Sentences with phrase «reduce consumption when»

Automated systems can be set to reduce consumption when residents are out and to create heating and cooling zones in a home — a guest bedroom, for instance, might not always need the same level of heat as the living room.

You have said I said countries with low economic development should reduce their consumption when this is not what I have ever said, so...

If you just charge people a lower price when there's a lot of wind and sun (when the supply of electricity is abundant and cheap) and a higher price at times when there's not, they'll reduce consumption when electricity is scarce.

Not exact matches

When you tax something too high, you reduce consumption.

«Thus an environmentally enlightened development process necessarily demands a new culture, which will be: egalitarian, with reduced disparities between rich and poor and power equally shared by men and women; resource - sharing; participatory; frugal, when compared to the current consumption patterns of the rich; humble, with a respect for the multiplicity of the world's cultures and lifestyles; and, it will aim at greater self - reliance at all levels of society.»

As healthy eating continues to dominate consumers» minds when choosing where to eat, chain restaurants in New York City are required to put warnings on high sodium foods under a new law that is meant to reduce salt consumption.

«We were looking for alternatives that would help save money and cut energy consumption when we discovered how reskinning and closed cases could reduce energy costs while giving our shoppers a more comfortable experience,» Gomez says.

When you reduce waste, energy consumption, and agrochemical usage, you increase soil quality and biodiversity, thereby facilitating the production of a better crop.»

«At a time when many consumers want to reduce sugar consumption and adopt healthier...

And at a time when leading health and environmental experts are urging us to reduce meat consumption.

It would increase petrol consumption (at a time when the government was keen to be seen to be reducing CO2 emissions) Either drivers would have to separate, lowering road capacity, or safety would be compromised.

Given the right financial incentives, though, many households may accept smart grid strategies that let utilities reduce power consumption in homes at peak periods of demand, when wholesale electricity prices are highest, some analysts conclude.

Those modifications include stop — start (idle - off) systems in which the engine shuts down when the car is stopped during driving; low rolling - resistance tires (which are harder and thus less flat, reducing friction); variable valve timing for engines, which increases gas consumption efficiency; and fuel economy computers or displays to encourage eco-driving, such as such as those in the Toyota Prius, which show miles per gallon averages for that moment, hour, week or month, or when riding downhill, so that drivers are more aware of how their driving impacts fuel efficiency.

For example, one study found that cheese reduced «bad» cholesterol when compared to butter with the same fat content, suggesting that high cheese consumption could help explain the French paradox.

«If a power company has the ability to selectively charge groups of vehicles based on when renewable energy resources are available,» he says, «it makes electric vehicles useful not only for reducing petroleum consumption but for reducing the amount of greenhouse gases overall that we produce.»

When left unused for a short time, the monitor goes into Standby mode, with all the electronics still powered but the screen blanked to reduce power consumption by 30 per cent.

Unfortunately, this approach doesn't appear to be helping to reduce consumption very much, even when we give consumers what policymakers thought might help: some guidance for how many calories they should be eating,» said the study's lead author Julie Downs, associate research professor of social and decision sciences in CMU's Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Others have reported that certain kinds of artificial light can improve sleep and reduce depression and agitation in people with Alzheimer's disease; that higher air temperatures seem to curb calorie consumption; that employees take more sick leave when they work in open - plan offices; and that children in daylight - drenched classrooms progress faster in maths and reading than do those in darker ones.

First identified by William Jevons in 1865 — when he noticed more efficient engines increased rather than reduced coal use, as engines were put into more widespread use — the rebound effect for higher yields could see food prices drop, encouraging greater consumption, more food waste and even more conversion of habitats to farmland.

Another aspect of this antitechnology stance is Haar's assertion that technology threatens the Earth because «When the world is reduced to a network of interchangeable connections, there are truly no longer any subjects who face objects, but only gigantic circulations of energy, products, information and consumption.»

Because the drugs in a sense have opposite effects, one might expect that simultaneous consumption may reduce the effects that are seen when each drug is administered alone, but it really is not as simple as that.

The recommendations, in addition to flying less and wasting 25 percent less food, include: carpooling or telecommuting once a week (75 million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) saved by 2020, if adopted by all Americans); maintaining your car or truck, such as keeping tires properly inflated (45 million metric tons of CO2e); cutting the time spent idling in a vehicle in half (40 million metric tons of CO2e); better insulation at home (85 million metric tons of CO2e); programmable thermostats set higher (80 million metric tons of CO2e); reducing electricity demand from appliances that are «off,» so - called phantom demand (70 million metric tons CO2e); using hot water more efficiently, such as washing clothes in colder water (65 million metric tons of CO2e); buying EnergyStar appliances when old ones wear out (55 million metric tons CO2e); replacing incandescent lightbulbs with compact fluorescents (30 million metric tons CO2e); eating chicken instead of beef two days a week (105 million metric tons of CO2e); increased recycling of paper, plastics and metals (105 million metric tons of CO2e); «responsible» consumption, such as buying less bottled water (60 million metric tons CO2e).

The results, which were published in Frontiers in Built Environment, show that opening the window opening had the greatest impact on the energy consumption during times when the heater was used to warm the house, and using windows shades had the greatest impact on reducing the energy consumed during in warm temperatures.

