need to shoot all their efficiency and renewable energy bullets trying to reduce their own carbon footprint, it's most important that they use their own business as a club to batter legislators with advocacy, use their influence over customers to create a grassroots movement and allocate advertising dollars to a climate campaign aimed at a broad audience.

«WAP is the nation's largest residential energy efficiency program and has provided over 7 million low - income households with weatherization assistance since its inception in 1976,» the study notes.

The Republican budget, introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan, would slash discretionary spending for energy programs by over 50 % next year, derailing efforts to increase energy efficiency and develop wind, solar, geothermal, and other clean energy sources.

This decision is not only based on a current surplus in the country's energy supply, but also on concerns over lack of efficiency in large reservoirs and the environmental impacts of these projects, themes which are central to the study.

The Pima endured these conditions for millennia, and geneticists believe that, over time, their bodies evolved a «thrifty genotype» — a set of genes that enabled them to subsist on very few calories by increasing the efficiency of their metabolism and storing as much energy as possible as fat.

A weak economy and rising energy prices have led to a buzz over building efficiency.

With this technique, the Empa team has again been able to significantly increase the energy conversion efficiency from sunlight into electricity using CIGS thin film solar cells on flexible plastic foils — to a new record level of 20.4 %, representing a marked improvement over the previous record of 18.7 % established by the same team in May 2011.

And the improved designs could reduce emissions of carbon dioxide from power plants by 4.5 million tonnes over the same period, says the government's Energy Efficiency Office (EEO).

A new solar cell design could raise the energy conversion efficiency to over 50 % by absorbing the spectral components of longer wavelengths that are usually lost during transmission through the cell.

«New solar cell design could pave the way for over 50 % energy - conversion efficiency.»

While some transportation researchers have suggested autonomous cars could cut emissions by boosting driver efficiency, others, including Fulton and his colleagues, project that energy use and carbon emissions would increase over a business - as - usual scenario because more people will travel farther.

The energy department and members of the Green Grid — which also includes Hewlett - Packard, IBM and Microsoft — signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to develop over the next three years a common set of metrics and tools for measuring data - center energy consumption, to encourage data centers to obtain energy savings assessments, and to train personnel to conduct energy savings assessments and use tools to identify energy efficiency enhancements.

Driven by worries over energy security, for example, China has moved to boost energy efficiency, an effort that by 2020 could cut annual carbon emissions by about 300 million tons a year.

Some governments might hand over their permits to industrial combines and power companies, and set up internal markets designed to boost energy efficiency.

A similar New York City team assigned to review building codes in order to enhance the city's energy efficiency and cut greenhouse gas pollution took over a year to complete its work, and implementation of its plan is expected to occur gradually over the next decade.

(C) The Secretary shall determine the amount under subparagraph (B)(i) for each product type, in consultation with State and utility efficiency program administrators as well as the Administrator, based on consideration of the present value to the Nation of the energy (and water or other resources or inputs) saved over the useful life of the product.

The deployment of existing energy - efficiency technologies is the nearest - term and lowest - cost option for moderating demand for energy, especially over the next decade.

Substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector are achievable over the next two to three decades through a portfolio approach involving the widespread deployment of energy efficiency technologies; renewable energy; coal, natural gas, and biomass with carbon capture and storage; and nuclear technologies.

The Bruins» basketball legend told the Pac - 12 Network audience about the campus's energy - efficiency initiatives, including the bike share program and tower gardens, during a victory over Stanford.

The Department of Energy's budget request — the same document calling for a 70 percent cut to energy efficiency and renewable energy programs — touts a study showing that the $ 12 billion invested by the agency in this research over the years has yielded «an estimated net economic benefit to the United States of more than $ 230 billion.&Energy's budget request — the same document calling for a 70 percent cut to energy efficiency and renewable energy programs — touts a study showing that the $ 12 billion invested by the agency in this research over the years has yielded «an estimated net economic benefit to the United States of more than $ 230 billion.&energy efficiency and renewable energy programs — touts a study showing that the $ 12 billion invested by the agency in this research over the years has yielded «an estimated net economic benefit to the United States of more than $ 230 billion.&energy programs — touts a study showing that the $ 12 billion invested by the agency in this research over the years has yielded «an estimated net economic benefit to the United States of more than $ 230 billion.»

The process of converting mass to energy from falling onto a black hole has an efficiency that is over ten times as large as the efficiency of nuclear fusion.

And once the researchers were actually able to take muscle biopsies from people before and after, and finally provide proof that mitochondrial efficiency (human energy production) could be improved, they finally won over the scientific establishment.

However, most energy efficiency technologies have a payback time just a fraction of those for on - site renewables, in some cases only a few months, giving an ROI often well over 30 %.

By everyone being made aware of the importance of energy efficiency, and learning simple ways to improve it, it changed the way students and teachers saw the issue and in turn their behaviour over the longer term.

By looking at the project holistically, we were able to build in energy efficiency at the concept stage, during construction and over the life of the building.

However, most energy efficiency technologies have a payback time just a fraction of those for on - site renewables, in some cases only a few months, giving an ROI often well over 30 per cent.