Sentences with phrase «policies promoting energy efficiency»

Policies promoting energy efficiency would help in attracting investment in countries like India, he said, while giving example of how Africa has attracted investment.

State and federal policies promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy, and capping carbon emissions, are essential to protect our health, climate, and environment, and to accelerate the growth of a clean energy economy.

This analytical report aims to help policymakers and their advisors wishing to initiate or develop policies promoting energy efficiency in buildings to assess the most efficient mix of policy measures for a given environment as well as to design new initiatives.

Not exact matches

I strongly support policies that promote clean energy, energy efficiency and reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

Registration fees for plug - in vehicles also fly in the face of policies intended to promote their use due to concerns about energy independence, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions, Dumortier said.

But it can unquestionably be helpful if the switch is accompanied by policies that promote energy efficiency and continued growth of renewables.

It presents a structured framework of policies and measures to promote energy efficiency investments for climate change mitigation and sustainable development, as well as to develop a menu of energy efficiency policies and measures.

This guidance document highlights best policy practices for promoting energy efficiency in the UNECE region and beyond.

This strong political support and will is essential to support policies that encourage the uptake of low - carbon energy sources, improve energy efficiency and promote new technologies and innovation while maintaining energy security and economic growth.

A comprehensive energy policy must also promote energy efficiency and alternative and renewable sources such as energy recovery.

They find optimal an adaptive policy strategy that includes both taxes (carbon taxes or general energy taxes to promote efficiency) and «technology incentives».

In fact, a great deal of the innovation in policies and programs that promote energy efficiency originates in states across the country.

In the absence of nuclear power, maintaining sufficient electricity capacity will require strong policies to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy.

Policies to promote energy efficiency could clearly make a large contribution to reducing CO2 emissions from electricity generation.

It also examines policies and consumer actions that promote solar and other renewable energy technologies, conservation and energy efficiency.

Many public policies seek to promote energy efficiency, but as the authors of the Electricity Journal paper — Keith Dennis of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and Ken Colburn and Jim Lazar of the Regulatory Assistance Project — point out, energy efficiency isn't precisely what we want.

Draft policy recommendations and provide accurate information to the President and College community in order to promote and ensure conservation of resources, energy efficiency, waste reduction and recycling, emissions reduction, reliance on renewable energy sources and resources, healthy and safe environmental practices, and the sustainable operation of the College.

Rather than engage the climate policy proposals I and others have put forward — like substituting prizes for subsidies, reducing regulatory barriers for alternative energies, increasing industry's carbon efficiency, and promoting efficiency gains in developing nations where such investments are most cost effective — they attack a straw man of «conservative orthodoxy that global warming can be overcome by private companies operating in free markets with little or no help from the government.»

Most recently, the U.S. Senate passed the Energy Policy Modernization Act (2015), which was developed to promote conservation, improve accountability, increase America's energy supply, improve energy infrastructure, and enhance energy efficiency in an overall effort focused on energy secEnergy Policy Modernization Act (2015), which was developed to promote conservation, improve accountability, increase America's energy supply, improve energy infrastructure, and enhance energy efficiency in an overall effort focused on energy secenergy supply, improve energy infrastructure, and enhance energy efficiency in an overall effort focused on energy secenergy infrastructure, and enhance energy efficiency in an overall effort focused on energy secenergy efficiency in an overall effort focused on energy secenergy security.

The Public Utilities and Regulatory Policies Act (1978), also in response to the 1973 oil crisis, was intended to promote energy efficiency and the development of domestic energy resources.

The IEA report also noted that policies that strengthen energy security can be complemented by robust instruments to promote energy efficiency.

«Denmark has been a pioneer in promoting energy efficiency and renewable energy,» said Claude Mandil, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), today in Copenhagen at the launch of Energy Policies of IEA Countries — Denmark 2006 Renergy efficiency and renewable energy,» said Claude Mandil, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), today in Copenhagen at the launch of Energy Policies of IEA Countries — Denmark 2006 Renergy,» said Claude Mandil, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), today in Copenhagen at the launch of Energy Policies of IEA Countries — Denmark 2006 REnergy Agency (IEA), today in Copenhagen at the launch of Energy Policies of IEA Countries — Denmark 2006 REnergy Policies of IEA Countries — Denmark 2006 Review.

Recruit others in its industry to shape policies that accelerate markets for low - carbon goods and services: WRI's policy engagement guide, published with the UN and others, highlights how the lighting industry and the information and communications technology industry are advocating strong policies that promote energy efficiency and climate change adaptation.

It further presents the concept and benefits of industrial energy efficiency and provides an overview of policy measures that promote them.

New technology developments as well as new policy instruments, such as emissions trading, joint implementation, and clean development mechanisms, can promote a cleaner environment, while simultaneously increasing energy efficiency and enhancing security.

This analytical report presents a portfolio of policy options aimed at promoting industrial energy efficiency under the organizing structure of the Industrial Standards Framework.

The Center for American Progress has ranked the Top 10 states for policies that promote energy efficiency.

[132] Policies implemented by governments have included [133][134][135] national and regional targets to reduce emissions, promoting energy efficiency, and support for renewable energy such as Solar energy as an effective use of renewable energy because solar uses energy from the sun and does not release pollutants into the air.

A report from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Beyond Technology: Strengthening Energy Policy through Social Science, issued in 2011, concluded that the social sciences could promote energy efficiency and other advanced energy technologies through better - informed energy policy deciEnergy Policy through Social Science, issued in 2011, concluded that the social sciences could promote energy efficiency and other advanced energy technologies through better - informed energy policy deciPolicy through Social Science, issued in 2011, concluded that the social sciences could promote energy efficiency and other advanced energy technologies through better - informed energy policy decienergy efficiency and other advanced energy technologies through better - informed energy policy decienergy technologies through better - informed energy policy decienergy policy decipolicy decisions.

Implementing policies and regulation that promote energy efficiency is shown to have a payoff for a variety of stakeholders.

The database further supports the IEA G8 Gleneagles Plan of Action mandate to «share best practice between participating governments», and the agreement by IEA Energy Ministers in 2009 to promote energy efficiency and close policyEnergy Ministers in 2009 to promote energy efficiency and close policyenergy efficiency and close policy gaps.

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Understanding and managing such obstacles is the realm of the social sciences rather than technology and engineering, yet the social science of energy efficiency remains underappreciated by those who are best positioned to institute policies to promote energy efficiency as a solution to energy and climate problems.

The NAHB will promote a tax policy that includes a homeownership tax incentive, low - income housing credit, remodeling incentive with a focus on energy efficiency, deduction on interest for small businesses and capital gains exclusion for those who sell their principal residence.

Mortgage lenders and appraisers do not systematically consider the value of a home's energy - efficient technology, said Robert Sahadi, director of energy efficiency finance policy at the Institute for Market Transformation, a nonprofit Washington D.C. group promoting green building.