Hence even though geothermal, hydroelecticity and biofuels combined will not provide anything like all even of greatly reduced energy consumption, they will be an important part of the renewable mix, because they are sources that you can use when needed, not just when the wind blows or the sun shines.

In late 2014, for example, a group at the Weizmann Institute in Rehovot, Israel reported in The Journal of Neuroscience that smokers conditioned during sleep to associate the smell of cigarettes with a profoundly unpleasant feeling reduced their consumption of cigarettes more than those conditioned to the same behavior when awake.

Frederike Böhm Department of Philosophy, Kiel University I like to follow the concept «reduce — reuse — recycle» when it comes to consumption: borrowing, sharing or buying second - hand are often good alternatives to purchasing new things, the production of which causes additional carbon dioxide emissions and use resources.

According to a 2011 study in appetite, participants reduced calorie consumption by 18 % and experienced greater satiety when they ate shelled pistachios as opposed to those eating pistachio kernels.

Basically, the reason why this diet approach works is not because of the varying carb consumption, but because when reducing carb consumption you also reduce total caloric intake.

When you start reducing consumption of processed foods — loaded with low quality salts, fats, and sugars — you are most likely going to see good things happen at least in the short term.

It was found that individuals with a higher consumption of dietary magnesium had a 12 % reduced risk of stroke, a 10 % reduced risk of coronary heart disease, and a 26 % reduced risk of type - 2 diabetes when compared with individuals that had the lowest consumption of dietary magnesium.

Cooking the egg white at least reduces avidin, thus sparing a portion of the residing biotin.17 Ultimately, salmonella and avidin hold little weight when evaluating the pros and cons of raw egg consumption.

When our salt consumption is too low, defense mechanisms include salt hunger to increase sodium intake and reduction of urine and sweat to reduce sodium losses.

People should aim to reduce overall consumption of red meat and processed meat, but when you do opt to have it, go easy on the grill.

When consumption deviated from the 2,645 — 4,945 mg range mortality increased, so that both excessively high and low consumption of sodium were associated with reduced survival.

Four studies failed to demonstrate an inverse association with colorectal cancer, while a fifth found that people who consumed the equivalent of 2.5 cups of crucifers per week had a decreased risk of colon cancer but an increased risk of rectal cancer compared to those who consumed the equivalent of one - half cup per week.2 A pooled analysis of eight studies on the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and breast cancer showed no relationship with crucifers.25 None of four studies showed an inverse association with prostate cancer, but one of them found a 28 percent reduced risk for the consumption of five servings of crucifers per week compared to one serving per week when they limited the analysis to men who were diagnosed with the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test, which is considered a more sensitive diagnostic measurement.

Although this shows a correlation between nut consumption and reduced inflammatory markers rather than causation, the results held even when they controlled for other factors that might impact inflammation such as age, gender, and other lifestyle habits.

To try to address your points... first off, when people «cut calories» on any kind of diet, they inevitably reduce carbohydrate consumption and almost always improve the quality of carbs that remain in the diet.

When dieters combine reduced food consumption with the right eating choices, it can help them to better achieve their weight loss goals.

When you want to lose weight, first you'll need to reduce your calorie consumption below your TDEE.

There is a good chance you reduced your carbohydrate consumption somewhat when leaning down.

Unfortunately, when we decrease our intake of iodized table salt, people can inadvertently reduce their iodine consumption to less than desirable levels.

Less food consumption means that weight can be reduced easier when dieting while the beneficial health effects mean that visceral fat is also reduced.

When you eliminate unhealthy carbs from your diet, you also get rid of out of control cravings, stabilize blood sugar and consequently the appetite, and research has shown that reducing carbohydrates and replacing them with protein and healthy fats results in reducing overall calorie consumption naturally and without starvation.

My cholesterol did come down when I reduced nut and seed consumption to about 2 tablespoons per day, most days.

When combined with increased time spent indoors, reduced oxygen to cells, increased sugar consumption, poor nutrition lacking amino acids and trace minerals, and chronic stress cancer stem cells have a favorable environment to thrive.

Recent data from animal models suggest that consumption of BCAA's between meals can overcome the refractory response in protein synthesis that occurs when plasma amino acids are elevated, yet protein synthesis is reduced [174].

Furthermore, our finding that obtaining an adequate sleep duration reduced overeating and consumption of fats and carbohydrates, combined with findings of reduced fat loss during a caloric restriction regimen when obtaining insufficient sleep (42) indicates clinical trials are needed to determine whether sleep is a modifiable risk factor that can assist weight loss and maintenance programs to improve dietary habits and metabolic health.

When you eliminate unhealthy carbs from your diet, you rid yourself out of control cravings, stabilize blood sugar, and consequently the appetite and research has shown that reducing carbon take results in reducing overall calorie consumption naturally and without starvation.

They are a great starting point when it comes to eliminating or reducing meat consumption.

In summary, short - term studies (mostly single - meal studies) indicate reduced hunger and increased satiety 2 — 4 h after pulse consumption when meals were controlled for energy but not when controlled for available carbohydrate.